Re: NCM Config Backup works for some Cisco devices but not others. Same...
SSH can used cached credentials, where it will not prompt you for username/password during the login process. I don't believe I've ever seen NCM use that, but I wasn't really looking for it either....
View ArticleRe: NCM configs arhive check for config change.
By default this is the behavior for NCM, to only save configs with changes. Maybe you should look at RTCD? (Real-time Change Detection)
View ArticleRe: TFTP timing out during config backup
The TFTP timeout is determined by the logon timeout set on the devices. Look for the exec-timeout command and disable it or set it to a higher value.
View ArticleRe: NCM configs arhive check for config change.
Yes, for new configs I already activated option to only save configs with changes and ignore ones with no changes. But why it was not made by a person, who managed NCM before me, is a big mystery) So...
View ArticleRe: NCM configs arhive check for config change.
"As part of that I also do a compare so that I can check if people are saving the running config to the startup config." - Are you comparing downloaded running and startup configs? Do you make it...
View ArticleRe: NCM 7.4.1 Overnight Job failing on APEs?
Hi, Could you please perform the following check on the devices with problems?Log in to the device (e.g. via Putty) and check the first four lines of the config. If none of the first four lines starts...
View ArticleRe: NCM - Cisco running and startup configuration comparison error;...
This worked for me, thank you!
View ArticleRe: NCM configs arhive check for config change.
Oh, I get it, you want to remove duplicate >existing< files in your archive. I think any duplicate file finder will aid in that. Maybe something here? duplicate text finder free download -...
View ArticleRe: NCM configs arhive check for config change.
Also let be real... text files like this don't take up much space in the grand scheme of things... even if you have 10,000 devices. I'm sure they compress great too... so like Craig said why not just...
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Thank you for acknowledgment.
View Articlecannot login to NCM 7.4 web console with firefox or chrome but IE is working.
when I go to https://mysite/ (ncm web console) with firefox or chrome, it already showed The session timed out. but when I tried to enter my login, it just blinked and showed the same message.
View ArticleRe: Report, or other means to show devices not SNMP accessible?
I have to bump this one again, that report still does not display the required snmp failures, and I have not found any way to get a list of nodes that are failing snmp on a report.
View ArticleRe: NCM Config Backup works for some Cisco devices but not others. Same...
Thanks for all your answers. We have fixed the problem. As soon as we changed the "users:" in the banner to say personnel, it fixed it. So I guess that was starting to login early or something.
View ArticleIs it possible to change the IP of NCM once it is installed?
NCM was recently installed was recently installed but the wrong IP address was assigned during setup. I can poll my Cisco devices but I am unable to download configuration files. Is there any way to...
View ArticleRe: NCM - Real-Time Change Detection
kcai Do y'all use custom properties? There was a post, a long time ago, in a thread far far away, that used a custom property field on the devices to determine who to send the notification to. Maybe...
View ArticleRe: NCM - Real-Time Change Detection
We do use custom properties! I'm not too familiar with macros though. Maybe, if you can find the post it will provides some instructions on how to use macros?
View ArticleRe: NCM - Real-Time Change Detection
kcai Here is the link to the post, to which I was previously referring. Re: Config Change Detection Notifications to Specific Email Addresses -Will
View ArticleRe: Missing or Incorrect EoL/EoS Data
I'm sorry, but the matching algorithm is so far off in NCM7.3.1 as to render this a useless exercise. Firstly, I have:seems like there is a lot of data missing from your database as several thousand of...
View ArticleCan NCM 7.4 running on a separate server be integrated with NPM 11.5.2?
Can NCM 7.4 running on a separate server be integrated with NPM 11.5.2? We have NPM 11.5.2 installed and up and running. We want to install NCM 7.4 and integrate it with NPM 11.5.2 and have it run on...
View ArticleRe: Unable to access enable mode Device Template
Thanks for the reply. It was the banner causing the problem. I had to add PreCommand " " to the device template, so it would do a spacebar to continue the banner. Now all is working well.
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