How to erase startup-config and push a new config in NCM
Hi All, I've been playing with NCM for the past couple weeks, and I'm amazed at all it can do. But I do have an issue with something and I can't get around it. Situation:I have HP ProCurve and ArubaOS...
View ArticleCisco IOS Upload via SCP/SFTP Server Integrated in Solarwinds NCM
Hi,I have got some issues when I am trying to update my switch firmware through SCP/SFTP Server which is integrated on Solarwinds Network configuration Manager.SSH is allowed between Solarwinds Server...
View ArticleF5 on NCM 7.5 - get "protocol is not supported error" backing up UCS file
Hi, I've been trying at this for a few hours, trying to do an F5 ucs binary backup. I have moved to the new template provided with 7.5 and whenever I attempt to get a "startup config" which is the ucs...
View ArticleF5 configuration backup issue
Recently we add two F5 in network and use NCM to backup their configuration. below is the version infoF5: bigip-11.2.1NCM: 7.2.2the ID we used to backup config from F5 is exist in NCM global account,...
View ArticleDownload Configs: Connection refused by x.x.x.x
I have created a weekly job for Avaya Switches that download running and startup configs. There is one NCM Profile with the same credentials that all devices use and use SSH protocol to get the...
View ArticleHostname config change based on csv
I am trying to push out a hostname config change for the estate where I presently work (approx 150 devices).Obviously the hostname will be different for each device (usual conventions based on device...
View ArticleScripting for Compliance
If this isn't possible, I will add it to the feature request, but.... Is it possible to use scripts within the compliance rules? I can't find any way straight out of the box, but I was wondering if...
View ArticleEmail alert on NCM startup vs running config
Hello All, Is there a way to setup an email alert when the startup vs running configurations do not match on Cisco devices? I believe there is some sort of config change report, etc. but I am...
View ArticleDownload Configs: Connection refused by x.x.x.x
I have created a weekly job for Avaya Switches that download running and startup configs. There is one NCM Profile with the same credentials that all devices use and use SSH protocol to get the...
View ArticleCisco IOS Upload via SCP/SFTP Server Integrated in Solarwinds NCM
Hi,I have got some issues when I am trying to update my switch firmware through SCP/SFTP Server which is integrated on Solarwinds Network configuration Manager.SSH is allowed between Solarwinds Server...
View ArticleACS is eventually being discontinued - what are people planning on using for...
At my current job we have an older version of Cisco ACS that is going EOL soon. We've started looking into upgrading to the latest Cisco ACS server, which is version 5.5 I hear. Not only is it very...
View ArticleUpgrade IOS using NCM?
Hello We have over 500 switches which need an IOS upgrade and doing this one by one is going to take an age. Is there any way we could use NCM to automate the upgrade? Cheers
View ArticleNCM Jobs outputs, small format change in NCM 7.5
So before we just updated our NCM to 7.5 here a few weeks ago, my NCM job outputs, with "Show commands in output" option turned on, USED TO look roughly like this for a two-command NCM job script:...
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NPM 12 & NCM 7.5 Download Config requested by job failed Alert
Hi all I am currently setting up a new instance of NPM 12 and NCM 7.5. An issues that i have found is that the failed download config alerts does not show what device the alert has come from, the alert...
View ArticleNCM not able to back up configuration from the switches.
Hi all, I am running NCM 7.3 and I have around 20 Cisco switches in my network. I have added all these switches in the configuration Management, so that NCM can back up the running and start up config...
View ArticleHostname config change based on csv
I am trying to push out a hostname config change for the estate where I presently work (approx 150 devices).Obviously the hostname will be different for each device (usual conventions based on device...
View ArticleRemoval of interface to stop it from reporting
When we created certain nodes, we sometime monitored interfaces on them. However, when we removed the connection from the port and now we are constantly getting notified that this port is down. In...
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What is the difference between Admin Status and Operational Status
When I look at the "Interface Details" of one of my devices in NCM, I see that the "Admin Status" is up on my ppp interface while the "Status" (Operational Status) is down. What is the difference...
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Use NCM Policy Rule to Match Entire Line and not subset?
I am trying to write a policy that detects if a switch has DHCP Snooping enabled globally and not just on a per-vlan basis.The problem is, the command that enables it globally is the exact same string...
View ArticleA solution to multi-context config download with NCM (Cisco ASA, FWSM...)
NCM 7.x has several node management improvements (common with Orion Core/NPM, new Discovery Sonar…). Due to these changes, NCM 7.x has stricter rules related to node uniqueness and duplicate nodes are...
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