Network Atlas Update?
Any plans to enhance Network Atlas? It's a pretty old interface now - compared to the rest of NPM. The copy/paste is flakey - doesn't paste in a predictable place. I can't right click and duplicate....
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Day 3: Search
As IT pro's, we find ourselves searching for many things. We search for solutions. We search for truth (both regular and capital-T truth). Most of those things we either have a good chance of locating,...
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Day 1: Learn
Last year I posted a question on GeekSpeak, asking what it was about what they knew or did which defined them - in their own mind - as a particular kind of IT Pro. The discussion which followed was...
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Document Network Atlas macros and enable referencing custom properties
I feel like there is a significant amount of value to be had in the network atlas, but so far it seems like I'm hitting a dead end with regards to custom properties that can be used. For example, I can...
View ArticleSNMP Traps and Syslog Traps can raise an advanced alert in NPM
At the moment received SNMP- and Syslog Traps are only parsed and written directly into NPM databaseThe alerting interface for Traps has nothing to do with the NPM advanced alerting engine - nothing...
View ArticleCreate Advanced Alerts based on Traps and SysLog
I think it is time we bring the Trap and Syslog alerting features into the main dashboard and inline with all other alerts. We have a lot of UPSs deployed into the world and monitor them for battery...
View ArticleFEATURE REQUEST - Colors in Orion Web based Reports.
This feature request is to have coloring options in Orion Web Based Reports, SolarWinds Case # 1084316 - Colors in Reports was opened and closed as SolarWinds support mentioned this feature is not...
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Orion Scalability Engine Evaluation expiration?
I figured I'd turn to Thwack for a quicker answer rather than try the phone or a ticket... can anyone help me understand what exactly is up with this? Will this mean that I won't be able to use the...
View ArticleGlobal Search Technical Preview - Notes & Info
Last updated: March 23, 2015 Thanks for your interest in the Orion Global Search Technical Preview! This preview will give you some insight into what we're building and testing, and let us gather some...
View ArticleDay 3 - Relax
It is the weekend after all. What relax means to you, most of need to partake is some activity (or non-activity) that we find relaxing. For me that is spending time with the kids, my beautiful wife,...
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Day 4: Understand
Last year I discussed how some areas of technology were in (and others were out) of the range of our understanding - depending on what area of focus we have ourselves.I still think those things are...
View ArticleDay 4 - Meditate
Sunday for our family is a day of church, family and relaxation. At some point during the day we spend at least a short time in prayer and/or meditation. Many in today's society do not adher to a...
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Turkey sandwiches: Toasted or not toasted?
The UX team is having a debate over the proper way to eat a turkey sandwich. There is no conditional toasting, this is toasted or not toasted only.
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Day 3: Search
As IT pro's, we find ourselves searching for many things. We search for solutions. We search for truth (both regular and capital-T truth). Most of those things we either have a good chance of locating,...
View ArticleTrap and Syslog management integration into NPM Web
integration of Trap and Syslog management into NPM Web, like the integration into web-frontent of for example "rising Alerts / reports ". Now on NPM 12.x the management of Trap or Syslog are done on a...
View ArticleLink Parent Tickets?
Another new feature in 12.5 is "Linking of Parent Tickets" How is this different than Merging tickets? How is Linking of Parent Tickets a good thing (useful real world example would be helpful)? tia
View Article(3) Network Monitoring uses of IPSLA
IP SLA is mostly knew to measure VoIP service quality whether there are users using it or not. But here there is more three other examples of IP SLA use:simulated http traffic to monitor the response...
View ArticleImproving our Patch Manager documentation - what would you like to see?
Hi everyone, we are working to improve our documentation for Patch Manager, both the Admin Guide and we are also planning to create a Getting Started Guide for new users (see the NPM guide for an...
View ArticleStandardisation of Variables Across All Products
Hello, This is something that has caught me out quite a few times. For example sometimes NodeName will be ${NodeName} then othertimes it will be ${Node.NodeName} etc. It would be nice to have these...
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Day 5: Accept
or "Perfect is the enemy of good, part 1" Last year I talked about the idea of "accepting" in IT and it is our unwillingness to accept status quo that drove us into this profession in the first place....
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