Alert "dependencies"
All of our alerts are handled by our ticketing system. This creates a problem when the device/system generating the alerts is not smart enough to suppress them based on other conditions. For...
View ArticleTell us your "Unknown" devices!
Sometimes devices show up in Orion as "unknown". Those devices need to be added to our SysObjectID database. We know about lots of them, but we'd like to hear which items you need. We...
View ArticleHelp with SQL
I have a HUGE excel spreadsheet that I manually created as I was learning our monitoring solution. I would like to automate this spreadsheet. The three main tabs it has is one that lists out our...
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Performance Counter Monitor - Bad Input Pameter - HResult
We are running 'Active Directory 2008 R2 Services and Counters' template on 10+ domain controllers and all report correctly except for one trouble server. The service monitors work correctly but the...
View ArticleIncorrect date on MIN/MAX Average Statistic Data charts
Afternoon, I thought I'd throw this one out there before I logged a call with support. We're having an issue with some "MIN/MAX Average Statistic Data" charts in that they display no stats and show an...
View ArticleIIS Log Analysis in Orion NPM or new APM product?
This might be a feature request, however, maybe I'll be presently surprised that it is already in the Solarwinds Product suite somewhere and I haven't found it. I'm wondering if there are any plans to...
View ArticleNPM 10.6 RC1 is here - UnDP on maps, new openstreet maps, new reporting
Well, it's time to announce more features and improvement for all of you that are under NPM active maintenance program. Yes, you're right, NPM 10.6 is coming and as always, we have prepared Release...
View ArticleWeird ESX monitoring issue.
We are having an issue with monitoring our ESX hosts 2 of the 3 of them. The issue is 2 of the network interfaces are showing up as unknowns. The rest of the 14 interfaces are fine. Also the...
View ArticleStrange Problem Accessing Network Share
We have been using Serv-U for many years running on Windows XP in application mode and recently ran into a strange problem that has us stumped. Here's the background. We are currently running version...
View ArticleIs 10.5 VRF aware?
We run multiple VRFs on our core routers interconnected with OSPF and iBGP. Will 10.5 be VRF aware or will it only collect routing information for the default VRF? I would love to just install it and...
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How to Avoid "Monitoring Spam"
Large and small companies alike have it easy when it comes to network monitoring. Large companies can afford the biggest and best solution available, and an army of people to monitor every little...
View ArticleRe-certified again!
Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that I passed the exam and have renewed my cert that expired in April, 2013. Overall a great testing experience, and my 1st with MyTest.com. The 1st time I was...
View ArticleAPI or SDK
Hi everyone is there an API or SDK that can be used with the storage manager to extract data from it like NPM? koby
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ucs uplinks
I am monitoring mmy ucs fabric interconnects and uplinks and saw that I have a port channels. but one of them show U. and the rest does not. what does this mean?
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Orion Network Atlas
Hi,I am new to Orion product. i am using Network performance monitor version 10.4. i added nodes using network discovery. when i tried to add the nodes to network atlas i found the computers on the...
View ArticleSolarWinds NCM 7.2 Release Candidate is now available!
We have officially reached Release Candidate (RC) status for Network Configuration Manager 7.2. RC is the last step before general availability and is a chance for existing customers to get the newest...
View ArticleInternet Traffic Billing
Hi, Is there a third party application that is use for billing clients base on their Internet usage?Possibly using NPM historic internet utilization (total bytes transferred graph) or NTA reporting? I...
View ArticleCatTools unable to login
I am unable to backup our config file using CatTools 3.4. I have attached the debug file. The details when watching the info log says: VTY password prompt returned, sending password again. then...
View ArticleHopping ssh2 connection via a linux host
Any one have a sample how i can config and setup an ssh2 connection to a linux host and then hop from there another ssh2 connection to a network device like Cisco Router.
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How to Monitor Effectively
In my last post on the subject of what I called "monitoring-spam" I talked about what can happen when you install a solution like NPM and turn on all alerts--or at least leave on the out-of-the-box...
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