Server & Application Monitor 6.3 - Beta Now Available
Since the release of Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.2, the team has been busily plugging away on a long list of new features and general product enhancements. Chief among them are...
View ArticleGoogle Maps in Orion NPM - How to Video
I've made some changes to the original Google Maps that I introduced about this time last year. This version provides a status icon on the map for each unique latitude and longitude value in the...
View ArticleNPM/Orion Functionality - Custom Property
Hi All, I am new to this tool so looking for some information on functionality. We have multiple offices in different locations, we created a Custom Node Property for Site Code (3 letter code for...
View ArticleHOW TO GET LOGS FROM ROUTER ON SOLARWINDS?
Hi all, I use solarwinds Orion Platform 2015.1.2, IPAM 4.3, VNQM 4.2.2, NPM 11.5.2, NTA 4.1.0, QoE 2.0, NCM 7.4, UDT 3.2.2 and I want to show the syslog from a router on SOLARWINDS. I go to events tab...
View ArticleWindows Credential Problem
Hi All Please could you help, I am very new to Solarwinds and I am having an issue where I had a windows credential on solarwinds in which the password had been changed and solarwinds was polling using...
View ArticleNetFlow Sources show zero Traffic In or Out
I am receiving flows from my netflow source interfaces (time stamps are current and updating), but the Traffic In and Traffic Out columns in the NetFlow Sources resource always show zero. Any ideas on...
View ArticleWhat core Cisco devices are you budgeting for in the coming year or two?
My company has adopted a policy of replacing Cisco hardware after six years of use, or at EOS, or based on MTBF, whichever is most appropriate to prevent unexpected outages. As a result I'm looking at...
View ArticleDo you sit or stand at your work desk?
There has been a lot of talk lately about sitting or standing at the office. I wanted to take a quick survey amoungst my follow/fella Thwackers. Do you sit/stand/other at work? If you sit, what...
View ArticleHow does your organization handle vendor training?
Just curious how other companies are handling any training that is being provided to their employees from outside vendors
View Articlesnmp on cisco router not responding
snmp on cisco router had been working but suddenly stopped responding...all tunnel interfaces discovered through snmp suddenly grayed out (Unknown State). what could be the issue?
View ArticleCreate a useful Network map with link status
Right now we have one big map with too much stuff, need to break it up and use drill down mapsNetwork Performance Monitor
View ArticleBecome a SolarWinds Jedi
My other resolutions will depend on me learning more and more about all our SolarWinds products.I need to dig more into the details to get more out of this product and better understand all it's...
View ArticleQuick Orion Database Health Check
I have tired to cover some DB performance issues and questions within this post. - Having very large DB Size- Having DB performance issues- Having high fragmentation for DB What is DB fragmentation...
View Articlethwack Monthly Mission - January 2016
Get ready for a veritable virtual venture! January’s thwack mission immerses you in a haptical world of virtualization technology, featuring two powerhouses in the alliance of network management...
View ArticleNew addition of IPAM module within existing Orion does not show configured...
I've poked around and haven't found anything specific to this. I've recently installed IPAM within an existing installation of Orion. Went smoothly for all intents and purposes. I'm adding DHCP...
View ArticleNew years resolution!
My new years resolution is to get solarwinds SAM stood up and working the way we need it to in order to provide proper monitoring of our various applications.
View ArticleDirectory monitoring
Is it possible to monitor directories in the same way files can be monitored? I have some FIM monitors set up to alert me when files are deleted, and that works fine. I can't get alerts to work for...
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