How to run inventory report of only physical servers?
I need to run a report that lists physical servers. I need something similar to the default report named "Inventory Fixed Asset Report" but I need to leave out all virtual machines. There doesn't...
View ArticleSAM - Pending Reboot Monitor
Hello, We've been facing an issue recently where servers maybe need 2+ reboots post patching which is being missed. I've managed to create a SAM Powershell alert using the following code (should...
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Creating a component view of just "RPC Requests failed" but for all my...
I'm using SAM 6.2 with AppInsight for Exchange. When I expand my applications, AppInsight for Exchange and click "Microsoft Exchange" I get the AppInsight for Exchange Summary page for that Node. On...
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Alert on Access Denied
We have an old server that thinks that it is no longer on the domain network from time to time. While we work on migrating it to a new server, is there a way that we can get alerted if a SAM poll...
View ArticleOne Company's Journey Out of Darkness, Part VI: Looking Forward
I've had the opportunity over the past couple of years to work with a large customer of mine on a refresh of their entire infrastructure. Network management tools were one of the last pieces to be...
View ArticleWanted: Geeky T-shirt captions that play on your favorite movie quotes,...
thwacknation! We need your help coming up with t-shirt captions that play off your favorite movies. Please send us your best ideas & geeky twists on cult classics!
View ArticleNeed Info about the MIBs that can be used to integrate Solarwinds with Netcool
Hi , Can someone help me in finding the MIBs that I can sue to integrate Solarwinds with Netcool. I need mibs required to integrate (to forward the alerts) from solarwind version XXXXXX with any tool...
View ArticleShow points awards from monthly missions in activity history
Right now, points activity from the monthly missions (and other off-Thwack activity) do not show up in the Activity History, so it's not possible to easily check if the points were correctly awarded...
View ArticleTime of Day minimum threshold
Any one know if this is possible? Maybe an advanced sql alert. Example is Internet Uplink interfaces. (Hope I'm articulating this well enough) Basically predictive in nature. I know that today at...
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thwack Monthly Mission - November 2015
When your shin finds a drawer that is out of position, it might put a strain on your disposition. A flat tire in the driveway when you try to leave, might make you start feeling a little bit peeved....
View ArticleNetFlow Country Report
We are using NetFlow 4.1.1 and trying to see if we can accomplish 2 things:1) Alert on if a specific country shows up on the list2) Create a report f countries I have not been able to accomplish either...
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How to find historical number of active sessions per machine?
We've lately had some spikes in "active sessions" which correlate with CPU issues. I'd like to get a report of the number of active sessions from connected machines.Is there a way to get this? A...
View ArticleAdd extended ping tool to Web Based Toolset
Would really like to have the capability of initiating extended pings to a device and viewing the results in verbose mode. This would be very useful for technicians that don't have device access, and...
View ArticleReceiving alerts that VMware virtual machines are down, but they are not.
I am receiving multiple several times a day on all my VM's indicating they are down, but they are not. I get the reset alert a couple of minutes later. This is happening on all vm's on all the hosts,...
View ArticleAllow for control over the scale of the y-axis in reports
Unless I am missing a feature somewhere, the y-axis always auto-scales in reports. This makes it difficult to compare graphs side-by-side and quickly show differences. We find we always have to spend...
View ArticleMonitoring VPN Connections
Are there any templates out there or ways to monitor whether a VPN connection goes down through NPM?Apparently our VPN here went down because the VPN negotiation got stuck looping a packet (no idea how...
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