Solarwind NPM polling best practice
Im looking for some feedback that might help me moving forward. I have noticed that my polling engine is missing some polls throughout the day. I am running the SL2000 but I only have about 1500...
View ArticleIs it possible to create a view where one resource spans multiple columns?
Here is what I have:I have a Summary View with all the most important information resources added to it and it is set as my Home Page View.I just finished adding all our national and international...
View ArticleCustom View - Two Columns for separate Groups
I am looking to create a Custom View, it will have three columns. One for active alerts, 2nd Columns for our Production Groups and the 3rd columns for the DR Groups. I have created Group Names for the...
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NOC View Hack
My boss saw the NOC view and now wants very specific ones created - which I'm happy to do because they are exactly what my team needs. That said, there is a problem (isn't there always?), the NOC View...
View ArticleHow to make new Report Writer report appear in left pane
I've slept since the last time I did this, so, despite all my searching, I'm probably missing something obvious, or it's the ol' "can't-do-that-any-more". I can create a report via Report Write, and...
View ArticleSend only part of trap details (${MESSAGE} variable) in e-mail from trap viewer
Hello! I'd like to be able to send an e-mail alert from trap viewer that only contains one line from the trap details. It appears that the entire trap details block is contained in one variable...
View ArticleUpgrading from 10.6 to 10.7?
All, I am trying to install and upgrade polling engines in my network. When I went to do the install the Polling engines version is out of sync with my Orion NPM. So I start looking at upgrading my...
View ArticleHardware Details in a report
In NPM, there is a very useful widget - NETWORK DETAILS. It shows me the model number and the serial number of my CISCO devices. How can i use that information in a report? I cant find those fields in...
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GB vs MB in Web Reports
Does anyone know how to get columns within a Web report to report the same Data Units? For example, I have a SQL query that pulls volumes with free space < 2 GB. The Volumesize shows up in GB, but...
View ArticleIs MSSQL 2012 SP1 "supported" for all products that have documented only...
I have been digging around the documentation and am wondering if MSSQL 2012 SP1 is ok for the most current Solarwinds products today that DO document they support MSSQL 2012, but do not explicitly...
View ArticleEnding Support for SQL 2005- Thoughts?
With the end of Microsoft's extended support for SQL 2005 rapidly approaching (Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search) we are investigating the possibility of announcing a future end-of-support for SQL...
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...
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10.7 Web Resource
helloWe upgraded to 10.7 and we turned on hubble to see what is causing web slowness. We are seeing 8+ seconds with the following query. Seems to be maybe tied to the CPU and Memory resource....
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Universal Device Poller Enumeration Web Display
I have created a poller to determine the state of the C-Link (SS7) connection between two STPs. The OID values are:1 - Disconnected2 - Connected3 - ReconnectingMy issue is that all I can display is the...
View ArticleGrouping Help
We have several sites with a basic structure which contains: Router -> Switch -> Others (PC, Printers etc). All linked via a MPLS. So far I have created a group for each router and switch and...
View ArticleInterface status report
I am trying to figure out how to create a report that will summarize the interface status on my switches.Ideally it would have the Node Name, IP Address and counts of interfaces UP, DOWN, SHUTDOWN and...
View ArticleUnable to Poll Server 2012 R2 Standard with firewall enabled
I'm using NPM version 10.7. In the advanced firewall settings for Server 2012-R2 Standard, SNMP Service (UDP In) is enabled/allowed for Domain, Private and Public networks. The same for (UDP Out) and...
View ArticleShut Off License Warning Banner?
Is there a way to turn off the nag banner at the top of the WebUI that informs you that your licenses are about to run out? Thanks in advance for any responses!
View ArticleNPM 10.7 and Enterasys
I am wondering if anyone has run into any issues with polling/monitoring Enterasys network devices.New install of Solarwinds, new DB, all on W2012R2 I am working on discovering a network with N series,...
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