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 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.
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 ArticleFoE on addtional polling engine
Completed an install of FoE on a second polling engine. When I set the secondary server to become active everything went as planned except the polling engine thought it's IP address was that of the...
View ArticleInstalling *new* Applications once FOE is alreaady installed.
Morning allhttp://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/1480/How+to+Upgrade+SolarWinds+Orion+when+Orion+Failover+Engine+is+Installed I've read the above link to upgrading existing applications...
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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 ArticleUnable to protect service FTPSVC because Service FTPSVC was not found on...
Hi,We're seeing a few entries in our log files for services which aren't running, e.g.Unable to protect service FTPSVC because Service FTPSVC was not found on computer '.'.How can we stop it trying to...
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 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 ArticleDNSUpdate won't update DNS during FailOver
I'm still building out our new environment with one core and 8 additional pollers and have noticed that DNSUpdate doesn't function. FoE is installed and seems to work fine except for the DNSUpdate...
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 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 ArticleFailover 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...
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 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 ArticleFailover 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 ArticleHow to replicate NotePage PageGate with Orion FoE
Hi,I'm hoping someone has had experience using PageGate on a NPM/NCM/IPSLA FoE as I'm having trouble getting the PageGate database to replicate without getting "damaged".EnvironmentI have a physical...
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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 ArticleWhen can I run NCM Additional Poller Package with FoE installed? It seems to...
Eversince we installed NCM on our additional pollers, managing the FoE on additional poller has been a headache. Due to this bug, we are unable to start FoE service in additional poller. It sucks to...
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