Is there a way to change the node status led, possibly keeping node status as it is but adding the small led (i.e. the one that is used for interfaces out of the box) in case of hardware health issues?
The idea is to make evident that there is an issue on the node even if the node is up and running.
Thanks
We are having issues, where some SNMP traffic appears to be blocked. Using Wireshark we can see the query to the ASA, the response from the ASA, but no acknowledgement by SolarWinds.
Anyone come across this?? Appreciated the assistance.
We are having issues trying to successfully monitor VMware environments.
Here's the steps we are following:
1) Add Node - use vcenter IP
2) Polling Method - Status Only (ICMP)
3) Once the host is added - edit node properties
- VMware Polling Settings - Click the checkbox - Poll for VMware
Enter credentials for user with read access in vcenter
Test Fails
During the testing process I confirmed network communication from the poller to vcenter
Has anyone faced similar issues?
Any assistance or guidance would be greatly appreciated. We have an open case, but we have yet to get a resolution.
Orion Platform 2017.3.5 SP5 - NPM 12.2
I'd like to show some custom reporting on the Group Details page, is there a bit of SQL magic I can weave to filter the report to only members of the current group being displayed?
I have created a report in orion report writer and unable to filter VMFS voulme.
Need help.
We've found a bug with Network Insight for ASA causing NPM to display no contexts or an incomplete list of contexts even when contexts are in use. You can still add each context and monitor them individually, but are unable to associate or link between them. This issue is due to a change in how ASA software version 9.2(4)22, and possibly others, displays serial numbers within the output of the "show module" command.
We're tracking this bug internally as NPM-9576 and have prepared a buddy drop to fix it. If you're running into this problem, please shoot me a PM or email and I'll get the buddy drop over to you. As we gather more information and verify our solution works in the field, we'll incorporate this fix into a regular release.
I have a Cisco wireless controller and Cisco AP's. The controller node shows the list of all the thin access points, but they aren't linked with the AP nodes and they don't show any performance data.
Is there a way to link or merge the AP node data with the wireless controller node?
Hi Everybody,
I'm interested to know what are some custom alerts that you've created. My company recently spun up a new Solarwinds deployment and I'm in charge of setup and administration, I'd like to get an idea of what to alert on by the community. I understand yes "alerting is based on what you want to know" but I just want to get an idea. Anything helps!
A combination of both
Hi All.
Our business has multiple sites, with many nodes and interfaces monitored by NPM at larger sites. We have a custom field on Nodes, Airport_Code, which is the airport code of the nearest major Airport. I was wanting to do some planning for APEs, and wanted to see how many nodes and interfaces are in the database on a per-site basis. I share here what I found, in the hopes that this may be of value to you.
The keys here are to do a Left Join between Nodes and Interfaces tables, and include the word Distinct in the NodeID count.
When just using Distinct, with just an Inner Join, I didn’t see all records – just records which also had interfaces. We happen to have several nodes with no interfaces in management in some locations. Those weren’t being counted using Inner Join. Using Left Join, all Node records were selected, not just the ones which had interfaces under management.
When not using the word Distinct in the NodeID count, you will get the same number for NodeID count as Interface count. That's because each interface has a node associated with it, and the SQL query will count every NodeID listed (ie. a NodeID which has 3 managed Interfaces will be counted 3 times under Node ID). So, use Distinct to count only the unique occurrences of the NodeID.
Here is the SQL Code:
SELECT
Nodes.Airport_Code AS Airport_Code, COUNT(DISTINCT Nodes.NodeID) AS Node_Cnt,COUNT(Interfaces.InterfaceID) AS Interface_Cnt
FROM
Nodes LEFT JOIN Interfaces ON (Nodes.NodeID = Interfaces.NodeID)
GROUP BY Nodes.Airport_Code
ORDER BY 2 DESC
Here is our output (numbers and codes have been changed slightly):
Airport_Code Node_Cnt Interface_Cnt
SEA 662 2800
PDX 623 1656
SFO 467 2507
LAX 343 887
...
I hope this if of help to someone out there. Cheers!
