After 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 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 ArticleFailover Engine and data/application protection
Hello,I have a Solarwinds NCM 7.1.1 working with Orion Failover Engine 6.7 on two nodes (primary and secondary). I have to show my client a few tests which include data/application protection.My...
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 ArticleFoE Installation
We have just purchased solarwinds software inclding NPM, NCM, NTA, VoIP and FoE. We just start to do the software installation. I would like to know if I should install all the modules and...
View ArticleSolarWinds FOE implementation
Hi All, We are planning to implement SolarWinds FOE in organization. We shall be using services from Neverfail technologies for SQL failover but i have one query we have constraint that our HA setup...
View ArticleFailover Engine Failing To Connect Between PRIMARY and SECONDARY
Hi All, I've recently installed Orion Failover Engine v6.7.0 - Additional Polling Engine however when I attempt to start the PRIMARY and SECONDARY nodes the service starts to shut down after a minute....
View ArticleFail Over Engine Experiences
We purchased FoE some time back but I have not yet implemented it. I am considering setting it up but am curious to hear how it is working for others?Is it working as expected?Has it caused any...
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 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 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 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 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 ArticleCan we run fail over ourselves without needing the SolarWinds Failover...
We have been planning and preparing for setting up our SolarWinds Failover engine installation. We have our primary SolarWinds server as well as our secondary server setup and ready to go. We built...
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Installing *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 ArticleFail Over Engine is better than VMotion
All our engines are running on VMWare clients and have VMotion enabled. We currently have engines deployed across three sites, but the VMotion at each site is constrained to that site and in a site DR...
View ArticleFoE - failover updating DNS entry for primary server - can we use an alias...
Hi all,We're working through the FoE setup at the moment using the WAN option with active system in one data center and our DR system in another data center. Obviously with the WAN setup you cannot...
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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 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 Articleis FoE create trouble when upgrading to NPM 12.
I would write to get info regarding FoE, is it create trouble when upgrade to NPM 12. Would appreciate if anyone could reply or share their experience or thoughts. regards,MAK
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