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Network Management System (NMS)

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We want to be able to retrieve a device ID via API Query searching on device name

We want to be able to retrieve a device ID via API Query searching on device name without having to request the full device list and then parsing/greping through that full list of every device in the system in order to get a device ID. Currently a...
3 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Needs more information

Improve Api v3 Documentation for SDBConfigs endpoints

API v3 has a section for SDBConfigs - Many of the endpoints have very little or no description on what the intended functionality is. Improved documentation for the endpoints is requested
3 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Submitted

Add device move endpoint to REST APIv3

Adding a REST API endpoint would enable us to re-balance the devices across peers automatically. Sometimes, new objects are discovered pushing peers close to the object limit per peer same goes for the number of indicators per second. A script cou...
7 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Webhook Error Check - Feature

Currently NMS accepts carriage return (\n) in any condition (or trigger) message under policies. However, it breaks the webhook mechanism, if the same policy is tied up to the respective webhook. Please add Error check (or Not allowed) when a carr...
8 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Is a defect

Allow Multiple Metadata Fields in Device/Object Group Membership Rule

As we are using Metadata fields to store device or object extra static data, we are facing challenge of only one metadata field can be used in Device/Object Group Membership Rule. Sometimes we can get by creating multiple rules to mimic 'OR' multi...
8 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Be able to search a port number under Flow Configuration -> Protocols and Services -> "Service Mapping" tab or export to file for search.

In NMS tool, looking at flow data under Protocols and Services... how do I find TCP port 36450 and what it is linked to? Finding TCP under Protocols is easy but finding what 36450 is linked to under Service Mapping is hard * I haven't found a way ...
10 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

IBM SevOne NPM should support concurrent HSA adds

IBM SevOne NPM should support concurrent parallel HSA adds, if possible. For instance, one of our clients has 40 peers in their PAS/HSA pair environment and requires the ability to 'repave' by decommissioning and re-adding many peers at once as pa...
11 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Is a defect

Add %ifInErrors, %ifOutErrors, %ifInDiscards, %ifOutDiscards as standard indicators for interfaces

These are industry standard metrics and should have been added years ago. All customers benefit since individual packet error/discard counts don't provide much context into the seriousness of the issue (e.g. 5 errors out of how many packets?) vs i...
11 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Planned for future release

Requesting functionality to prevent the complete loss of data for IEN Calc object values in the event of data timeliness issues with member objects.

IEN CALC objects having frequent gaps in CDN calc objects 1. Alerting not reliable.2. the ability to "true up" the calc object values if member object data is delayed.3..the ability to see aggregate traffic values for remaining objects within the ...
16 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Needs more information

Objects are not discovering after onboarding device using API enpoint /api/v2/devices.

When onboard devices using the SevOne API, of the cases, randomly, onboarded devices have 0 objects discovered. The process is like this: the device is onboarded, metadata is applied to the device, and this metadata sets all the configuration need...
17 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration