DR fail over engine not working
We are using latest fail over version for DR but not able to switch automatically or manually When I am switching Primary server to secondary server our web console/site not working When I am...
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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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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 ArticleFailover Engine LAN vs WAN
HiWe have 2 Data center i can run WAN or LAN to the server.Any budy try setup LAN and WAN scenario?I can understand that when you run the WAN setup there isn't 1 "public IP/DNS" to the 2 servers.Is...
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...
View ArticleFOE Upgrade
I got notification from Solarwinds that FOE 6.7 was in General Availability. I currently and running FOE 6.4. I search all through the install packages documentation as well as all through the...
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 ArticleDR fail over engine not working
We are using latest fail over version for DR but not able to switch automatically or manually When I am switching Primary server to secondary server our web console/site not working When I am...
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...
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 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 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 ArticleWhat is the difference between the active engine and its Fail-Over Engine
Once an engine and its FOE are paired is there any difference between the two. Does it matter which is the active & which the passive?
View ArticleQuestion on modules installed on pol engine
HelloBeen reading about the polling engine and as far as I can tell we need to install all our components on the additional poll engine, however when I download the polling engine from the customer...
View Articlewhat 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
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 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.
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 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 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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