The death of SNMP
As we all know, there’s a lot of change going on in the IT industry. New technologies are claiming they’ll completely displace technologies and tools we’ve all used for years. Some of it is a natural...
View ArticleShow 'Unmanaged' duration
There should be a place to show the 'Unmanaged' duration for a particular node that you have set to 'Unmanaged'. Perhaps add it to themouse-over information for that particular node?
View ArticleWhat tips and tricks do you have for networking?
Building off of last weeks What network support and troubleshooting are in your software toolkit? post, I wanted to ask what tips and tricks that you have that you can share with us? What little...
View ArticleInterface Errors
I am curious about how Orion is polling for interface errors. We have a couple of devices that have a history of getting errors on interfaces. After we clear the errors on the devices, Orion still...
View ArticleNTA / UDT / IPAM integration
Which of the following integrations you would welcome? ( examples of use cases provided, but feel free to add more! )Thanks
View ArticleLink Orion Alert to Asset
Good Morning- Is it possible to automatically link the Orion alert to the asset that has generated the alert? I knows it noted In the ticket under the "orion service" fields but we would like it to...
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NPM 10.5 Custom Report with Multiple Universal Device Pollers?
Hi,I am trying to create a custom report with the NPM 10.5 report writer for Fan Status on Cisco nodes.I have the following Universal Device Pollers assigned to my Cisco Nodes: ciscoEnvMonFanState and...
View ArticleHow to capture traffic stats from a QLogic and Brocade Fiber Switch
Hi Thwack Community:I'm new with Solarwinds Applications and was given the following task: To capture how much traffic is going thru the interfaces of a Fiber Switch.We have 4 Fiber Switches QLogic...
View ArticleNPM and Alert Central
Hello I have just upgraded NPM and IPAM and would also like to add Alert Central. Is this something that is fairly easy to do or does it require some time and configuration changes. Are there any...
View ArticleReport on UDT Users, Host name, IP address, Mac address?
Hi, when I'm looking in Orion-IP Addresses-Manage Subnets & IP Addresses - discovered subnets and choose one subnet I get exactly what I'm looking for " UDT Users, Host name, IP address, Mac...
View ArticleWhat sites do you like to visit in your spare time?
Other than thwack... we've listed a few below that some of us enjoy. Please add your favorites in the comments as well!
View ArticleCheck for registry key
Is there a way with SAM to check for the presents of a registry key? Would like to check for this: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired
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Email alerts at specific times
I'd like to know how I can set up a multiple value timed email alert within Advanced alert manager? I suppose I can do this with multiple alert actions, but would rather not go down that route... I...
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Configuration Backups
Hi all. In Solarwinds Network Configuration manager I've noticed there's a chart showing 'devices backed up vs. not backed up and' I was wondering if there were functions within NCM to highlight the...
View ArticleDo you use GNS3 or any other router sims to practice or test?
From http://www.gns3.net/: "GNS3 is an open source software that simulate complex networks while being as close as possible to the way real networks perform. All of this without having dedicated...
View ArticleSilence Alerts While Still Monitoring
Posting this in NPM but the same would go for SAM applications. There should be a way from the web UI to put an element in a "maintenance mode" in which the node is monitored but no alerts would go...
View ArticleMicrosoft Failover Clustering
We are looking at using LEM to capture Microsoft Failover Clustering events from the Windows Application Event log. Are these logs that LEM will be able to capture?
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thwack Monthly Mission - November Edition
For this month's mission you're going to need to fine tune your deductive reasoning skills. Do not underrate your own abilities. Propel yourself on this errand and apply only the obvious conclusions...
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