Server & Application Monitor (SAM) - Updated October 20, 2015

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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Start Using SAM v6.2 Onboarding Guide How to Download Latest Version of SAM How to Upgrade to SAM 6.2.1 System Requirements License SAM SAM Licensing FAQs Install SAM Upgrade SAM Migrating SAM Setup Server & Application Monitor in 4 Easy Steps SAM Overview \| Video Tutorial SAM Guided Tour \| Video Tutorial	Top 10 AppInsight for Exchange: Requirements and Permissions AppInsight for Exchange: Missing Performance Counter AppInsight for Exchange: Mailbox Database Statistics are not Appearing Testing WMI Connectivity Error Message: Invalid Class When Using WMI Monitors How to Create a Non-administrator User for SAM Polling Hardware Health: SAM & NPM Differences Performance Counters are not Working Add Node Application Struck with Error During Polling: Initial Poll in Progress Problems in SAM with SNMP Process Monitors Failing
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Make The Most Of SAM Customer Training Program - Changing and Growing in 2015! The Rumors are True...Our Free Customer Training Program is Expanding Virtual Classroom Training Program for Current Customers - It's Here! SAM Demo Server Configuring and Integrating PowerShell Configuring and Integrating JMX SolarWinds Orion Web Based Reports Basic Application and Monitoring Tool Building Your Own Bandwidth Calculator 10 Criteria for Server & App Monitoring Software Installing SolarWinds Additional Polling Engines Web Based Reporting Supported Products Matrix Customer Application Monitoring with SAM \| Video Tutorial Integration Tips SolarWinds Events Calendar	Latest Blogs FISMA/NIST 800-53 Compliance with SolarWinds Products Introducing: Orion User Interface (UI) Refresh Server & Application Monitor 6.3 - Beta Available How To Guide:Monitoring & Alerting on IIS Server Performance Announcing DPA 9.2 GA: Is it the Application or the Database? How Continuous Performance Monitoring Helps Secure your IT Environment Solving Bigger Problems with the AppStack Dashboard AppStack - A Compass to Guide you Through the Forest 2015 Predictions and Beyond, Stop Telling Me What’s Happening, Let Me Tell You! Regular Checkups: Is Your NMS Still Loved? Favorite IT Metaphors,Sayings and Aphorisms SME Weighs in on SolarWinds AppStack: Why it's Useful Beta News: Adding a Databases Tab in Orion The Cost of Monitoring (But Not Automating) A Lap Around AppStack The Cost of (Not) Monitoring How Do You Keep an Up-to-date Inventory of Your Server Hardware? All New Appstack Environment View Troubleshooting Quality of Experience Problems With SAM Measuring And Monitoring Performance of Web Services Going Beyond System Center for Comprehensive Systems Management A Day in the Life of a DBA Impact of APM Across Your IT Landscape Exchange Server Monitoring Need Not Be Complex More...
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	SAM How To Articles Creating and Alerting on an HTTP Monitor Creating a Windows Service Monitor Creating, Applying, and Alerting on a WMI Monitor Switching Job Engine v2 to Different Accont than Local System Causes Windows Script Monitor to Stop Working Renaming a Custom Property via the Orion Web Console in SAM Removing the DB Performance Tab After Uninstalling DPA 9.2 Installing Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) Manually Repair Alerts in SAM v6.2 Automatically Run Unmanaged Tasks when Using a Domain Account on SAM How to Import/Export Application Template How to Disable Asset Inventory Data Collection How to Access Thwack Templates Through Proxy How to Delete Interfaces from Nodes Creating a Report that will Return the Node Name and the Serial Number from the Assigned Universal Device Poller How to Create an Advanced SQL Report that Shows Unmanaged ESX Guests How to Monitor the Windows Mount Points on the Server How to Monitor an Application Process Launched from a Specific Path Enabling Audible Alerts (Play a Sound Action) on Windows Server 2008 How to Effectively Monitor MySQL Servers Best Practices for Monitoring Performance & Health of Apache™ Web Servers Hybrid Cloud Monitoring How To How SolarWinds SAM Can Help the Air Force Monitor and Resolve Server Issues \| Video Tutorial How to Use the SolarWinds Orion Report Writer \| Video Tutorial How SolarWinds Products Fit Together \| Video Tutorial	Most Recent/Popular KBs How to Manually Register a SolarWinds License MAPI User Experience Monitor on a 32-bit Version of Microsoft Outlook AppInsight for Exchange: Remote Configuration Failed Exchange Web Services User Experience Monitor Response Time Issues Cannot Use NPM 11.5 or SAM 6.2 with SQL 2005 SolarWinds Orion Server Performance Issues Misleading License Information Notification in the Orion Web Console Nodes in Unknown Status AppInsight for IIS: Updating WsMan Limits AppInsight for IIS: Firewall Rule AppInsight for IIS: Certificate Protecting Against POODLE Security Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566) AppInsight: Changing Between 32-bit and 64-bit Polling Methods You Want to Load Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) Sensors on Linux in SAM You are Unable to Access Server WMI with a Local Administrator Account I am Not Seeing Expected Results in my Maps Data is Not Available on Web Console Charts What Files and Directories Should I Exclude from Antivirus Protection to Optimize Performance and to Ensure Adequate File Access for Orion Products? More...
