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Subhojit DuttaNew Participant
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Netbrain SNMP Walk with different username

Hi, We need to perform an SNMP walk using a different username and password instead of the NetBrain discovery credentials.Parser library using netbrain SNMP discovery credentials.   

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slodowic
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API changes in R12, not getting a list of all devices when using Get Devices API

Since the R12 upgrade, I'm not able to get all device using the API: /ServicesAPI/API/V1/CMDB/DevicesI'm only pulling 50 devices, and can’t seem to get the whole inventory. This was working fine previously. Anyone else running into a similar issue? Not sure if its an issue with my install and something changed or something with R12?

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dpriorNew Participant
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See Palo Alto Firewall Configuration in Set Format?

When getting the configuration for Palo Alto Firewalls in the Network Intents it is not giving it in the set format so its hard to check for compliance. How would I be able to see the configuration of the Palo Alto Firewalls in a set format like the link below?https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClHoCAK

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sdavid5670New Participant
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How do you get Netbrain to see a layer 2 neighbor when it isn't automatically discovering it?

In certain regions of our network, we are not allowed to enable discovery protocols (such as CDP or LLDP) and Netbrain isn’t effective at discovering layer 2 neighborships in these cases.  Is there a way that I can manually teach Netbrain of layer 2 neighborships when it cannot figure them out on its own?

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pjhenningNew Participant
asked in Automation
ADT Tables

Is it possible to have the ADT tables keeping the existing data and only update new data as an option?Example, once devices are queried, the information of online devices will be populated into the ADT, the next day, some of those devices might be offline and others online again, and again the table will only collect information of the online devices at that time and previous data will be lost because devices might be offline.Have ADT table that keeps building up on information as devices comes online.

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Simon BNew Participant
asked in General
REST API to obtain Site Properties

Looking at the REST API documentation, i can’t see the different between Get Site Info API and Get Site Properties API. They both have the same URI and paramters: GET /V1/CMDB/Sites/SiteInfo{?sitePath}|{?siteId} GET /V1/CMDB/Sites/SiteInfoQuery Parameters(*required) Name Type Description       sitePath^ string Full path name of a site. For example, 'My Network/Site1/Boston/Dev'. siteId^ string The unique id of specified site. property boolean The boolean switch to decide whether return the site detail information Note : ^ required if the other parameter is null. is the documentation correct?

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Charan0105New Participant
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Device hostname change - Discovery

Hello,I have a router device which is already present in netbrain. So when someone changes the device hostname in the device, would it reflect on netbrain automatically? Also added to that, if we run discovery task using an api with the device ip, does it change the updated details in netbrain? Thanks in advance  Regards,Charan Kumar N 

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Gio.GNew Participant
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Can you obtain raw command data (CLI, Configuration, SNMP, etc.) via Qapp script?

Hi! I was wondering if it would be possible to avoid using the typical Device Queue → For each Device → Command → Parse → DDT no-code sequence of NetBrain Qapps, and write it in code instead. I figured out how to loop through all the devices in the queue as the first two Nodes in the sequence would, but I’m a bit stuck on how to call the commands, as I’m not sure if there’s a built in API call I can use to do this or not. for row in $_device_queue.GetRows():    device = row['this']Getting raw input would be ideal. I don’t need help on the Parser bit or converting to a DDT as I’m quite familiar with regex and NetBrain’s Table API - so it’s really just the command part.My reason for the request, is that for a given device queue, I need to run a list of multiple different types of commands on each device. One command may be for getting the configuration, some are for CLI output, and some are for SNMP output, etc. I know about the loop-tables functionality, to be able to run multiple comma

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VerbatimNew Participant
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QApp: Cisco Router, Extended Ping, MTU Dont Fragment

Hello, Can a QApp ping the IP on the other end of a link with the “don’t fragment” bit set to that link’s MTU? Can this be done for every interface on the router?

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Charan0105New Participant
asked in Automation
API call to add devices to a domain

I am new to Netbrain and I am trying to add the device to the Netbrain through the API call. What would be the correct API call that I need to perform to add a device to netbrain. 

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eschulzNew Participant
asked in Automation
Diff of vlans on multiple devices

Hello, I do have 4 cisco leave switches in a DC and I would like to check if all of them have the same vlans and vlan description on it.The possibel diff between the 4 shall be shown to the user.An Q-APP or an Intent would be great. It shall be the same functionality as a runbook (Diff) provides but for n switches and in an automation.A golden template would not work here as we do have multiple DC`s with different vlan´s, so we just need a comparism possibility here.br

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John ThomasonNew Participant
asked in General
Shared Dashboard without Login

Is there a way to ‘expose’ a Dashboard to other team members that are not logged into Netbrain??Kind of like the ‘Functional Portal’ exposes maps, one ip table, or paths to members without using a seat license. Thank you,John ThomasonQuest Diagnostics

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LorensoNew Participant
asked in Automation
Regexp in RESTAPI

Hello team, Is possible search in oneIPTable database by string ? In whole database ? Or use regular expression ? Problem is that when I open it via GUI a try search it goes via every field in database and is searching string as I type it to search. But when I want do it via REST API I can only go through  rows with one Key IP, old DNS, MAC et. But o want to go through whole database and find every device that contains in hostname  for example backbone.

