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We are using BlueCat Integrity for DNS and DHCP management, including assigning static IPs for particular devices or hosts, creating subnets and providing entire subnets to the network, and adding CNAMEs and managing records per user requirements.

In a recent project, I worked on assigning IP addresses for particular hosts statically, where users would request a hostname and IP address. We provided those addresses and performed NS lookups and reverse NS lookups for verification. We also checked the same for CNAMEs and added a full DHCP pool on BlueCat Integrity to manage these elements.

I have used BlueCat Integrity with static DNS management including A records and IPv4 addresses only. We manage subnets by providing the total subnet to a network per user requirements, and we provide static addresses and alias names as CNAMEs. We also provide URLs with the CNAME that function as accessible URLs.

BlueCat Integrity improves efficiency, and managing records is very useful. When adding a subnet, it shows entire details including IP, subnet mask, and DNS, which are very helpful.

It definitely saves time when a user requests bulk IP address assignments. Managing records shows errors if there are any conflicts, making it an error-free mechanism for DNS and DHCP. BlueCat Integrity is very useful.

BlueCat Integrity's integration of DDI has improved network visibility for my team. When we add a subnet for a particular network, it shows IP assignment and how IP usage occurs. These details include network address, broadcast address, usable IPs, and which IPs have already been used, providing very high-level visibility. I can recommend it for any organization.

One of the best features BlueCat Integrity offers is bulk IP address assignments, where it displays the bulk address and bulk IP assignment from sheets we provide to entire hosts. Sometimes it gives an error for duplicate IPs, which prevents those from being added. Other than duplicates, it successfully adds all entries.

When users request the addition of many IP addresses, hostnames, and CNAMEs, instead of adding them one by one and performing NS lookups individually for verification, we create a sheet with proper assignment formatting where names and IP addresses follow the same format. We then upload this sheet to the BlueCat Integrity DNS portal, receive results, and if there is any duplicity, it shows the error. Based on those errors, we modify the sheet and upload it again to resolve the issues.

BlueCat Integrity provides a single-pane-of-glass view of my IP address space, which is very important for my organization because managing BlueCat Integrity is easy. We can see the entire subnet network, what IPs are already used, and what free IPs are available, making these details clearly visible.

BlueCat Integrity's performance in supporting hybrid infrastructures is very useful because we can see a clear network of IP address assignments. We are not wasting IPs on BlueCat Integrity as the dashboard visibility is clear, making IP assignment very useful.

When we upload a file, it calculates and shows error details, but the error details are not in a formatted form. It fetches the entire line, and those lines are messy and hard to read. If error details were presented in a particular format, it would be very useful for reading and understanding, as we currently cannot easily check what the host and IP are. A formatted presentation when showing errors would be better.

Regarding needed improvements, as we worked manually, we could accomplish much more with automations.

BlueCat Integrity has difficulties with ease of use, as we need to be very cautious while adding IPs and names to ensure they are correct. Users provide sheets based on names, and the IPs must be configured correctly to redirect to the user, making caution crucial.

I initially used BlueCat Integrity in my project for around 2.5 years.

I rate BlueCat Integrity around 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.

I chose 8.5 for my rating because it has been a very good experience working with BlueCat Integrity in managing IPAM, which provides a better experience for managing records. I did not give a 10 because, as I mentioned earlier, the formatted details need improvement and some automation also needs to be added, such as sending proper emails when errors occur. If we mistakenly add any subnet or subnet mask, we should immediately receive an email stating what needs to be re-added.

I would recommend using BlueCat Integrity because of its assignment features, dashboard capabilities, and bulk address assignment, which are all very useful.

We have used BlueCat Integrity for our internal project, which uses BlueCat to find geo-locations of different sites, and then we use them for other purposes internally.

This project is called Network Geo-location. We use C#, YAML parser, BlueCat Integrity, ServiceNow, and the network geo-location fetches the ranges of IP addresses with CIDR values. We then use these to fetch location from ServiceNow and maintain a collection of that in a YAML file, which we later use in our internal app called Boomerang. We check what different IP locations we have and which IP the user is coming from, so we can restrict users who are logging in.

We had to implement a feature to restrict users coming from different IP addresses, and BlueCat Integrity helped us achieve that. It helped us restrict users coming from different locations.

Users could have been coming from different locations that are not restricted. Any outside user could have come in as well. For example, if we restrict users to only coming from Europe, they could come in from Africa. By restricting users based on IP addresses, we reduce the risk of people accessing the website from other locations. Users can only come from the locations we specify, and that's how we create metrics and all the information, ensuring only valid users are coming to the website.

BlueCat Integrity helped reduce human error. Before, we used to have Excel sheets of IP address ranges. Now BlueCat Integrity provides us all the security and everything related to IP addresses and geo-location. With the manual work, there used to be errors related to geo-location and IP address, but now it's much better and we don't see any errors.

It helped reduce downtime because before it was manual work. Now it's all computerized with no errors.

The ranges of different API endpoints that BlueCat Integrity offers are really useful.

We currently use it for geo-locations, and we only use those endpoints. However, we haven't used the other endpoints so far.

Security-wise and governance-wise, it's quite strict. As I mentioned, it's related to different IP address ranges. When we specify ranges that we like, then it only gives us back those locations that we're interested in and it doesn't allow outside users. So it has quite good security.

The accuracy and reliability is to the mark. Whatever parameters we pass related to IP addresses, it gives back correct results, and we have verified it.

It is easy to use.

We would find it useful if BlueCat Integrity could provide a dashboard where it gives us information such as what endpoint we're using, how many times an endpoint has been hit, and what other endpoints are available that we can utilize. A dashboard with metrics, reports, and everything would be useful.

We have used BlueCat Integrity for almost two years in my company.

BlueCat Integrity is stable so far.

We are using a few servers, and we deploy to different nodes. If one server is down, it switches to another server. It's on Azure, so it's scalable.

Our internal customer support is good. If there are any issues with users trying to log in from different restricted zones, then they provide support.

We haven't used any other solution previously. It was all manual work before, so we went directly to BlueCat Integrity.

The main initiative was automation. It was manual before, so BlueCat Integrity automated our processes.

Another team set it up for us, and then we use the endpoints and do the development work.

We needed fewer employees. Before, it was manual work. We saved money because we don't have to employ people to do the manual work, as it's all automatic. The company saved money in the end.

The setup is all managed by another team. We were only doing the development work.

It was all manual work before. Our management did research and found BlueCat Integrity, and they started using it.

BlueCat Integrity helped our team achieve the results we tried to achieve. We only focused on one area related to IP address ranges and achieved that, so we haven't fully utilized BlueCat Integrity. If we utilized everything and all the aspects and endpoints, I would have given a rating of 10. I gave BlueCat Integrity a rating of 9 out of 10.

If anyone wants to use BlueCat Integrity, they should look at all the aspects of BlueCat Integrity, not just one area. Then they can start using and getting the benefit of that.