Orion Upgrades with FOE
Is there any documentation to how "Upgrades" are handled with Orion products and FOE? I have 2 situations, first is using a single SQL Server and the other with either SQL using Cluster Option or the...
View ArticleFailover to Secondary Server when Primary Shuts Down.
HelloI currently have 2 servers setup with FoE in WAN configuration, the servers are working and if I remove the network cables from the Primary server the Secondary Server becomes Active.The problem I...
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 ArticleFailover Engine and PageGate
Hi All,Shortly I'll be installing the FoE on a new 2008 R2 server in our NPM/NCM/IPSLA environment. In preparation I need to purchase the appropriate PageGate licenses. My question is, do I need to...
View ArticleDoes FOE really need NetBIOS?
Hi,FOE requires NetBIOSp.13 (NetBIOS enabled)http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/failoverengine/docs/OrionFailoverEngineInstallationGuide.pdfBut whether NetBIOS is enabled or not, the behavior(ex....
View ArticleCommand line options for FoE
Is is possible to issue commands using commandline to FoE for switchover, start/stop services, and start/stop replication? This would help us in our patch application automation we are trying to setup.
View ArticleHow to replicate NotePage PageGate with Orion FoE
Hi,I'm hoping someone has had experience using PageGate on a NPM/NCM/IPSLA FoE as I'm having trouble getting the PageGate database to replicate without getting "damaged".EnvironmentI have a physical...
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 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 ArticleHow do you handle MS Updates, AV definition updates, etc?
Hello, With the Failover engine, how are monthly MS updates, and daily AV Definition updates supposed to be handled if the failover server is offline Network-wise? Are we expected to have to manually...
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 ArticleRetry installation on secondary server
Hello,My first attempt at installing FoE failed on the secondary server (I missed the part about not using NIC teaming). I'm doing a P2P install in a WAN configuration. I ended up having to the...
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 ArticleFailover to Secondary Server when Primary Shuts Down.
HelloI currently have 2 servers setup with FoE in WAN configuration, the servers are working and if I remove the network cables from the Primary server the Secondary Server becomes Active.The problem I...
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...
View ArticleCan FOE support Multiple Public NICs
We have Orion Server where different networks are been connected by 3 NICs. We have implemented FOE for HA in LAN environment. Now when failover/switchover happen One NIC is switch to failover...
View ArticleInitial configuration of FoE.
Hello all.I've setup FoE configuration and almost is fine.However, when i shutdown my Primary Active server, the Secontary do not make switchover (automaticaly).Where/How I can setup FoE for that? I...
View ArticleNCM 7.1.1, Additional Polling Engine, and FoE (Addtl Polling Engine License)
I made a post in the NCM forum for a bug discovered while working SW support. It effects FOE installs on an additional polling engine with the NCM additional polling engine compoenets installed. I...
View ArticleAdvice 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 ArticleAuto Failover/Switchover Time
Hi,How long does it take to auto failover/switchover if Orion FoE has the default settings?Thank you.
View Article