Advice on US/UK FoE deployment
We have two Orion servers, one in the US and the other in the UK. These are currently running independently. We are looking to use FoE to configure the UK server as the primary active system, with...
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 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 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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FOE 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 ArticleBasic Fail Over Engine question.- Starting services
I have a basic question that I have run into while installing the FoE. Hopefully this is simple for some of the experts.My question is about failing over the engine from Primary to Secondary and back...
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.
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Docs 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 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 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 ArticleHow do I add another FoE license to an established system?
Hi, I have a 4 Server System with the following installed: 1. NPM, with P2 Failover license for the NPM and SAM (APM).2. SQL Server with Neverfail Failover. The other two Servers are the Failover...
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 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...
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Additional 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 ArticleFirst time installing FoE, need advice please!
I am about to attempt to install FoE on two pollers and an additional web server for the first time. I know there is documentation, but since SW documentation is not always very thorough, I wanted to...
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 ArticleNeed basic questions answered about Orion functions in a scaled environment
I have current versions of numerous SolarWinds applications (NPM, NCM, SAM, VNQM, UDT, WPM) installed on three polling engines. I have been combing through what I hope is the updated literature trying...
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 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...
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...
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