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Feature Requests Ability to Archive Nodes

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over 3 years ago

Closed due to inactivity. Received 35 votes with last vote on 18 Nov 2019.

Ability to Archive Nodes

It would be good if we could archive nodes for historical reporting purposes,

just like we have a un-manage ability, being able to archive a node so that when we need to we can go back in time.

the idea was spawned by this discussion

https://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/70547

it would also be could if npm could automatically archive a node when the vendor / model / serial number changes

and since the node is an "archive" node not an "active" node the archive node should not count towards the licence count.

jeremydr

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familyofcrowes over 7 years ago +1

Example: You upgrade a router at a remote site. Now you just lost all the data from the old system, no traffic reports, no way to analyze bandwidth, etc.... Now multiply that by 200 routers, 1000 switches…

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adrydale over 7 years ago

Absolutely. Nodes are decommissioned all the time. It's important to keep some data about them. Plus if the node needs to be restored at any point you would just pull it from the archive instead of having to completely re-add the node.
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adrydale over 7 years ago

Absolutely. Nodes are decommissioned all the time. It's important to keep some data about them. Plus if the node needs to be restored at any point you would just pull it from the archive instead of having to completely re-add the node.
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