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Michael_Dieter
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4 years ago

Ping Datasource periodic failure after Collector upgrade: any ideas?

Hi All I have an open case on this, but since we haven't been able to solve it yet I am throwing this out there and hoping someone might take the time to read this and be willing to share an ...
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Michael_Dieter
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4 years ago

I don't have the authority or access to stand up servers on my own, but what I can/will do is use one of the W2012 servers supporting the original collectors:

  • uninstall collector
  • remove collector from monitoring
  • reboot server
  • launch multiple continuous ping to relevant switches
  • wait, watch, note ping status when those switches' Ping datasource monitored by new collector fails

This should be in place by the end of the day as soon as I finish migrating all resources into the new ABCGs composed of new W2016 servers/collectors.