Failover engine - switchover works, but doesn't switch during actual failover?
So I've got 2 servers installed in LAN failover mode. NPM 10.1 with APM3.5. If I go into failover manager and do a switchover by clicking on Passive/secondary server and "Make Active", no problems it...
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i have re ip'd my addional polling engine, it is passing the information back to main server ok, but in admin/pollng engines it is still listing the old ip, thus when i try to do a "list resources"...
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...
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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...
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Auto Failover/Switchover Time
Hi,How long does it take to auto failover/switchover if Orion FoE has the default settings?Thank you.
View ArticleFOE Knowledge Base upgrad steps don't work
I just got finished wasting another 5 hours attempting to upgrade Orion NPM on a FOE arrangement. Let me first state that I followed KB 1480 to the letter, that is up to the point that it made no...
View ArticleHow to handle two NIC issue when installing FOE in AWS? - URGENT Please!!!
We are planning to deploy SolarWinds stack (NPM, NTA, SAM etc.) in AWS and would like to install FOE in AWS. Based on the documentation of FOE, its mentioned that we need to have two NIC cards to...
View ArticleNew additional poller with FoE
I am setting up a new additional poller to replace a corrupted poller. The additional poller I created was configured with the Orion applications and then the failover engine. I then cloned the...
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 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 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 ArticleFirst 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 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...
View Article¿Failover Engine Needs Two Modules Licenses?
HI. I recently Inherited a NPM +SAM + FoE installation, and this is my first time using FoE.I started the check how it was implemented, this was a PtP installation, the network config is fine,...
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...
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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...
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Failover Engine query
What failover engine (FOE) and how it works? (Does it sends hello message) Do we need two databases for this product? Does it requires install all Orion modules in both primary and...
View ArticleOrion Upgrades with FOE
Is there any documentation to how "Upgrades" are handled with Orion products and FOE? I have 2 situations, first is using a single SQL Server and the other with either SQL using Cluster Option or the...
View ArticleFailover Engine Installation
Hi! Do I need to install FOE into my NPM server? And install FOE to another server? How about its license? Will I use same license for this?
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...
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