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Network Management System (NMS)

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Replace VMware tools shutdown command with SevOne shutdown command for proper shutdown

All VMware customers, would mean one triggered from the vCenter interface will then properly shutdown the machine. /etc/vmware-tools/poweroff-vm-default/etc/vmware-tools/restart-vm-default
3 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

flow de-duplication within DI

Flow duplication is a big issue when reporting and the same flow records are sent from different flow exporters (routers that the traffic transits). It's not easy to define groups or select specific devices for reporting, particularly when there a...
about 22 hours ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 3 Under review

The Netflow Rules Manager needs to include a pop up or other UI based notification that changes to the rules will not take effect until after the existing flows are stopped external to SevOne

The Netflow Rules Manager needs to include a pop up or other UI based notification that changes to the rules will not take effect until after the existing flows are stopped external to SevOne
3 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration

Netflow Flow Interface Manager should include a warning that advises the customer all previously recorded netflow data for a given flow interface will be deleted when purging the flow interface.

Currently there is no warning the data will be lost.
3 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Future consideration

SevOne NMS SelfMon using SNMPv3 OOTB

SevOne NMS SelfMon using SNMPv3 OOTBMore and more security concern and SevOne NMS is no exception and need to comply to SNMP v3
6 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

NMS needs to contain functionality pre process SNMP String type values and based on identifiable returned string values assign an integer/number value and record that as the associated indicator metric value.

Within the area of responsibility for Verizon GTS there are several hundred SNMP objects that need to be tracked the return a STRING value instead of a number or integer. Many of the strings are fixed. e.g. a status code of "active" vs "inactive"....
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration

syslog - 8 level(s) of notification - Customizing the SevOne alert levels for the 8 levels of Syslog Message.

When a syslog message is received by SevOne, we decide what color alert it gets. Currently there are default 8 levels of Syslog. Can those 8 colors be customized per NMS cluster instance? Like make it a whole new setting under "Cluster" > "clus...
8 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Needs more information

Adding Maintenance Window for Object/Object Group

We currently have the capability to add maintenance windows for devices in SevOne. However, we need to extend this functionality to specific interfaces or objects. We request the addition of Maintenance Windows at the object level, allowing for ma...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Update the NMS to allow customer defined VPC endpoints for AWS Monitoring

To gather monitoring metrics, the SevOne AWS plugin utilizes a set of unknown (to the user) AWS endpoints published by Amazon, and subject to change. https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json SevOne documentation requires only an outbound 443...
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Under review

NMS plugin for Nutanix

Many prospect customer have intention to move out of VMware and 1 of the favorite choice is Nutanix. Demand for Nutanix Plugin to monitor the infrastructure and platform is increasing by day.
15 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration