Syslog vs Traps
I'm going through and updating our network devices. I'm faced with the option of configured SNMP traps or Syslog messages to relay information. If I have the option to use either, which one would be...
View Articletelnet or ssh
Hi I need to know how to make report that show which network devices use ssh or telnet to provide CLI As per audit I want to listdown those devices which use telnet Also need to make report that...
View ArticleHow to restrict a group of people who can change configurations on Cisco...
How to restrict a group of people who can change configurations on Cisco devices? Thanks, Ziba
View ArticleConnectivity issues, discarding configuration (or configuration is too short)...
I've captured the configs on about 500 routers, but on about 10 of them, I get the following error in config download every time:Connectivity issues, discarding configuration (or configuration is too...
View ArticleJustification for Extensive Security and frequent Auditing
Just wanted to share this for those of us who haven't spotted it yet. Looks like some future security related job openings will be available in California soon, and something else to look for in...
View ArticleFinding configs containing certain text
Hi All, I am using NCM 7.1.1 and I need a way to determine which nodes have a certain ACL line in all configs. Has anyone done this? Thanks - Andy
View ArticleCopy Run Star Cisco
I am new to NCM and the first thing I am trying to accomplish is writing my running to config to the startup config on all Cisco devices. I attempted to do this by executing a scrypt simply using copy...
View ArticleManage NCM Nodes - Page Not showing - /NodeMapping.aspx not present (NPM 11.5...
Error states the page : Orion/NCM/Admin/Nodes/NodeMapping.aspxIS MISSING I did a search on the inetpub directory - and no file "NodeMapping.aspx" was present. I tried to run the Config Wizard - but...
View ArticleNCM config comparison issue
Hi I have an issue with config comparison throwing up some false positives on the Overall Running vs. Startup Config Conflicts view. the comparison is flagging a difference in the certificate section,...
View ArticleCan we runs CLI commands through NCM Solarwinds ?
Can we runs CLI commands through NCM Solarwinds ? and get put put back
View ArticleScript for sho ip route
created a script to run sh ip route on all cisco devices. I have a request to have each device output it's results to a separate text flie. I have over. 1000 devices and they only way I can see to do...
View ArticleString Arrays in NCM
Does anybody know how to create a string array in NCM? I'm trying to do something like the following: string[] @files = ['file1', 'file2', 'file3'] foreach (@file in @files) { CLI { copy...
View Articleafter changing NPM database credentials, NCM jobs don't run--error message...
Got an interesting scenario unfolding here. Last week user's couldn't authenticate to the web. I wanted to look at accounts table in Database Manager but couldn't run Database Manager as it could not...
View ArticleOn the property "Manage node(s) with NCM", what the difference between "NO"...
Obviously they both mean do not monitor, but what is the difference? Either one can be changed back to yes if desired. Using Orion NCM 7.4
View ArticleWhich SQL Server License ?
Dear All, we setup a new Solarwinds NCM and NPM system on a Windows 2012 Server. We installed the eval with the default SQL Database Express version.Now we want to go productive and we need to set it...
View ArticleFortigate / Fortinet Configuration backups with NCM
Hello-I'm running NPM 10.6.1 with NCM 7.2.2. I am running into trouble when trying to backup Fortinet/Fortigate device configurations with a job inside of NCM. A job with 45 Fortinet/Fortigate...
View ArticleNCM module database
Dears, I installed the NPM module and it is now connected to a database with no issues. now, I need to install the NCM module, do I create a separate database for this module, or connect it to the same...
View ArticleERROR: Transfer failure due to connection interrupt during execute script
I am getting ERROR: Transfer failure due to connection interrupt during execute script in NCM v5.0 when trying to run scheduled scripts that execute actions. Any idea why this is happening? It never...
View ArticleLightspeed config into NCM?
I've got all my Cisco devices getting their configs into NCM. Is it possible to get my Lightspeed web filter config to be backed up every night?
View ArticleHelp with regular expressions and config change reports
I could use some help with creating a regular expression that the config change report ignores during it's comparison. Basically, I have Cirrus comparing the most recent config downloaded with the...
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