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maciasangel1New Participant
asked in General
NB University - Can't Enroll to NB101 - Intro to Automation

Hello everybody,I have a question about an issue that I’m having with NBU. I enrolled in NB101 but missed it due to the time difference. I am attempting to re-enroll into the lecture for a different time but it shows “absent” and does not allow me to re-enroll. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,Angel

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harishchandrasFrequent Participant
asked in Automation
Parsers for Cisco Nexus Devices

Does anyone have device configuration breakup parser for cisco nexus devices.I see it available for cisco router devices but can’t be use for cisco nexus devices since catalyst devices configurations by exclamation (!) but same is not available in case of cisco nexus devices. 

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AnupNew Participant
asked in Dynamic Map
Hostnames or additional data on sitemaps

Hi All, Is there a way to get the complete hostname displayed for a device on a map.. currently when the hostname is longer it trims off some part of the hostname. seems to happen for both compact and expanded mode. also if we could add the model and ios also on the expanded mode instead of the generic “device type” 

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Andy KrapfNew Participant
asked in Automation
Network Speed Benchmarking

Does anyone have a Qapp that will help conduct a network speed test (like iperf)?  I want to automate a periodic test to prove speed over a longer period of time.

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mil.kulNew Participant
asked in General
map hierarchy

Could anybody share some success story how to arrange a NetBrain map hierarchy for big sites?When there is a huge site with hundreds/thousands of devices, it would be worth to start with a top level map showing how particular buildings are connected each to the others.And then to go deeper to particular buildings, floors, racks …I’d like to create site maps containing devices plus icons representing links to other maps. But with site maps restrictions like “any device can be visible in a single leaf map only” and “no device can be visible in a container site, just leaf sites” I don’t see any easy way how to create a site map hierarchy. Thanks,Milan   

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clueless_userNew Participant
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How do I grab data via SNMP, display it, and alert if above a threshold?

We have some Infoblox DHCP/DNS servers that I’d like to poll DHCP scope usage and if above a certain percent, fire off an email. I’d like to display this scope usage data on a dashboard too if possible. I know the data is there in SNMP https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35418019/SNMP+MIB+Hierarchyhttps://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35418019/SNMP+MIB+Hierarchy#ibDHCPOne-MIB I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this. Would I write a qapp for this? I can’t seem to find any up to date guides on how to grab this data, parse it, and present it. 

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dawal1337Inspiring
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Create new custom device attribute using Python (not API)

Good Day,Netbrain Version 10.0 How can I create a custom device Attribute using Python, NOT using the API method? Documentation shows how to do it using APIs, but not using the “non-API” method. I know the following Python methods/functions exist:SetDeviceProperty and GetProperty: Example:SetDeviceProperty("is_external_router", $_device.GetProperty("name"), "Yes, External Router")AddMessage($_device.GetProperty("is_external_router")) Of course, it’s not going to work (prints “None”) without first creating the new Attribute. As stated, I need to know what the function/method name is to create a custom attribute. Thanks in advance for your help. Dave

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slodowic
asked in Automation
Execute CLI Commands from the API

Is there some way to be able to execute CLI commands from the API and pull the files or output? It doesn’t seem there is a way to do it so I wanted to see if anyone has other methods that they have found that would work for this use case?  

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MKumarNew Participant
asked in General
How to Transfer Cisco Images to Network Devices Using NetBrain?

We have 100’s of network devices in Managed services Environment, in order to upgrade each switches we need to upload software images to each devices via ftp software and connect to each device and upload.Current Scenerio:Login to each Client Windows ServerInstall FTP Server Software (Solarwinds)Access the Network Device using the ftp server software and upload the Image. How do we can utilize NetBrain Frontserver to transfer the Image to each device via NetBrain Application?

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NigelWNew Participant
posted in General
Dashboards

Hi All Are there any users in the community who have set up dashboards that have become invaluable to them?Im at the early stages of dashboard creation and would love to hear from people who are using dashboards to make their lives easier - would love to chat and hear what has worked well

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TimLangNew Participant
asked in Automation
Visual Parser$bool Variable

Can anyone share an example of processing a $bool variable in the Visual Parser.  Basically, what I would like to do is verify whether a certain command is present or not and put a true or false in an output table.For example, verify that the Nexus pim feature is enabled. Command in config is;feature pim

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jpmackzNew Participant
asked in Dynamic Map
VXLAN path calculation

Are these working for you? What should be the prerequisite for VXLAN in order for Netbrain Path Calculation to draw the underlay devices? Thank you!

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