Smarts NCM: Does NCM support a device hardware change?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

Network Configuration Manager does not currently support changing device hardware from one model to another with history retention. For example, if a device is initially discovered as a Cisco IOS Switch and the hardware is updated to a Cisco IOS Router, the device must be removed from NCM. The history will be lost, and the device will need to be rediscovered.