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Network Management System (NMS)

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LDAP redundancy

Customer is wondering on a setup with multiple LDAP servers, could we have a redundancy scheme whereas if an LDAP server fails, another on the list would take over.
6 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Submitted

Additional sanitization for Webhooks

Certain SevOne json payloads are affecting service now webhooks and can't be parsed properly if they contain special characters (such as : ). Request to further sanitize our webhook payloads in a more compatable format that service now can accept.
13 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

How can we make it easier for MSPs like BT to roll out updates at scale for 7.2 and 8.x environments?

Large MSPs like BT manage environments with 30+ clusters. Even with a ~30-minute upgrade time per cluster, the cumulative effort, scheduling, and risk of downtime make frequent updates challenging. Simplifying the rollout process (e.g., automation...
15 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Needs more information

SevOne should identify device-side object reindexing and trigger a discovery

A customer has identified an issue where over the course of spin-up / spin-down connections, maintenance, and failovers, it's not uncommon for certain objects to become unavailable due to snmp reindexing. For examle, during a fail-over when there ...
19 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

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...
28 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
28 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

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...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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 ...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration