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Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak

Usually when I'm working with companies on their network management strategy, while fault and performance management are top of mind, configuration management falls by the wayside. Nearly everyone that I've worked with wants to have easy to use, effective, and integrated configuration management - but for the most part this has historically been just too much trouble to make it feasible with everything else we have going on.

I'm proud to announce that this situation has now changed. Tomorrow we're going to officially announce the new Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM). Orion NCM is a new and improved configuration management application that replaces our Cirrus Configuration Manager and offers tight integration with the Orion that everyone knows and loves - Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM).

More information will be available over the next few days, but you can watch a sneak peak video here.

Flame on...
Josh

Posted Aug 25 2008, 09:20 PM by Josh Stephens | Email to a Friend
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Albany Mike wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Tue, Aug 26 2008 10:59 AM
We just purchased Cirrus not even a month ago. Is this going to be some sort of upgrade feature, or is our Cirrus now 2nd rate to this product. It would be a huge shame if we missed out on this and it isnt offered to existing Cirrus customers as an upgrade.
Josh Stephens wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Tue, Aug 26 2008 11:16 AM

Mike,

Good news - this will be a FREE upgrade for you. All Cirrus customers with active maintenance will be entitled to the new Orion NCM.

Josh

ddawson wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Wed, Sep 3 2008 10:36 PM
Will Orion NPM and Orion v9 PM share the same database or will they still be two seperate databases?
Josh Stephens wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Thu, Sep 4 2008 5:57 PM

DDawson,

Orion NPM and NCM (was Cirrus) don't share a common database but it'll feel like they do in many ways. We leverage the SolarWinds Information Service (SWIS) to allow the applications to integrate without requiring that they share a common database.

Josh

wvitalec wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Wed, Sep 10 2008 4:00 PM
Maybe you can help me. I am currently running to different locations in SolarWinds. In one location I have 3 pollers and a HSB and in the 2nd I have 2 pollers and a HSB. They are totally seperate environments. Each has its own SQL server. Also, everything is on a virtual environment. I have heard that it would be better to have the SQL servers on a physical box. Can you tell me specifically why?
Josh Stephens wrote re: Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - Sneak Peak
on Thu, Sep 11 2008 12:23 PM

wvitalec,

This is a great question. Generally speaking, there is no reason why you can't run SQL Server on a virtual server. However, the reason that most people run SQL Server on a physical server is that it's easier to guarantee system performance/resources that way. SQL tends to be very disk I/O and memory intensive and in many cases applications like this perform better on a physical server than a virtual server.

If you do decide to keep it on a virtual server you can certainly configure it so that it will scale in similar ways to a physical server, it's just not a "typical" VM at that point.

Please let me know if I can provide any additional information or assistance.

Thanks,,

Josh

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