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Backup reports on NCM

mthomas777777

Hi,

Can someone please advise me how I can generate a report from the device that are being manage in SolarWinds

which devices are being backed up via NCM and which arent?

Thank you

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mthomas777777

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can generate a report from the devices that are being manage in SolarWinds which devices are being backed up via NCM and which are not?

Thanks,

Michael

smttysmth02gt

I'm somewhat of a newbie still but I wrote a report looking for configtable.nodeid being null. Note that you'll have to specify which types of devices you want to include, or ignore.

mthomas777777

Hi smttysmth02gt,

Thanks for the info. As I am new to creating reports I'm not quite sure how I would do this. Are you able to explian in more details how I would generate the report to include configtable.nodeid = null

Thanks

Michael

smttysmth02gt

Check this link out. You can use SWQL to write custom reports that suit specific needs you may have. Maybe someone will come along and suggest something better for this purpose. I'm sure that would be helpful to a newbie like myself as well.

SWQL Functions · solarwinds/OrionSDK Wiki · GitHub

roelb

We have reports that shows the backup status of running and startup config, i think they are default reports that came with NCM.

You can also see which nodes are not managed by NCM in the Manage Nodes section.

This might not be the answer you were looking for but i am also not very good at making these reports, hope this helps anyway.

smttysmth02gt

Yeah I knew that was there, but for larger environments (such as the one I work in), it's a lot easier to have a direct URL to custom reports that isolate specific things I want to see.

mthomas777777

Hi roelb,

Thanks for the details. When you mean "You can also see which nodes are not managed by NCM in the Manage Nodes section." are you referring to the NCM Setting > Manage Node and then looking in the NCM License heading, whereby any listed with "No" are not being backed up on NCM?

Sorry for all the question, but first time I am using SolarWinds and NCM

Thank you.

mthomas777777

Thanks Smttysmth02gt. Just to go back to the original question where do I enter configtable.nodeid = null in the report?

smttysmth02gt

Not to step on roelb's toes, but yes. But that particular setting only shows which nodes have whichever specific setting selected.

smttysmth02gt

To do what I was recommending, you have to write a custom report in SWQL.

roelb

Yes that is what i meant, those are the nodes being managed by NCM, but that does not guarantee that the configs are actually being downloaded. you could still have bad credentials for the devices or the wrong device template and still have the device show up as being managed by NCM.

The report gives a better view of backed up devices. it just does not include devices not being managed by NCM.