What we're working on post-NPM 11.0
The 11.0 release just occurred today, but we're already hard at work looking at items for future release. We have some game-changing new features in the works, so please stay tuned. Kindly find below...
View ArticleFilter Network Wide Availability Resource
Can you filter the Network Wide Availability resource based on custom properties? We monitor a large number of VSAT modems. At any particular time, a portion of these nodes will be down. This is a...
View ArticleServer Migration from Physical Hardware Running Windows Server 2008R2 to IBM...
We are currently running 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 hosts for our SolarWinds environment. One runs the SQL DB, the other all the Orion modules. I would like to migrate these to 2 IBM HS22 blades,...
View ArticleImporting data from an external database into Solarwinds
Hey everyone, I'm a Solarwinds and Database newbie so please bear with me. My team has been using the Report Writer custom SQL query to create a report showing devices down dependent on certain custom...
View ArticleHow do I identify external polling engines with stacked pollers?
I recently began administrating a new Orion NPM 10.7 environment (with SAM, NTA & NCM), and the original design docs indicate that we have three stacked pollers, but I cannot see evidence of this...
View ArticleHelp with SQL query in Alert
I'm inserting information into an email alert via a SQL query. I have the query referencing 2 tables and inner joining them. The query works fine, but placed inside an alert it doesn't work right. for...
View ArticleLicense Expired
If the license of solar winds products have been expired what happened !? which component of products are still working ?
View ArticleAdvanced Alert Manager - Equal vs Not Equal
Just curious on the opinion out there on using the qualifier 'is equal to' vs 'is not equal to' when building a trigger condition. In our environment we use custom properties to flag a node and/or...
View ArticleAlert Sharing - Alert Subject - Should it match name of the alert automatically?
I was configuring a new alert today and, like all good admins, I copied an existing alert to reduce my level of effort so I could spend more time trolling for Thwack points. As I was dutifully...
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Bluecoat Proxy - CPU, Memory, Throughput & Connection Count
Hi, I am fairly new to NPM. We have several Bluecoat proxys and would like to monitor CPU, memory, throughput and Connection counts. I supplied Solarwinds support with Bluecoat MIBs and downloaded...
View ArticleNodes down with extra information
Hello, I'm in the process of trying to create a more useful nodes down page. I've got a custom view setup and working but I need to try to improve the workflow. I've got it showing the node, time it...
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Object (hardware sensor) was not found in the database
Getting these alerts: The links look like this: solarwinds.intranet.com/Orion/View.aspx?NetObject=HWHS:446 Clicking on them results in "Unexpected Website Error. Object HWHS:446 was not found in the...
View ArticleSolarwinds NPM 11 SNMP Trap Error in Logs
I just upgraded to NPM 11.0 and NCM 7.3.1. I'm trying to get my SNMP trap collection working again. I'm not receiving any traps in the Trap Viewer. When I look at the TrapService logs as soon as the...
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Google Maps in Orion NPM - How to Video
I've made some changes to the original Google Maps that I introduced about this time last year. This version provides a status icon on the map for each unique latitude and longitude value in the...
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NPM 10.7 NOC View - World Maps broken on rotation, but look normal in static...
Running 10.7 and enjoying it, but having an issue with map displays in NOC view.I built a three-tab view with the second tab a global map representing our network.Viewed normally (non-NOC) this map...
View ArticleAverage Response Time & Packet Loss gauges not showing a value
NPM 10.1.3 I am not receiving any values for "Average Response Time & Packet Loss" (gauged values) in node view or other related views. I have trawled through the forum with no success. I have...
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Alert Manager - Trigger Actions, external programs, and arguments
I'm trying to use the Alert Manager to trigger an external application, well really a PowerShell script, but because PowerShell isn't an option in the trigger actions, I've selected external...
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How can I change the server IP NPM sees?
I am currently monitoring a VM host in my environment, and I'm working through managing the servers under that host. Several of the servers have 2 IP addresses: 1) internal network connectivity 2)...
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Cisco 3850 reporting incorrect temperatures
Hi!! I have two stacks of Cisco 3850's and both of them are reporting that the temperature is around 4 degrees Celsius. I have had both Solarwinds Support and Cisco Support look at this. We did a...
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