All,
I'm not sure if this is possible, but if it is, it would be great!
I have dynamically created groups, and for some of these groups, I want to assign a custom property to any new node that gets 'filtered' into the group.
for example, I have a group called "Core Routers" , that has some dynamic filters that allow devices to be added to the group. I want to also assign a custom node property to all the nodes in the group, like an "Application Group" property called "autoticket" that I can use to generate automated incident tickets to our ticketing tool.
I don't want to have to remember to add the Custom Property to the node, every time a node or group of nodes gets discovered, I want that property to be automatically assigned if the node gets dynamically assigned to that group. I hope that makes sense.
Maybe there is a way to use the API to assign a custom property to nodes, and I have to export the group members nightly or something like that...
Looking for any suggestions to automate the process of custom property assignment based on group membership.
thanks,
Steve Turcotte
We are having issues trying to successfully monitor VMware environments.
Here's the steps we are following:
1) Add Node - use vcenter IP
2) Polling Method - Status Only (ICMP)
3) Once the host is added - edit node properties
- VMware Polling Settings - Click the checkbox - Poll for VMware
Enter credentials for user with read access in vcenter
Test Fails
During the testing process I confirmed network communication from the poller to vcenter
Has anyone faced similar issues?
Any assistance or guidance would be greatly appreciated. We have an open case, but we have yet to get a resolution.
Orion Platform 2017.3.5 SP5 - NPM 12.2
I can't figure out how to include the Active Alerts page into a NOC view. I found adding a custom tile got me close but only shows the top 5 Alerts. Anyone got any ideas. I want a view like the Active Alerts that I can use in a NOC View for our Ops team filtered to just include servers using a custom property.
Prefer this with a filter for just servers (the NOC view is already filtered), but can't figure out how to add this view to it.
I got close with this.
We have a change management system in place, but having this open and solarwinds, and helpdesk, makes everything so messy... so we roll it all into one page. Took a bit of playing around, and since i couldn't find anything on these forums i thought i would share...
If you want to import a external website or sharepoint site into solarwinds page you can do it via the <IFRAME> </IFRAME> tag.
1. Create a Custom HTML/Text page on your site.<style type="text/css">
4. This allows you to link to things like, outlook calendar, sharepoint, servicedesk sites, event management sites... or whatever. and centralises it all in solarwinds. Here’s a example of what we have done, with outlook calendar for planned outages in sharepoint:http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4857/forumsd1.pnghttp://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4857/forumsd1.png If there’s a better way to do this i would love to hear it, i know its very simple compared to some of the work on these forums but hey... it works.
Hi All,
Is Monitoring of devices having IPV6 addresses supported in Solarwinds? I did go through couple of KBs and it mentioned module wise details but wanted to cross verify if there is specific settings required for this to be made possible. By settings i refer to both-> Device end and Solarwinds end.
Also is there any limitation of monitoring devices having IPV6 addresses?
I'm new to the Solarwinds platform, so I'm a bit unsure how to approach the request I've been given about getting additional info for a Sonus device in our environment. I did a bit of basic searching, but could not find anything that seemed similar enough (in my current level of understanding) to what is needed. Here is what is requested:
"At the moment solarwind does not detect SBC as Sonus SBC or Voice gateway. So to start with Vendor information is not there. Also none of the capabilities of SBC are not there from solarwinds point of view.
For example we like to see ip telephony related information from solarwinds. Please check the attached MIBWALK and ip telephony area. That lists all the information we need. We also want to analyze any information related to SfB call and voice gateway capabilities. This also monitoring the SfB platform or at least as much as possible with Solarwinds."
I have only really worked with Cisco devices so far, so the only idea I've had so far is creating a custom poller, which I am currently trying to learn how to do. I will continue to look and learn, but if anyone has suggestions for a beginner in the platform, please let me know.
Thanks!
I think that the time has come and we shall be considering transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6. Below SQL query will help you do that within no time, assuming you have working IPv6 infrastructure with IPv6 addresses assigned to devices. The script will simply replace existing IPv4 addresses for selected nodes (check variable: @NLimit) with their IPv6 addresses matching pattern (check variable: @IPv6).
