Anyone ever have trouble with NPM not monitoring itself well?
Here's a couple examples. Recently I found this when looking at a UPS: Um, it's not September anymore. So what is happening is that Orion is no longer getting data back when polling this node. Am I...
View ArticleBlade Servers
Hi,We have a couple of HP C7000 G2 servers. I am running the latest and the greatest SAM and NPM. For some reason, I cant get SW to see, or set up a relationship between Blade Servers and Blade...
View ArticleCustomize DHCP View
Please forgive me if this is already a question posed. I am new to Thwack and SolarWinds. We are wanting to view our DHCP Servers on a custom view. I want the Servers listed on a list on the page,...
View ArticleWhere are the details of an Application stored in the SQL database?
I Need to find what credentials each application component is using, when the component is a SQL User Experience Monitor, and what the setting for "Use windows authentication first then sql...
View ArticleDisplay original source of message when logs are aggregated through rsyslog...
I am hoping you can give me a hand with an issue that I am having. I have a number of servers in a DMZ that are logging to a central rsyslog server and then forwarding these messages to a KiwiSyslog...
View ArticleAlert Manager- Alerts with variables?
Hello all, I am a newbie so please go easy on me. I have 60 ESXI hosts that I want to create alerts for and am really hoping I do not have to make a separate alert for each host. My hostnames are as...
View ArticleDependencies - with parent router to group of dependencies alerts
Hello all, I have been digging through the discussions hoping to find one similar to mine. No luck!My question is on dependencies and alerts. I have created a Group and added all my dependencies of a...
View ArticlePM:could not connect to server
Hi All, Any one who experienced this error in SPM? We run config wizard to check if our credential if invalid in accessing the sql server, but the result is successful. Any advise?
View Article30 remote site need monitoring but each site is connected via 256kbps link
I want to know if it is possible to monitor 30 sites over a 256 kbps VSAT connection? The equipment at the other end of each site consists of a Cisco router, switch, firewall, HP Blade server and...
View ArticleSAM monitor return from an application
We used to monitor an application through vbscript in ipMonitor. The vbscript basically carry out following tasks:Run a command with series of parameters e.g. "myappl.exe -r -s ServerName Port 4040...
View ArticleA Christmas Upgrade Story
Of course YOU'D never schedule an upgrade over Christmas, but this is the time for fun and for fiction. 'Twas the night of the upgrade, and all ‘cross the NetNot a user was surfing (‘cept one named...
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 ArticleSystem time change causing temporary unresponsive system
Hello all, Thank you for the response in advance. I have tried to find the answer online, but my google-fu is apparently weak today. I had a windows 2008 r2 box (virtual - not sure if this...
View ArticleBuilding an interfaces Alert with Nodes Custom Properties
Hi. i tried to build an interfaces alert, and include some nodes custom properties. but in the sent e-mail, i only get the variables instead of the text those should invoke. ¿Is there any way to do...
View ArticleS.A.M. of a URL or Web Server
Still new to the Server and Application Monitor product I have been tasked with creating a monitoring job that can prove a Web Site is up and running. I asked the person who was requesting this what...
View ArticleDoes network discovery give SNMP results precedence over WMI results?
We have windows servers that have both SNMP and WMI enabled on them. The nodes are currently in NPM being monitored as WMI nodes. When discovery finds them it seems to take the SNMP results and...
View ArticleCustom HTML Resource not displaying
We have setup on our SAM page a Custom HTML resource to monitor various things from our VMWare environment using Solarwinds Virtualization Manager. However we have a weird issue where as soon as the...
View ArticleSyslog filter by device type but no filter by group?
I'm slowly picking up Solarwinds Orion but I've run into a roadblock. Our shop has our devices now correctly showing up in the Orion syslog on the web. What I want to do is filter these by their...
View ArticleHappy Windows 10 Day!
Windows 10 comes out today. Who's getting it for there personal PCs? Who's rolling it out in their corporate environment? I've been testing it for the past few months and I'm loving it. I...
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