Enlarging your drive space versus splitting the database on your SQL server.
With a very Large database on the SQL server , What are the advantages and disadvantages of splitting the database and putting it on 3 drives? Or simply adding hard drive space to the SQL server.
View ArticleRe: Importing Nodes to NCM v7.4 Automatically
Some thoughts in the interim- A scheduled custom report to list devices based on your criteria that do not have an NCM license assigned- SDK: A slightly related discussion here Autodeploy LAN, add to...
View ArticleRe: Search NCM
You can create an NCM rule, and run a compliance report http://oriondemo.solarwinds.com/Orion/NCM/ComplianceReports.aspx
View ArticleRe: Unable to manually start NCM Jobs in Web UI
ShadowLawz, I suggest opening a support case. Jiri
View ArticleRe: Unable to manually start NCM Jobs in Web UI
That's what I plan on doing today, been a busy week or it would have been done sooner As a side note, the jobs I created to run are for show commands on a Cisco ASA and the output of the command is...
View ArticleNCM Compliance Reports - Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
Ok, I don't know what made me think of this today and never before, but I saw something that just made me wonder a bit... When I produce my compliance reports, at the top of the report above all the...
View ArticleRe: Config Change Template without having to select a node?
I also would like a similar ability; to be able to run a template on a grouping of devices with dynamic selection (defined in the Template, or possibly pointed at a Group) and no user input required to...
View ArticleJuniper MAG SSL VPN supported on NCM?
We are currently rocking a Juniper MAG-4610 as our VPN concentrator. Has anyone found a way to backup the config for this via the NCM? I have looked and cannot find anything, and when I do find...
View ArticleRe: Leave IP the same but change subnet.
One way would be to script out exactly the changes you want to apply, just as if you were doing them at the console or via SSH. On a Cisco device the command structure might be something like this:...
View ArticleRe: Scripts Missing In NCM WEB Interface
I discovered a similar problem after upgrading NCM. In my instance, it was caused by the newer NCM version limiting the rights and access for my individual credentials. To get full access to all the...
View ArticleRe: How can we invoke a config backup when there is a change in configuration
I'll hazard a guess and hypothesize that one or more of your device administrators occasionally does not follow through with a copy run start or write mem command after making a change. If that step is...
View ArticleRe: NCM Compliance Reports - Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
Another thing that has me wondering, maybe a bit related. After importing a bunch of devices into NPM/NCM, I quickly made a compliance report to find those nodes that I needed to update my TACACS...
View ArticleRe: diag - NCM_CacheDiffResults table - takes 13-15min
I'm seeing this too. it's been longer than 15 mins for me and still going......did your eventually complete?
View ArticleRe: diag - NCM_CacheDiffResults table - takes 13-15min
yes, that table is HUGE for me...about 9G. I guess that's why.If the ticket is not for NCM, I'm going to see if I can exclude NCM stuff next time in hopes I'll not have to wait for that to finish.
View ArticleNCM 7.4 script search
Is there a way to search within a script once you are looking at it? right now for my ACLs, I am not able to search and I really need to be able to search through and make sure I am not creating...
View ArticleTop Network Troublesome issue for Network Engineers?
So I have been seeing that a lot of new IoT's and SaaS coming out with Cisco. (The IWAN solutions and others) My question is, and this could be anything, what is the top networking issues you guys...
View ArticleRe: NCM Compliance Reports - Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
Hello Craig, I had the same question. Mine is set to search the running config. I contacted Support and was told that it only searches the most recent config backup. They had me test by making a change...
View ArticleRe: WLC 5508 Backup using NCM V7.4
Hi Hanif, The Cisco WiSM template works nicely. I'm not sure if it's included automatically in NCM these days but there's a good guide at https://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-167109 Regards, John
View ArticleRe: WLC 5508 Backup using NCM V7.4
The problem is the WLC device template that is included uses the wrong command for "DownloadConfig" in the device template. If you go to NCM settings, under "Advanced" and "Device Templates", go make a...
View ArticleRe: APC Config Updates and Download
I was able to work with solarwinds support to create a device template that will now allow me to make configuration changes to our UPS devices. I just want to come back here to share in case others...
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