Network Management

Add nodes with the same hostname using Network Discovery

This article provides brief information and steps to resolve the issue when machines with the same hostname but different IP addresses are not added in the Network Discovery.

First published date

11/28/2018 12:11 AM

Last published date

11/28/2018 12:11 AM

Overview


This article provides brief information and steps to resolve the issue when machines with the same hostname but different IP addresses are not added in the Network Discovery.

 

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

The issue is caused when Network Discovery detects the nodes with the same hostname as duplicates. 

Resolution

Warning: SolarWinds strongly recommends that you create a full backup of your database. The following procedure may result in system performance issues or may create an error state.

 

1. Stop all Orion services from the Start and stop Orion services . 

 

Warning: SolarWinds strongly recommends that you only edit the SolarWinds.Orion.Discovery.Job.dll.config file as instructed. Any additional modifications may result in system performance issues or may create an error state.

 

2. Open SolarWinds.Orion.Discovery.Job.dll.config in a text editor. The default location is C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\SolarWinds.Orion.Discovery.Job.dll.config.

3. Locate the following lines:

<add key="DisableSysNameDuplicateDetector" value="false" />
<add key="DisableDNSDuplicateDetector" value="false" />

 

4. Replace with the following lines:

<add key="DisableSysNameDuplicateDetector" value="true" />
<add key="DisableDNSDuplicateDetector" value="true" />

5. Save the file. 

6. Restart all Orion services. 

7. Re-run Network Discovery.