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Solarwinds NPM – Take 2
Ok. So I’m back at it now. The first step of this mulligan was to remove the activated license from the corrupted windows box that caused me all the trouble in the first place. While I deploy a brand...
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Network Developer: A network engineers Journey into Python
Like most other people in the networking industry, I’ve been struggling with answering the question as to whether or not Network Engineers need to become programmers. It’s not an easy question to...
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Surfing your NMS with Python
Python is my favourite programming language. But then again, it’s also the only one I know. :) I made a choice to go with python because, honestly, that’s what all the cool kids were doing at the time....
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How many SPOGs?
Seems like every vendor is preaching the value of the Single Pane of Glass ( SPOG ) to their customers. For those of you who have been operations folks, the fragmented nature of xMS ( NMS, SMS...
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Providing Network Leadership
So I have to give credit where credit is due… a lot of this post is directly inspired by the book Network Maturity Model By William J. Bauman et al. It’s written in a very academic style, but there...
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Network Management – How to get started
Network Management Skills In the last few years, I’ve noticed that I’m a little different. It’s not just because I wear coloured socks or my hair looks like I style after Albert Einstein. I noticed...
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Playing with Solarwinds Orion NPM – How to recover from a corrupted database
I can’t believe it’s been that long, but I recently realized that my Solardwinds SCP has actually slipped. The SCP was one of the first certifications focused on network management and, as I’m sure you...
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Automating your NMS build using Python and Restful APIs Part 1 – Creating...
It’s a funny world we live in. Unless you’re hiding under a rock, there’s been a substantial push in the industry over the last few years to move away from the CLI. As someone right in the middle of...
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Automating your NMS build using Python and Restful APIs Part 2 – Adding...
This is the second in a series of posts where I’ll be using a RESTful API to automate a bunch of the initial deployment functions within my NMS. There are a bunch of reasons to do this that are right...
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Serial numbers how I love thee…
No one really like serial numbers, but keeping track of them is one of the “brushing your teeth” activities that everyone needs to take care of. It’s like eating your brussel sprouts. Or listening to...
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