At some point I will upgrade NCM, but we have an FOE deployment that causes upgrades to be a 'not-so-friendly' process. The more I read about FOE deployments, the more anxious I am becoming to get rid of it. We have not had a lot of luck with the product and it seems to overcomplicate minor efforts like upgrading modules. It is a shame that one of SolarWinds products can cause this level of grief. We are multiple versions behind on all of our modules and the number 1 reason is a fear of how FOE will handle the upgrade.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
If you look at your config backups, are you seeing XML format or the SET commands?