Thwackology
How many Thwackologists do you have in your shop? Most of us have attained at least some level of proficiency in Thwackology, but how many are true Thwackologists?A Thwackologist is certified as an SCP
View ArticleThwack site, Desktop V.S. Mobile versions
Which layout do you find easier to navigate and keep up with?
View ArticleWhat sites do you like to visit in your spare time?
Other than thwack... we've listed a few below that some of us enjoy. Please add your favorites in the comments as well!
View ArticleWould you like to see a SolarWinds Thwack Badge listing?
I would like to see a SolarWinds Thwack badge listing that shows all of the badges and what we have to do to obtain these badges. The badges are shown greyed out on the user profile, but I can never...
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Assessing Network Management Challenges
Network Management doesn’t have to be overly complex, but a clear understanding of what needs to be accomplished is important. In a previous blog series I had talked about the need for a tools team to...
View ArticleMount ISO from Support Computer/Remote Location
This would be a brilliant addition to the tool, especially as you've added 'big' features like VNC that have allowed more and more support 'from the desk' without having to visit any machine....
View ArticleExport NetPath to PDF/Image
NetPath shows an excellent graph of the path traffic takes going through a network. Sometimes it's necessary to share this information with a 3rd party or client. It would be convenient to be able to...
View ArticleWhat will I do when I step away from the keyboard for the last time?
Ok. Admit it!You dream of someday giving this all up and retiring!But the real questions are: At what age will I "hang them up"? What will I do with myself? Work part time? Travel? Start a new career?...
View ArticleEthics dilemma
Since the new Snowden movie is coming out, I thought I would pose a poll regarding corporate ethics. So being in IT, you may be the one that sets ACLs for the network directories (especially if you...
View ArticleIf...Then...Else statements for Alert Manager
I think it would make managing alerts much easier if we were able to build an if-then-else statement into the actions for an alert. My example...I create an alert for a particular set of criteria, but...
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ThwackCamp 2016 Recap from Radioteacher
San Antonio is not to far from Austin/Bee Cave for ThwackCamp. So at 5:15 AM I head out. A stop for breakfast taco's on the way broke up the drive. I checked into the hotel grabbed the swag bag and...
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Node Count Field / Table
It would be nice for Solarwinds to keep track of the total node count. Maybe a nightly job to write the count. This would help trend the count over time. Currently, I'm doing it manually in Excel....
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Agents for Windows - Why is Agent-Initiated 'Recommended'?
We're starting to leverage agents as part our testing for cloud-based server monitoring (less holes in the firewalls = better security, right?) and when you go through the agent add process it says...
View ArticleNPM 12.0.1rc High Availability available but no support on MSSQL Full...
Hello, We just install in a test environment the NPM V12.0.On our MS SQL Infra we use a DR facility that use itself the Full revory model.We just discover that Solarwinds don't support the Full...
View ArticleRandom Packet loss
Recently upgraded to NPM 12 and am getting random packet loss for random devices.Using sniffers and packet captures i can see the pings and replys so i assume the application is not handling it...
View ArticleWhat is the longest amount of time that you have been with any one company in...
I can remember back during the ".com" time people would be jumping ship every year or two in order to get their sign-on bonus, and increase in salary for their next gig (their resumes showed a steady...
View ArticleI cannot believe they asked me to do that - part 2
Assuming that you "have" been asked to either cancel your PTO or cut it short to come back and fix a work emergency, how did you respond and did you ever have to cut your PTO short. And if so, did you...
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I cannot believe they would ask me to do that - part 1
All of us have had those deadlines where executive management has requested that you put your personal plans on hold until your project is complete (even though they already approved your PTO and you...
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