In the example below I have used IPv6 range of addresses in our lab (2002:aa0:205:/48) as well as run it against nodes which have custom property NODE_FUNCTION set to INFRASTRUCTURE.
Based on the experiment conducted (Orion Platform 2018.2 HF3) addresses can be updated on the live system without shutting down and affecting services.
Warning:
Always make sure to have database backed up before attempting any changes.
-- -- Author: Mariusz Handke -- Create date: 11/09/2018 -- Description: Update/replace nodes' polling address with first IPv6 address -- matching the pattern and available on the node -- DECLARE @IPv6 VARCHAR(50) -- IPv6 address pattern -- -- EXAMPLES: -- -- 1. full /64 range -- 2001:dead:beef:cafe: -- -- 2. partial range -- 2002:beef: -- DECLARE @NLimit TABLE(NodeID int) -- nodes limitation -- -- EXMPLES: -- -- INSERT INTO @NLimit(NodeID) ... --- -- 1. custom property NODE_FUNCTION and value INFRASTRUCTURE -- SELECT NodeID FROM NodesCustomProperties WHERE NODE_FUNCTION='INFRASTRUCTURE' -- -- 2. node caption starting with SUP-COR -- SELECT NodeID FROM NodesData WHERE Captrion LIKE 'SUP-COR%' -- -- 3. ALL NODES -- SELECT NodeID FROM NodesData -- -- SET BELOW AS REQUIRED SET @IPv6 = '2002:aa0:205:' INSERT INTO @NLimit(NodeID) SELECT NodeID FROM NodesCustomProperties WHERE NODE_FUNCTION='INFRASTRUCTURE' -- DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES BELOW UPDATE NodesData SET IP_Address = ( SELECT TOP 1 NNN.IPAddress FROM (SELECT NodeID, IPAddress FROM NodeIPAddresses WHERE IPAddress like @IPv6+'%' AND NodeID IN (SELECT * FROM @NLimit)) AS NNN WHERE NNN.NodeID=NodesData.NodeID ) , IP_Address_Type='IPv6' WHERE NodeID IN ( SELECT NodeID FROM NodeIPAddresses WHERE IPAddress like @IPv6+'%' AND NodeID IN (SELECT * FROM @NLimit) )
Disclaimer:
Please note, any custom scripts or other content posted herein are provided as a suggestion or recommendation to you for your internal use. This is not part of the SolarWinds software that you have purchased from SolarWinds, and the information set forth herein may come from third party customers. Your organization should internally review and assess to what extent, if any, such custom scripts or recommendations will be incorporated into your environment. Any custom scripts obtained herein are provided to you “AS IS” without indemnification, support, or warranty of any kind, express or implied. You elect to utilize the custom scripts at your own risk, and you will be solely responsible for the incorporation of the same, if any.
Hi,
We've introduced a new UPS with an SNMP Module into our network but we're struggling to get any meaning full SNMP data from it. I've tried a few pollers from APC and Eaton but with little success.
The Web Interface of the SNMP Module give no clues to the manufacturer, but adding the device to NPM brings back the info below. I was wondering if anyone has a poller for this device, or come across something similar?
Any help appreciated...
I feel like I'm missing something regarding the filtering options for automatic network discovery. Under "Monitoring Settings" within one of my discoveries I have it set to "Automatically monitor based on my defined monitoring settings". Within "Define Monitoring Settings" I want to make it so that things like removable media, Windows Scheduled Tasks, and some interface descriptions simply don't show up in the results. To this end I've tried numerous different things within the interface settings, where it currently looks like the image below:
I've also tried setting the drop down to "does not match regular expression" with a value of "ISATAP|Miniport|Teredo|Lightweight|Async|Software Loopback|Multiplexor|Kernal|sit0|Null|Backplane|Extended", which did not work. Further within the "Define Monitoring Settings" my volumes and applications settings look like this:
However, regardless of these settings (or any others I've tried) I *always* get those interfaces, Compact Disks, Floppy Disks, and Windows Scheduled Tasks. For example:
What am I missing?