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wbrown just became one of my heros! "I'm sorry Mr. Customer, I can't tell you why your application does perform well. I don't have access to my entire network."

As always, fine write-up sir! Blockchains are new and shiny, and have a great marketing strategy geared directly towards managers...that's the only valid reason to use them in their current state. D

Take it for what it's worth, but my sales team told me not to use ACI...dev wasn't going well and it may get pulled. They'll still provide XML/python scripting capabilities, but ACI in it current "gen1" state may go (watch for Viptela to replace it?). My ISE deployment has been solid, but I'm not a hospital and I've…

I like this idea, and I would even take it 1 step further. Why not bundle everything together that gets installed on the same server: NPM, NCM, SAM, NTA, VNQM, and IPAM. Then we just buy/apply the licenses we need to activate the components we want. Will it would be a massive download, absolutely; and that is the only…

Let's try bumping this today! D

While I agree the "rediscovery" process could be enhanced, I think I'd prefer a process that discovers the new hardware and then alerts me of that change (similar to scheduled discovery jobs); giving me the option to accept that change. If an unauthorized change occurred, I'd have evidence to go head hunting. If it's an…

Jiri, Your statement here is a little contradictory. To your point, NTA and NPM are very much real-time and DB intensive. Also to your point, NCM is more focused around scheduled batch jobs to do config backups (unless you send configuration change traps from your devices that kick off immediate configuration download…

I'm not 100% sure I agree with this. I definitely see the management benefits and value to consolidated data, but I also see possible performance issues. NPM 10.4 (not sure about 10.5 yet, I just installed it) already has an issue with fragmentation due to the amount of indexes it creates and deletes. Additionally, while…

And blogs like this are EXACTLY why I'm sticking to infrastructure!!! 

I would also like to see this added to NCM. While being part of Node Details in NPM makes it nice for a quick reference, I typically need these details for all devices as part of an audit/remediation report. D

Well, if this is for a customer and you are paid by the hour, converting all those manually configured groups to a dynamic query could get quite lucrative for you! And since it was my idea, I want 10%.

Oh, come on Jfrazier‌, you know Joe only works on "last mile" fiber. He never cuts a redundant connection.

You've placed this in the general "THWACK Community Feature Requests" queue, you should ask that it be placed in the appropriate queue for the module you are referring too; I'm guessing you are talking about Web Help Desk. This will get ensure visibility by the appropriate community to vote you up successfully. You should…

I see a ton of comments about alerts for hardware related issues, but in my world, nothing is an outage unless a user is going to complain (or already has). For this reason, I tend to build my alerts from an IT Service/User Experience perspective. If a circuit/interface goes down, but I built my environment with…

The Custom Properties on NPM provide us with the ability to have a drop-down option (noted with the arrows). If you expand on those, I have a list of all my options; and, at the end of that list, I have the ability to "add new value." This small feature would greatly improve Node Group, IMHO. My process now, I open an…

Ok, so I mentioned above I'm glad to be an infrastructure nerd, so I don't have to worry about my eyes crossing from looking at code all day. HOWEVER, all things evolve, and I was forced to evolve after attending a local "Cisco Connect" event yesterday. Best thing outside of CiscoLive! I was told by several engineers that…

What? In a paperless world, you are going old-school on me! And I'm not saying I don't document at all...ACL remarks, interface descriptions, Visios, etc. I document as much as I can during the implementation of the tasks. What I'm saying is, I rarely have time to go back and fully document every step I took, or all the…

Great write-up, Nick! While I agree, this is an evolving ecosystem; I also believe the ecosystem is still in it's infancy. Growing and maturing daily, but a ways to go. There are still a ton of pieces and parts that need work so that everything can function coherently as one.

I completely trust my Brothers in Arms because my fellow Veterans have all been there with me! A former motto that SW needs to adopt: In God we trust, all others we monitor! D

Great rebuttal! I see behaviors that make this request valid (voting for the points), but if used appropriately, the voting process is a very powerful tool for prioritizing the next enhancements. In an effort to not offend anyone, I will refrain from voting, but it would be a "no." As a suggestion, if someone were to vote…

I couldn't agree more! Why is it so many people think they are doing something completely unique with technology, when the reality is they should be using a best practice design? Unless you work for a technology innovator or software development company, you are just a technology user...and should configure the tech the…

My SQL DBA has asked for the same thing. I really like the AppInsight for SQL and the new one for Exchange, but each organization is different...and we all need the ability to fine tune the components for our individual environments. Consideration is much appreciated. D

Abraham Lincoln is one of favorites and that quote is perfect! D

Connecting the dots to another request:

Makes sense with the merger! Will do....

And don't forget about decisions that are made enabling/re-enforcing laziness and convenience just so the complaints stop. And no amount of security education seems to be fixing it, it's a terrible trend!

I've not installed it yet to form an educated opinion, but based strictly on your screenshot, I like what I see. I like seeing the number (K, M, G) on the link, and the key/legend tells me what the % util is. So, when you say you prefer the "load" to be displayed, what are you looking for? The only thing, again based on…

I don't think that's too much to ask for, check out what Engineer's Toolset 11.0 looks like... What we are working on with Engineer's Toolset v11.0

adatole​ and aLTeReGo​, Please don't take any of the comments I've made as negative, they were only meant to suggest an improvement process. I use the Content Exchange, and I review the Report Guru forum regularly for additional cool stuff to add; I just thought a "Feature Request" type voting system might help provide a…

For some reason to even suggest I'm jealous of your worldly adventure just doesn't seem to cover it!! Can you say, "bucket list!" D