When you installed NPM, did you add Nodes manually or did you run discovery?
We would like to improve user experience and for such reason I'd like to better understand if our users prefers INITIALLY to add nodes manually or run product network discovery in order to import...
View ArticleWhat do you think of Daylight Savings Time?
Every six months or so, there are discussions all over about whether or not to keep Daylight Savings Time (aka DST) abound. The feeling seems stronger in the Spring, when we have to push our clocks one...
View ArticleHow long does it take to charge your iPhone in the microwave?
The new Wave feature in the IOS8 update allows you to charge your device wirelessly in your microwave oven.
View ArticleHave you ever used Live Action? How is SolarWinds superior to it (if it is ....
One of my corporate peers was very familiar with Orion products. A while back he moved to a major department store chain with over 40,000 employees, and he's their Senior System Engineer on their...
View ArticleHave you voted yet?
Please come vote for us in the final hours of the IT Pro Day 2015 contest. Click the link and vote us up! We appreciate your support Thwacksters! Thwack SuperStars
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How do you start your morning?
I know people typical have a morning routine. How do you start yours?
View ArticleUSB Flash Drives
After watching the action on the post: "The Actuator - January 25th". I got to thinking. How many USB flash drives have I gone through since College. I'm sad to say that I don't recall... I would...
View ArticleUTC or Localtime! How should data be stored in Orion?
UTC or Localtime! How should data be stored in Orion? I have run into this issue on just about every monitoring system known to man. How is datetime for polled data stored in the database?I think that...
View ArticleWhich Stranger Things Character are you?
Excitement is building as the premier date for Stranger Things Season 2 was released yesterday, As if Haloween isn't fun enough on it own!
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NCM Approval 'Waiting for Execution' status
Hi Gurus. I would like to ask your help regarding the NCM approval status i was getting. After the approval of the script to process the status got stuck on 'Waiting for execution' for days.
View ArticleBackup Interfaces - Node Health showing red
We have a ton of devices with redundant backup interfaces - such as digi router with dual wireless interfaces. Typically 1 PPP will be up, the other will be down. If 1 loses signal it will use bank 2....
View Articlemonitoring for the sql shrink flag
Calling all SQL experts. Is anyone aware of a way to monitor for the SQL shrink flag?
View ArticleNative Reboot Server Alert Action
This is the most obvious and basic remediation action. Within the alert manager there must have some simple way that allows users to reboot a Windows server as the result of trigger condition. This...
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National Pizza Day
As we all know Pizza is a staple of IT - so how are you celebrating? And yes, to add to the debate - comment below Thick or Thin crust, New York or Chicago, etc.
View ArticleFeeling old?
Hello all I'm in my late 40's and lately, in the field of telecom, i've started to notice my age. I don't understand things as fast as I use to, the 20 something in my group seem to know more than I...
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What's your go to game?
aLTeReGo and I played COD together against Alterego Jr and this was the result. What game do you love?
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