First 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 - 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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FoE 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 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 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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NEW FoE Upgrade Documentation available
Hello folks, this is the SolarWinds Doc Lady with updates on FoE Upgrade docs! We now have three great guides, tested and reviewed hard by the Geeks and SMEs.You can find all upgrade guides for all...
View ArticleSolarWinds Failover with Infoblox DNS
Wish to know if anyone has implemented SolarWinds Failover with Infoblox DNS before. If yes, I appreciate if you could share some pointers.
View ArticleSolarwinds FoE and Syncing Routes
We have a VPN tunnel that allows us to probe our clients private networks over this tunnel so we have routes built into the server to allow the traffic to flow out the proper interface. Is there a way...
View ArticleFOE with same Host Name
I have to implement FOE with two different host name. Pl help me to give me the workaround for the same. I am running NPM at my location. I can not put two hostname same in in one single domain.
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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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High Availability Beta - Included as Part of SAM 6.3 Beta
High Availability RequirementsPrimary Server InstallSecondary Server InstallCluster Pool Creation The SAM 6.3 Beta includes a first glimpse into an entirely new and fully integrated high availability...
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Torture Testing High Availability
A few of you have asked for test failover scenarios for High Availability you can try using the beta. Below I outline a few that can be tested in Beta 1. There will be additional testing scenarios...
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Invalid License. No available License for FOE
After try to execute a Test to Switch-Over, this one took too much time to complete and finally fail… But after this fail, on both servers Primary and Secondary are transmitting packets to LAN trough...
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...
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FoE - 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 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 ArticleCan the FoE Channel network in a WAN configuration be a routed VLAN?
My question is about the requirements for the channel network in a WAN configuration.I'd like to setup the FoE engine to failover to a server in a co-location site that is primarily connected to HQ via...
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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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...
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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