Failover 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 ArticleFOE Upgrade
I got notification from Solarwinds that FOE 6.7 was in General Availability. I currently and running FOE 6.4. I search all through the install packages documentation as well as all through the...
View ArticleFoE Installation Backup restore Failure
HiI installed the FoE on Primary server successfully (install clone). When I tried to install on Secondary server I didnt pass the backup restore step. I get following error:System writer is not found...
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 ArticleFail Over Engine vs Hot Standby?
Has anyone come across a comparison between these two products? Given their similar function and the fact that Hot Standby seems to have been discontinued, this is the kind of thing I would have...
View ArticleFoE and APE Scenaro across WAN question
Can anyone help me understand how FoE would perform in the following scenario? We have our main polling engine in our UK data center, and an additional polling engine (APE) in the United States. We...
View ArticleCluster or Mirrored Database for failover
What are all of the options we have for fail-over and high availability. Do we go with a standby system and a mirrored DB or cluster it?
View ArticleDocs for FoE acceptance testing
I am new to Failover Engine, and am trying to compile a "how to" document for acceptance testing. Does SolarWinds have such a concise document already? Where can I read about the types of tasks that I...
View ArticleQuestion about FailOver Engine and Additional Poller Engine
Hello,I have a NPM server and an additional poller engine. If I understand correctly, I must have two FOE engines to protect both engines.Is my assumption correct? Daniele
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 ArticleDoes anybody using FoE automatically manage (patching/AVG) their secondary...
Does anybody using FoE automatically manage (patching/AVG) their secondary servers? We're ready to distch FoE because our auto management systems for patching and AVG updates cannot access the...
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 for three or more servers in a single environment
Hi everyone I'm interested in installing FOE in a DR topology with three NPM servers located at three seperate sites (each having a different public address, of course). Only one server would be...
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 Articlednsupdate.exe not updating dns
We've run into an interesting situation. When switching over to the primary from the secondary we noticed that the DNS isn't being updated on one pair of FoE servers. When using the dnsupdate.exe to...
View ArticleFOE Upgrade
I got notification from Solarwinds that FOE 6.7 was in General Availability. I currently and running FOE 6.4. I search all through the install packages documentation as well as all through the...
View ArticleLoss of Private channel
We have now recieved a few loss of private channel communications on a couple of our FoE pairs. I'm given SWREFID: 992 but have not found anything with this reference ID. Also the only other event...
View ArticleWhere is the DNS Updater located?
I am preparing to install FoE in a WAN scenario and have been reading the various documents about installation preparation. One thing I cannot quite make out is how to set up or execute the DNS update...
View ArticleFail Over Engine vs Hot Standby?
Has anyone come across a comparison between these two products? Given their similar function and the fact that Hot Standby seems to have been discontinued, this is the kind of thing I would have...
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