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what is the role of DNS in FoE DR installation and how can I avoid using it
Hican someone explain the above.what does the FoE has to do with the DNS?how can I skip the DNS part during the installation if I dont want it ? thanksShani
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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...
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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...
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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...
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We are currently running SolarWinds Orion 10.1.3 on a server that is part of our domain.We want to implement failover using SolarWinds Failover Engine v6.4.1.Our failover topology includes 2 identical...
View ArticleMove Devices from main polling engine to additional engine
We have two pollers already present in our environment and I am need to move devices from main poller to additional poller. As per Administrator Guide procedure is Manage Node>> check the node...
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 ArticleHow does upgrading SolarWinds apps work with FoE?
I am unable to find any mention at all in the FoE documentation of how to approach the upgrade of SolarWinds applications in an environment that has FoE. Does the heartbeat take care of the differences...
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 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?
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FOE Details
We have installed a FOE on our server long back and now we missed the login credentials and ip address of the FOE installed on my server.where can i find the details for FOE installed on my server
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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...
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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 ArticleWhat has been your experience with Failover Engine?
We here at SolarWinds are continuously looking to improve our products in both functionality and user experience. Failover Engine (FoE) as you can imagine, doesn't get a tremendous amount of feedback...
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.
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How should i configure my/customer's monitored devices in an WAN FOE environment? What do i need to configure in the monitored devices in an across the wan foe instalationsnmp config, wmi config, nta...
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 ArticleCan a FoE be installed on a polling engine?
Hi guys,I have a design question and can’t find an answer in the docs. I see that the latest NPM can be stacked or installed multiple times on a single Windows platform and this could obviously save...
View ArticleFail Over Engine vs Hot Standby?
Has anyone come across a comparison between these two products? Given their similar function and the fact that Hot Standby seems to have been discontinued, this is the kind of thing I would have...
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