First time Installing FOE
Hi All, I am wondering if I can seek some clarification. I have been tasked to build a new Solarwinds environment consisting of NPM, NCM, SAM & NTA with an additional Poller with the same modules...
View ArticleFailover Engine LAN vs WAN
HiWe have 2 Data center i can run WAN or LAN to the server.Any budy try setup LAN and WAN scenario?I can understand that when you run the WAN setup there isn't 1 "public IP/DNS" to the 2 servers.Is...
View ArticleFail Over Engine (additional license on NCM?)
Hi, just want to consult our ORION setup. Currently we have 1 NCM license and 1 NPM license. We would like to setup Disaster recovery for both NCM and NPM. Do we need to buy additional NPM and NCM...
View ArticleFoE and Additional Poller
Hello, I am in the process of designing our new SolarWinds installation. We already have a couple of the products but have since purchased the rest (pretty much) We are having a few discussions on...
View ArticleQuestion of Hot Standby Engine
Our customer want to know the following Hot Standby Engine issue. Now, they tried to write the operational documentaion for their environment(NPM v10.0) and they need some informaion for it. 1. Hot...
View ArticleFOE server hostname
HI Guys,can anyone help me clarify this: 1. Will there be any impacts on my solarwinds, if I change my solarwinds server hostname. 2. For my FoE, V2V, pre-clone, do I need both machine to have the...
View ArticleAdditional poller port requirements
Hello, Could someone please verify for me the below is correct in regards to port requirements for an Additional Poller. - Bidirectional communication on TCP port 17777 between the Primary NPM server...
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Updating Windows Systems with Java 8 Update 60 Corrupts the SolarWinds...
This article provides information about installing the Java™ 8 Update 60 on Microsoft® Windows Server® systems running the SolarWinds® Orion Platform or Additional Polling Engine. IssueAfter you...
View ArticleFoE - Help us Help You
We're plugging away at some improvements we have planned for FoE and would love to get a better understanding of the environment in which you're running FoE today. If you own SolarWinds Failover...
View ArticleFailover to Secondary Server when Primary Shuts Down.
HelloI currently have 2 servers setup with FoE in WAN configuration, the servers are working and if I remove the network cables from the Primary server the Secondary Server becomes Active.The problem I...
View ArticleSolarwinds Orion Module Engine won't start on additional poller after FoE...
We have a core server and 8 additional polling engines. The core server was cloned using vCenter and then FoE was installed following the WAN/DR method.After the install the core server seems to be...
View ArticleAfter initial install "Sweep Synchronize" stuck at "MetaBase.xml"
After completing the install on the first pair of servers in our environment the system started to synchronize. I figured it would take a while so I left it and returned 12 hours later to find that the...
View ArticleRetry installation on secondary server
Hello,My first attempt at installing FoE failed on the secondary server (I missed the part about not using NIC teaming). I'm doing a P2P install in a WAN configuration. I ended up having to the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 support
Hello, I couldn't find the latest information on Failover Engine. Is FoE supports windows Server 2012?Does anyone have experience installing/using it on server 2012? Thanks.
View ArticleHow should i configure my/customer's monitored devices in an across the WAN...
How should i configure my/customer's monitored devices in an WAN FOE environment? What do i need to configure in the monitored devices in an across the wan foe instalationsnmp config, wmi config, nta...
View ArticleWAN Public IP blockage
I have the FOE server setup and replicating. I have tested it and it is working great. However I need to setup split brain avoidance. In order to do so, I want to ping the public IP of the Primary and...
View ArticleFOE server hostname
HI Guys,can anyone help me clarify this: 1. Will there be any impacts on my solarwinds, if I change my solarwinds server hostname. 2. For my FoE, V2V, pre-clone, do I need both machine to have the...
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Can one change the "User Details" credentials after the install?
I'm at this part of the FoE install on my primary poller but haven't been assigned the required credentials yet. Do I have to put the correct credentials in here now or can this be changed after the...
View ArticleFOE with same Host Name
I have to implement FOE with two different host name. Pl help me to give me the workaround for the same. I am running NPM at my location. I can not put two hostname same in in one single domain.
View ArticleFOE 6.7 and NPM 11.5.3 and NCM 7.4.1
Has anyone tried running with FOE on the newest NPM and NCM versions.
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