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After the release of NCM v7.3 and service releases NCM v7.3.1, and v7.3.2, we have been working on another bulk of features. Here they are:
- Web-based reporting
- New reports for the data presented in the drill-down graphs.
- New reports for the data presented in the drill-down graphs.
- Web-based alerting
- Enhancement: Execute the NCM action on a different node. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2615
- Ability to trigger alarm on NCM events.
- Entirely web-based user interface
- Miscellaneous Web UI and Usability Improvements
- Be able to quickly add/remove a lot of nodes to/from NCM at the same time.
- Add SWQL filtering for drill-down charts on NCM summary page. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3198, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1322, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1305
- Make grids match browser window size.
- Export config file from Web UI. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3884, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/4060, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/4874
- Ability to re-execute items on transfer status page. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3096, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3074
- Keep history for the transter status page. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2773
- Option to exclude devices with no config changes from the config change report email notification
- Improved EoL/EoS summary resource (For an idea see Customized "End-Of-Support" view query.)
- Improvement for multi-context devices: Handle all config types for all contexts with one device template.
- Job summary at the top of the notification email: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2601
- User with NCM Admin Role can access NCM settings even without full Orion admin rights.
- NCM to disconnect from devices properly. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1264
- Change Approval System Enhancements
- Two-tiered approval process (PCI compliance improvement).
- Notify requestor when his/her request has been approved/declined. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1622
- Improvements of Compliance Reports
- Execute remediation script for all blocks in violation. RFE Multiple Config Block Violation Remediation
- Use Config Change Templates for remediation. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2229, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2727
- Automatic remediation of policy violations.
- Indicate line number for violations. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/4871
- Better navigation when inspecting violaitons. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2774
- Config block not found does not mean policy violation. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1160
- Update only selected policy reports. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2040, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3010
- Disable a policy report.
- Copy/duplicate a policy or rule. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2294, https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/4032
- Delete all policies and rules associated with a report at once.
- Policy violations summary resource to be customizable. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1666
- Export violation details with the compliance report.
- Security Improvements
- Report vulnerabilities for Cisco IOS (https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2327)
- The default NCM Role is None for a new Orion account.
- Auditing Improvements
- Audit config transfers (items in Transfer Status).
- Audit which user executed each job.
- Track username for real-time change detection.
- New config change templates out of the box
- Store device templates in the database
- Wizard for device templates https://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/1079
- Let user choose which device templates will be used for auto-detect.
- LLDP Inventory report
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