Inventory customization

Question

Is it possible to customize the inventory collection?

To add new things:

It seems as if this is driven through templates in C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\NCM\Inventory one for the collection, and another for the display

Specifically I'd like to collect the LLDP information (we don't run CDP), but I can't find documentation on this.

To not inventory certain things on certain nodes:

Some of our routers are gigaPOP routers with a couple of hundred BGP peers and well over half a million entries in their routing tables.... I don't really want to collect the routing tables from them. But others of our routers support the campus and I would like to get a snapshot of their tables.

Thanks

/RjL

cvachovecj · Answer

That would be a NPM request. However even if you collect the data via UnDP, you will probbaly have to create your own reports.

Jiri

Deltona · Answer

Hi Jiri,

Not what I was expecting but I do understand. Could we at least get a default out of the box UnDP that could be enabled and used to get these values?

It would be much easier to do this than to code the inventory in NCM, no?

Could we get the UnDP made right away, with correct conversion of values to MB?

cvachovecj · Answer

Hi Deltona,

Unfortunately there's no easy way for the user to extend NCM inventory with new OIDs. Such change may require code changes.

This is a well-known feature request for NCM; however in long-term, NPM/Core is the best place for this feature.

Regards,

Jiri