Bulk update poller IP on managed agents

jbrunke

Later this year, we are planning on changing the IP addresses of all of our Solarwinds servers (1 Primary, 1 Web Only, 8 Additional Pollers) running NPM, SAM and NCM.  I have found the documentation that explains how to properly the Solarwinds application after the server IPs change.  We also have > 300 Solarwinds Agents deployed in agent initiated communications mode.  I know I can change the management IP address via the Control Panel -> Orion Agent Settings on each server but obviously that is not practical for so many managed servers. Is there a way to bulk update the configuration of the Solarwinds Agent on via registry key, GPO, etc so I can put the new IP address for each of the new pollers?

Thanks!

aLTeReGo

There is an Active Directory Administrative Template which can be used to define this setting and more via Group Policy. It's available at the link below.

Orion Agent Active Directory Group Policy Administrative Template

Alternatively within the web interface you can change which polling engine the agent communicates with the same as you would any other node in Orion. Simple go to [Settings -> Manage Nodes] select the nodes you want changed and click "Edit Properties" from the menu bar. You can then change the polling engine those nodes should be polled through under the "Polling" section, regardless if they're managed via the agent or agentlessly.