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Dell Service Tag not displayed
Our VMware hosts are Dell servers. Why can't the node details page under hardware read/show the service tags? Using SNMP it gives the other info like model etc. I found an OID that gives the service...
View ArticleTo Brine or not to Brine, that is the question.
With Thanksgiving around the corner do you brine your bird?
View ArticleWhat percentage of your Solarwinds products and features would you say you...
This would include the full feature set - variables, alerting, node/interface configuration, Orion configuration, etc
View ArticleSolarWinds Support
After reading through all the replies on solarwinds support (or lack thereof), I've decided to help try and get to the root of the issue through a series of Polls... Remember to be courteous when...
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Mandatory Stack Element Tables for Avaya Switches
I would like to see mandatory stack information for all Avaya stackable switches in NCM. I have been trying to create custom pollers to provide this information and alerts based on those custom...
View Articleintegrate toolset with wireshark
if these two tools worked together seamlessly, we would have an ausome power tool to fix issues, and then zero in on them the two tools complement each other
View ArticleThree Keys for a Successful Help Desk
A successful help desk seeks to solve incidents quickly, find resolutions to persistent problems, and keep end-users happy. The help desk is the first line of defense triaging tickets and working with...
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Why aren’t we using Containers, and other questions CIOs ask when coming back...
Sitting back at the office getting work done, keeping the ship afloat, living the Ops life of the perception of DevOps, only to have your IT Director, VP or CxO come and demand, “Why aren’t we using...
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status LED in a custom report
BACKGROUND: I'm trying to craft a view for our operations folks and provide them with an overall status of unmanaged "elements" One view I'm trying to create is one that shows unmanaged network...
View ArticleIssues with LEM. Advice would be very much appreicated. (ASAP)
Hello. So I haven't touched LEM for a while and was trying to add a node to do some more testing and for the love of me my manager name isn't working (please see attached) It works with the IP...
View ArticleReplace NPM Syslog & Trap system with Kiwi Syslog
For many years now the Sylsog and Trap system have been due to an overhaul. At this point they are nothing more than an ugly scar on NPM which is an otherwise fantastic product. Years ago SolarWinds...
View ArticleLog Parser Powershell - todays date in the file name
Hi, I'm trying to use the log parser PowerShell template to look in a text file for a string. I can get it to work on a file like the below. logfile.log but I cant work out how to add todays date into...
View ArticleGNS3: Year In Review with Solarwinds
Almost one year ago GNS3 became part of the SolarWinds organization as our open-source sponsor. Since that time, Thwack and the SolarWinds team have embraced GNS3 and our community - and we could not...
View ArticleSUPPORT FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION (RHEV)
Add support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV).
View ArticleTable of third party patches - updated 11/21/2016
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 ArticleSWUG Event ‘T’ Shirts?
Fellow SWUG Event Attendees… Wouldn’t it be cool to have a fine quality SWUG ‘T’ Shirt to wear like our Host Solarwinds THWACK Community Head Geeks at the our SWUG Events. I trust a favourable response...
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THWACK Monthly Mission- November 2016
This is one corner… of one IT environment, in one company, on one planet that’s a corner of a galaxy that’s a corner of a virtual universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and...
View ArticleManaged Alerts
I have noticed that Managed alerts section is not displaying any alerts - on both web servers ? I see active alerts and information and in the action manager but nothing in Managed alerts ? Thoughts
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THWACK Community Mobile Phone App?
Fellow THWACK Members… Wouldn’t it be good to have a Mobile Phone App created for us to use and earn our THWACK Community Attendance Points? I trust a favourable response will make this happen. Thank...
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