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

SevOne NPM should support netflow connection over TCP.

TCP is more secure and more reliable than UDP. As such, SevOne NPM should be able to support incoming netflow traffic over TCP in order to stay up to date with standards and customer expectations.
2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Future consideration

Need feature enhancement for device and object group creation

Currently, when creating a device group using metadata, the model defaults to OR logic and does not support using two or more metadata fields with AND logic. We request a feature that allows the use of AND logic for more precise group creation.
4 months 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

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
8 months 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

Add on new basic messaging protocol "MQTT" to NMS.

IOT is growing in the IT infrastructure monitoring and the end customer will hope he can consolidation monitor over all. MQTT is growing to IOT standard protocol and the other brands NMS have been added MQTT in their protocol. For example: Zabbix....
almost 2 years ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration

Enable SSO account provisioning on NMS

We want new users who authenticate via SSO successfully to be able to access SevOne NMS without explicitly needing an account previously created and mapped to that same user. Currently your system only allows users with manually created accounts t...
5 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Add security notice configured in Cluster settings to the header of all reports.

Add security notice configured in Cluster settings to the header of all reports.
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Needs more information