How 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleFoE Installation Backup restore Failure
HiI installed the FoE on Primary server successfully (install clone). When I tried to install on Secondary server I didnt pass the backup restore step. I get following error:System writer is not found...
View ArticleFirst 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleRDP certificate issues
anyone had problems with RDP certificate issues? We rebooted our secondary (passive) server and now it is giving schannel errors, and the remote desktop is not working...
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 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 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?
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 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 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...
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