How to change in mass the polling type from ICMP only to ICMP + SNMP?

When I attempt to use Network Sonar Discovery to change nodes from ICMP only to ICMP + SNMP, it tells me it cannot modify the device as it already exists using a different polling method.

If I open and edit each node one at a time I can change the polling method successfully.

Is there any way to change devices in mass like this? I have about 200 devices to convert.

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zackm

Under 'Manage Nodes', select all of the devices that you want to change, then click 'Edit Properties'.

You should be able to mass-edit the polling method here. With the limitation that all of the devices you select must be currently using the same polling method. In other words, if you select 10 devices, they all need to be ICMP-only in order to mass-edit their polling method to ICMP+SNMP.

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wlipford

I to have the same problem, and its not ideal to do this under the manage nodes -> edit properties for a few reasons.

Doing this you do not get to set the interfaces you want monitored so you end up doing a sonar discovery against the nodes you have changed the polling method on.

It also isn't ideal if you are changing hundreds of nodes at a time.

kwameb87

An option to automatically check for a more detailed polling method during network discoveries would be nice. It isn't uncommon to run an initial discovery of a couple hundred nodes & half of them don't have WMI/SNMP enabled or allowed through the firewall (for example). If they are added as ICMP nodes initially & another discovery is run & WMI/SNMP is now available having to manually update each node is a pain.