I second this. The release notes are just "okay". We are running into a lot of one off problems that I keep calling in on. A simple side by side would help with the administrative overhead.
On another note. Where can I donate money to the SolarWinds on Hold Music fund? If I have to hear this same Kenny G song over and over and over any longer, I might just drink myself into an early winter slumber. Seriously guys, this is the same song for the past 5 years...at least. 100% non-important issue, but good lord its time for a change. :)
Third! I think all of us are a little worried, and it is at least in part due to the mystique of it. I read the A few helpful tips and pointers to be aware of, before upgrading to NCM 7 but did not get much out of it.
It linked to some you tube videos, but I HATE that technical things are not being written. I feel like it is the perpetuation of the loss of the English language; like we are pointing at pictures and grunting to get a point across. It is said “a picture says a thousand words”, but the thousand words are debatable and easy to misunderstand. If the idea is not meant to be clear or fully understood, then a video works. But we need some clarity here, please.
Videos we meant in addition, not in replacement of the written doc. Some people find them easier to digest, some don't.
We are looking at what we can do to answer this post (list of changes).
Thanks Francois
I think it is important to realize that some of the userbase are extremely competent system and network administrators and it is only fair that we know what we are loosing and what we are gaining and I for one am always keen to embrace new tech and features, but also need to inform my userbase if they loose certain functionality that they have become accustom to
Cheers
James
Hi The G0at,
FYI I've passed along your feedback about the on hold muzak to our IT guys, and they've let me know that in fact they've heard many comments recently about the muzak. Looks like we'll be doing a refresh of our IVR menus and some other phone system work in the middle of the year, and they've promised they'll change the muzak (maybe even to music!). See? Wed do listen.
Have a muzak-free day!
On another note. Where can I donate money to the SolarWinds on Hold Music fund? If I have to hear this same Kenny G song over and over and over any longer, I might just drink myself into an early winter slumber. Seriously guys, this is the same song for the past 5 years...at least. 100% non-important issue, but good lord its time for a change. :)
Wonderful, same complaint. Never thought to voice this one though.
I can provide a more exhaustive list of changes in NCM v7.0, but the biggest changes are in node and account management:
Account Management: This is all done on the web.
Node Management:
You discover and add/import devices on the web only.
You still do inventories in the the NCM application; though you can monitor inventory status and run inventory reports also from the web.
You manage device settings on both web and in NCM application.
Config Management:
These tasks are done both in NCM application and on the web.
Let me know if you have specific questions about features/functionality.
Thanks.
Doug
What about the "execute command script" function? How has that changed?
I should add that, yes, Execute Command Script hasn't changed for the NCM win32 application; but the functionality is also available in the Device Details page on Web Console.
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Thanks for the info
I also one of the posts state the the windows GUI is now read-only, what exactly does this mean or did I read that post incorrectly ?
Do the two products share Custom properties now ? meaning if you change a custom property in NPM does that filter onto NCM.
Also I saw a post stating that the Orion Import is no longer needed, does that mean that the NodeID is now the same between the NPM and NCM.
Does NCM now support AD groups like NPM ? as you now manage users via the web.
Kind Regards
James
I also one of the posts state the the windows GUI is now read-only, what exactly does this mean or did I read that post incorrectly ?
Certain properties are now handled in the Node settings for the Orion Node in the Web UI. NCM specific settings such as device template, login credentials and connection mode are still available in the windows GUI. Here is a list of Orion Node Properties that apply to NCM nodes automatically and when editable are done via the web:
Node Caption
Agent IP
SNMP version
SNMP Port
Community String
Read/Write Community String
SNMPv3 Credentials ( RW SNMPv3 credentials are applied on NCM Node if specified. In other Case RO SNMPv3 credentials are applied)
Status
Custom Properties
DNS
SysName
Description
Contact
Location
SysObjectID
Vendor
VendorIcon
IOSImage
IOSVersion
MachineType
Do the two products share Custom properties now ? meaning if you change a custom property in NPM does that filter onto NCM.
Yes they now share custom properties.
Also I saw a post stating that the Orion Import is no longer needed, does that mean that the NodeID is now the same between the NPM and NCM.
The Orion and NCM databases each have their own node tables and the NodeID is not the same. However when any node property is edited in Orion it automatically is replicated to the NCM database node table. The first time node synchronization logic matches up the nodes based on their primary IP addresses.
Does NCM now support AD groups like NPM ? as you now manage users via the web.
Correct, NCM now takes advantage of AD group support.
Hope this helps!
Matt
Thanks Matt
I am now looking forward to migrating to NCM version 7
Cheers
James
