Nodes with multiple IP's best practice

Hi David--

I've marked this for the PM to answer.

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We need a single IP that is reachable by the Orion server and allows query for ICMP/SNMP data.   This will allow us to check status and retrieve statistics about all NICs, including status.   If you want to also ping each specific IP to check response time (let's say the NICs were connected to different switches), you'd want to use APM and set up a ping monitor for each IP.

HTH, 

Chris,

Is a ping monitor something provided out of the box on APM 3.5?  I do not see a ping monitor in the list of component monitors.

Thanks,
David

Sorry, you're right.  You'll need to use the custom script monitor and create a ping vbscript.

It would be best if all IP's were located under the node view of a device.  Is this an option that is on Solarwinds radar? 

I am having a similar issue but in my case, I have over 400 nodes with 2 entries.  Not duplicates, but more than 1 IP address associated with a node, therefore 2 entries in the database.  That means more polling of CPU/Memory, HDD...etc (which I have to cleanup manually).

It would be nice if there was a way of managing this.

The other problem is that when I re-discover, I'll run in to the exact same problem again.  I try to keep a clean streamlined database but this last discovery has simply ruined the previous work and I am feeling unwilling to fix it again.

Right.  By duplicate I mean same device imported with a different IP address.

I'm with you on a bad import causing havoc. I feel your pain.

Any update for this topic?

Our Orion (NPM APM NCM) server has direct connections into multiple firewall and restricted networks. Thus can see servers and firewalls with multiple ip addresses.

Doing a network discovery (Discovery Central, Network Sonar) we are left with imported devices (routers, firewalls, servers) that have the same name, services, etc.  but with different ip addresses.

What is the best / preferred method of handling systems that have multiple addresses?
Is there a method of selecting which address is preferred for monitoring (Example:  for a device having a nat address that may be the preferred address for monitoring, versus the local server address)

Hi all--

Just an update to this thread.  Better handling of devices with multiple IPs is on the road map.  Please see the 3rd bullet on this "What we are working on" post.

Thanks,
DH