Message Center Overhaul
Message Center is great in concept; however, functionality is another story. I realize that SolarWinds is likely already working on this but I figured I would add this as an official Feature Request...
View ArticleTest/Development Licenses
Disclaimer: I know that there are other threads on this but I wanted to update it in this new Idea space.I would really like to have Test/Development licenses for SolarWinds products, at least for the...
View ArticleUndeleting an element (node/interface/volume etc.)
A few minutes ago I accidentally deleted my backbone switch (and all the interfaces of course). Since undeleting an element (node, interface etc.) is not possible (Except restoring SQL from backup) it...
View ArticleIf...Then...Else statements for Alert Manager
I think it would make managing alerts much easier if we were able to build an if-then-else statement into the actions for an alert. My example...I create an alert for a particular set of criteria, but...
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...
View ArticleHaving issues with an order from the thwack store?
If you tried to order something, points were deducted from your account, but you never got the confirmation email, we apologize for the inconvenience and we’ll get this sorted out for you. In order...
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[Round 4] Network Analyzer & Bandwidth Monitoring Bundle vs SW Admin Bundle...
Network Analyzer & Bandwidth Monitoring Bundle (NABMB) SW Admin Bundle for Active Directory Network Analyzer & Bandwidth Monitoring Bundle (NABMB) captures flow data and monitors interface...
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Advice needed - Upgrade path
All, I need some advice on upgrading my environment. I held off on upgrades until I felt the versions were stable, and it was safe to move forward. What I have in place today: NPM 10.7SAM 6.1.1 - same...
View ArticleLinux WPM player agent
I think the title says it all. I want to see a WPM player that can be run on a Linux distro (debian would be nice). I don't care which distro, though. Obviously part of my thinking here is roughly to...
View ArticleAppInsight for sql
I have App insight for sql installed and running. However I want to find a way to search for a specific database among all my 100 or so sql servers. I can search by a lot of items but not sql db name?...
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Tips for Manually Creating SAM Alerts
Hello, I am trying to create a costume Email Alert when a SAM Component is triggered. This is my first attempt at setting up a SAM email alert and I am having a bit of trouble getting it to work...
View ArticleUpgrading ipMonitor
Exploring options of upgrading ipMonitor application at my agency. Current environment = ipMonitor version 10.0 build 1371Current number of monitors = 4500 Exploring going to version 10.8, but there...
View ArticleMonitoring Stackports on Cisco 3650 switches
We recently installed the Cisco unified wired/wireless 3650 switches. When monitoring the Stackports, we are only seeing the stackport interfaces, not the "stacksub-stx-x" ports. The stacksub-stx-x...
View ArticleIntegrate F5 Load Balancer nodes/pools/servers into App Stack environment
Right now we have Solarwinds able to present the tables and charts from the F5's but it makes no effort to correlate those VIPs, and Nodes to any other part of the environment and they aren't treated...
View ArticleNotification of new VMs
As discussed is the comments of WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR VIRTUALIZATION MANAGER (UPDATED July 30, 2015), we propose that a newly discovered VM be able to generate an event. More specifically, a newly...
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Monitoring vBlocks
We are impementing and transfering our infrastructure over to vBlocks over the next 2 to 3 years. Our Solarwinds servers will eventually be upgraded to new machines and OS as well. My question is, I am...
View ArticleFTP Voyager and IBM MVS z/os
Looking on some help with this connection issue. I've tried passive mode, turned most options off and then one at a time...to troubleshoot and still no luck. Trying to connect to and IBM MVS through...
View ArticleRestrict Pollers to Specific IP and Interface
Guys, using NPM 11.5. We have tight security on our environment. As such, all networking kit use ACLs to determine what IP addresses they would respond to for SNMP queries etc. As such, we initially...
View ArticleThings That Virtualization Admins Need to Remember
Stay in the IT game long enough and you’ll see the cyclic nature that exists as well as the patterns that form as tech trends go from hype to in-production. I remember working with virtualization...
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