K-12 Education
I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to have a k-12 group within THWACK to allow education focused customers to come together with a focus around Solarwinds?
View ArticleFlash Player 23.0.0.162 (Win & Mac)
I was hoping to upgrade to the latest version of Flash Player 23.0.0.162. According to our PatchManager the latest version of Flash Player is 22.0.0.210. We receive e-mails when Patch Manager Updates...
View ArticleDid Solarwinds ask you to "gather diagnostics" before checking if it's a...
I routinely get asked by Solarwinds support to gather diagnostics (and then jump through the hoops and perform backflips while uploading those through a 3rd party system) before they even check if my...
View ArticleSAM RC 6.3
The email from aLTeReGo / Jeremy has only been out for a couple of hours (it's Saturday morning here in Australia).I'm actually kinda wishing it was Monday already, so I can get in to work early to...
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Table of third party patches - updated 09/07/2016
Simplify and automate these patches and more with SolarWinds Patch Manager.Check out the attached spreadsheet for recent patches.The Patch Manager catalog contains the following products: 7-Zip7-Zip...
View ArticleWhat would you call an IT Emergency?
A user runs up to you and says their is an IT Emergency a user cant print. What would you tell the user?
View ArticleWould you do it all over again?
I took some time to think about this over the long weekend after watching The Matrix and thinking about Neo's choice of which pill to take. I cogitated over choices I made in my life starting in my...
View ArticleThwack Chat
I think it would be nice to have a "live" web chat room similar to what was present in Thwack Camp. It was nice being able to collaborate live with both Solarwinds staff members and other Thwackers.
View ArticleThwack Points for Virtual Classes on SolarWinds!
So i'm currently attending the Virtual Classes via SolarWind's Customer Portal, and I was surprised we don't get any Thwack Points for those Our teacher said that there had been ideas for awarding...
View ArticleGamification - Scrolling Through Points Leader Board
I really enjoy the points based system, earning badges and gaining new levels. I would like to request a scroll-able leaderboard page. In the current view i can see the people near me but I want to see...
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Orion SDK - Reserve IPs in IPAM
Hi all, I was wondering if it was possible to reserve IP's in IPAM using the Orion SDK? Based on older forum posts, it wasn't possible a year ago, but I wanted to check if they added this functionality...
View ArticleSnowden Ethics Poll
I am excited to see the movie Snowden - because I only heard one side of the story when this all came about. I like to see the balanced discussion here of governement "Released sensitive information...
View ArticleNetpath Services (un-accountable delay)
While performing some troubleshooting I set up a netpath to a trouble site that was reporting slowness. I was able to verify that site slowness with iperf3 testing, but have yet to find the cause of...
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The Tricky Thing About Doing Tricky Things in Your Database
In my previous posts, I shared my tips on being an Accidental DBA - what things you should focus on first and how to prioritize your tasks. Today at 1PM CDT, Thomas LaRock, HeadGeek and Kevin...
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Would you like to see long sleeve shirts from Thwackcamp 2016 in the thwack...
Here's cobrian in deep explanation at thwackcamp 2016...
View ArticleDo You Want ThwackCamp To Be An Online & Live Event, Or Online Only?
I know we now have SWUGs going on all over the place, and that is great! However, since ThwackCamp is already an established event, why not grow it into a more interactive event too? Why not have...
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