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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 ArticleFoE 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 Article¿Failover Engine Needs Two Modules Licenses?
HI. I recently Inherited a NPM +SAM + FoE installation, and this is my first time using FoE.I started the check how it was implemented, this was a PtP installation, the network config is fine,...
View ArticleHow to handle two NIC issue when installing FOE in AWS? - URGENT Please!!!
We are planning to deploy SolarWinds stack (NPM, NTA, SAM etc.) in AWS and would like to install FOE in AWS. Based on the documentation of FOE, its mentioned that we need to have two NIC cards to...
View ArticleFoE and Additional Poller
Hello, I am in the process of designing our new SolarWinds installation. We already have a couple of the products but have since purchased the rest (pretty much) We are having a few discussions on...
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 ArticleFOE Knowledge Base upgrad steps don't work
I just got finished wasting another 5 hours attempting to upgrade Orion NPM on a FOE arrangement. Let me first state that I followed KB 1480 to the letter, that is up to the point that it made no...
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what are primary Solarwinds modules for FoE
I know that FoE is licensed for primary Solarwinds modules. They are NPM, SAM ... but I cannot find 3rd one on SW website and KB. I'm sure they are not NTA or NCM. Anybody knows?
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 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 ArticleFailover Environment - Unique or different IPs
Hello Solarwinds Support, I’ve got a question: I’m setting up a new Solarwinds environment. I’ve bought the necessary licenses alreadyI want to use the failover engine in an 2 datacenter environment...
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...
View ArticleFailover Engine query
What failover engine (FOE) and how it works? (Does it sends hello message) Do we need two databases for this product? Does it requires install all Orion modules in both primary and...
View Articlehow to add Same hostname on Domain when using FOE
Deploying FOE over WAN using Cloning method. How can we add the secondary server on the domain when primary server is already joined the domain.
View ArticleNew additional poller with FoE
I am setting up a new additional poller to replace a corrupted poller. The additional poller I created was configured with the Orion applications and then the failover engine. I then cloned the...
View ArticleHow to move FoE Secondary Server from LAN to WAN
Hi, We are using FoE to provide HA for now but we have a project to use it as DR.We can repliicate our SQL DB to WAN.We are using 2 Additional pollers and an additionel web server as well. NPM and NCM...
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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...
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 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 ArticleWhere is the DNS Updater located?
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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