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Hi Mark - As tim.l.nelson said, NCM isn't really designed to do this, but one way would be to execute a script (and this could be an IOS upgrade command such as archive download-sw etc) and just use the node selection options to identify those units with the version of IOS you need to update. Fro the example below I've set…

Hi Tormod - Looks like your 5515X is not using the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance device command template (this is what tells NCM how to interact with a particular model): You'll need to edit your device in the NCM software and change the template: It should work once you've done this, the template definitely sets the…

Hi - We have NCM set to purge all but the previous 10 configs (both running and startup, so 20 are kept in total), with the configs being backed up every night. The only exception to this is any baseline configs which are kept permanently. The way we work it is to baseline the configs every 3 months as part of our…

It's pretty straightforward, NCM allows you to create a scheduled job to run a command script on selected nodes - I don't think it's available via the web interface yet though. In the Windows NCM program, from the Quick Start page click on Scheduled Jobs, then choose Actions | Create New Job. The Wizard will walk you…

The Universal Device Poller at http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-123781 will allow you to display the relevant detail on the node details page when used with a NPM tabular resource. Alternatively the NCM inventory report at http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-169053 will do your entire estate of 3750 stacks. Regards,…

Don't feed the troll guys.....

RG, It should just be a case of setting a valid username and password in the properties of the device in NCM (and choosing the relevant connection protocol, SSH in this case). One other thing to check is that the ASA is configured to allow your NCM server to SSH to it for configs (check for something like ssh A.B.C.D…

Think I'm suffering from this one as well, did you get to the bottom of it? Regards, John

Hi, You need to go to the Manage Policy Report Policies screen: Check the Time Settings option and click on Edit, you'll get the opportunity to remove the CST check and replace it with a pre-defined EST check. Regards, John

Hi - They don't really need a device template, as the config management commands are the same as for IOS. For ours we left the Auto Detect option selected for device template, then we just selected <No Enable Login> on the connection profile: If you've got a few it's worth creating a connection profile for them, saves…

Hi, I'll edit this as I've actually just read you post properly. Some other users are suggesting that modifying the nightly job works: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/message/231191#231191 Regards, John

Hi, Does ICMP (Status Only) work on the failed server? Also, is there a local firewall program running on the server itself that may be blocking access from the NPM server? Regards, John

Hi - First you'll need to make sure that you have the relevant communication settings configured for the device (Edit Device and scroll down to see): (the settings/username etc that you choose are obviously dependent on your device and environment). As to settings on the device, if the test button in the screenshot above…

Sigh. It seems that 10.4.1 is being very random about what it sees as hardware: On a Cisco 6509-VSS pair running IOS version 12.2(33)SXJ4, I'm only seeing one power supply (the pair of switches have four in total) and Bias Current Sensors being reported in current hardware health (and I don't want to see them!!) On a VSS…

All - Just as a random thought - is everyone suffering from the problem using SNMPv3 ??? Regards, John Kelly