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	SAM Documentation Online Administrator Guide Administrator Guide Onboarding Guide SAM Template Reference Datasheet AppInsight Application User Guide Release Notes Port Requirements WMI for TroubleShooting SolarWinds SAM Troubleshooting Hardware Health Windows 2012, SQL 2012, SQL 2014 and SolarWinds Products	SAM Video Zone Thwack Videos SAM Video Training Playlist SolarWinds Lab #32: Two Geeks and a Goddess How To Integrate Server & Application Monitor with Database Performance Analyzer Integrated Front-End & Back-End Web Application Monitoring IIS Web Server Monitoring Tool: AppInsight for IIS Server Monitoring Software: Introduction to Server and Application Monitor Application Relationship Mapping for Fast Root Cause Analysis: Application Stack Dashboard Hybrid Cloud Monitoring: End-to-End Application Performance Visibility 2015 Converged, Cloud, and SDX Predictions for IT: Reality or Fiction? Application Stack Management Dashboard Exchange Monitoring Tool: AppInsight for Exchange SAM and VMan have Upgraded their Relationship Introduction to SAM SAM Customer Training Application Monitor Templates Made Easy Plus Cloud Monitoring Tips IIS Web Server Monitoring Best Practices SAM Customer Training Level 2 SAM Customer Training \| Introduction SAM Customer Training \| Tabs Views and Resources SAM Customer Training \| Hardware Monitoring and Vendors SAM Customer Training \| Managing Applications SAM Customer Training \| Assigning Application Templates SAM Customer Training \| SAM Credentials SAM Customer Training \| Specific Alerting and Reporting SAM Customer Training \| SAM Settings SAM Customer Training \| Scalability Custom Application Monitoring with SAM Server Monitoring Software: Introduction to Server & Application Monitor How to Park, Migrate and Upgrade a SolarWinds License How to Activate a SolarWinds Product License More...
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Troubleshoot SAM Unexpected Website Error - Object Reference is not set to an instance of an object Connection failed to url. The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel Agent plugin does not poll when installed on a machine with an expired Orion license AppInsight for IIS: Polling fails due to a missing certificate IIS Average CPU and Memory Usage Data Not Displaying in IE11 Job Engine Agent Plug-in Load Failed Orion APM Oracle User Experience Monitors Cannot Connect to Oracle Databases Compatibility Check Error Messages Warranty Date for ESX Servers Not Updating Automatically Incorrect Warranty Expiration Dates SAM Features for Nodes on Primary Polling Engine are not Functioning for Nodes on Additional Pollers Required Module Versions are Missing Agent Plugin Status is Always in Installing State During Deployment AppInsight for SQL:Errors When Polling via Agent Agents are Stuck in Updating State on the New Orion Instance in SAM License Capacity Issues in SAM AppInsight for SQL:The Process Was Not Found A SAM Template Status Shows Initial Poll in Progress Active Agent Cannot Connect to the Orion Server and the Agent Installation Fails in SAM Unsupported HTTP to HTTPS Redirection in SAM The Communication object, System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel, cannot be used for communication because it is in the Faulted state Website Configuration Failed: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation WUnable to Monitor Windows Scheduled Tasks as Non-Admin User Account in SAM Oracle template monitor: Unable to Monitor the Database’s Instance which does not Use the Default Port The SAM Web Interface Exhibits Slow Performance AppInsight for Exchange: When attempting to add nodes with IPv6 addresses, AppInsight for Exchange is not listed Using Bootstrapper, Agent Nodes Cannot be Added to Orion, or Local Agent Node Appears Down After Installation Page Loading Problems with IE 11 in Windows 2012 R2 Unexpected Website Error After Uninstalling the Integrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor Module Agent is Constantly Losing its Connection Unable to Install an Additional Poller While the Primary Poller is Running with an Installed HotFix Out of Memory Error is Being Displayed While Adding Windows Process Monitors AppInsight for IIS: Bad Input Parameter. An Unexpected Error Occurred During the Log Parsing Process Agent Management Service Will Not Start on Additional Poller AppInsight for IIS is Not Polling SAM's Hardware Health Monitoring is Broken for SAM v6.1.1 and Earlier After Upgrading to NPM 12 AppInsight for IIS: Access is Denied When Configuring You Receive the Following Error: ERROR SolarWinds.APM.Probes.CustomPowerShellProbe - Probe error System.Management.Automation.ParseException: Missing closing '}'	What We Are Working On What We Are Working On Beyond SAM 6.2 Suggest New Features for SAM
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