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Supressing Access Point (AP) Down Alert when the Controller is Down
I have noticed for the AP's that I am monitoring via the Controller (All Cisco here), I get Down AP Alerts when the controllers goes down. This comes first; Device ******** (Wireless Controller) is...
View ArticleNPM 11.0.1 - Link Utilization / Bandwidth issues
When i select the option for Link Speed or Link Utilization, most of the links between my nodes show up as "Down Status". There are a handfull of nodes (maybee 7 or 8 out of around 400) where the link...
View ArticleError when querying using inherited column
Apologies if this is the wrong forum to post, I didn't find a SWQL forum here. I'm trying to use SWQL Studio to run a query with inherited columns and it gives me an error. If I run the query on the...
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Tell 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 ArticleNPM 11 w/ SAM 6.2 not supported
Based on docs, but this is a bummer for testing purposes.
View ArticleTIPS & TRICKS: Stop the madness! Avoiding alerts but continuing to pull...
This is the first in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I’m going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our...
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interface errors: troubleshooting tips?
We recently started getting errors from SAM/NPM where it'd report a bunch of nodes "down" - because it couldn't ping them. Some sort of network congestion (that was perfectly healthy for years before...
View ArticleHardware Monitoring needs to be removed from the DB
If I would have to remove Hardware Monitoring from the nodes through SQL on NPM DB , which all tables should I look for ? APM_HardwareCategoryStatus APM_HardwareItem APM_HardwareInfo
View ArticleInterfaces Are Missing when Seen Through List Resources in NPM
Hi, I have interfaces that are configured and are in up state on Cisco router. Yet when I poll then by clicking "List Resource" on that router node in Orion NPM, few of them are missing. Has any one...
View ArticleDatabase maintenance hangs on computing baseline statistics from InterfaceErrors
Hi, We are currently having an issue with the database maintenance in our environment.The maintenance is running at 3:30 AM, and 'Interface Baseline Calculation Frequency' is set to 'Only on...
View ArticleOracle database monitoring with Orion - doing it on an enterprise scale!
So we're a NPM/SAM/NTA/WPM house and we're looking at replacing our current Oracle and SQL database monitoring solution (HP OMW DBSPI) with what Orion can do. So we've had a look at the standard Oracle...
View ArticleNodes, Interfaces, Containers, Applications and Application Components last...
Hi all, I'm getting Nodes, Interfaces, Containers, Applications and Application Components from SW using SWQL Studio and I wanted to confirm something. For instance, if I wanted to see only the Nodes...
View ArticleWhat aspect of Orion/NPM do you find most annoying?
Volume of alerts?User Interface?Something else?
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No Solarwinds support
Hi, I have tried 3 times to contact Solarwinds support for a ticket update today that has been outstanding for over a week now and have just been in the queue for over 30 minutes each time with no...
View ArticleDoes your organization use Mobile Device Management or MDM?
With the explosion of smart mobile devices, both tablets and phones and end users wanting to connect them for email, remote access (VPN), wireless etc. How are you handling this? Does your...
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Riverbed Universal Device Poller
Hello Community, Can someone please tell me how to apply these alarms from the Universal Device Poller to our Riverbed, see image. It appears as though none of the OIDs are supported... Cheers
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Can i create a simple custom column chart from sql statement?
I need help creating a sql statement that will display a simple column chart on node availability. The chart's NPM currently uses make it difficult for management to view total average of availability...
View ArticleHow to create an alerts that can monitor both hardware and node settings...
In NPM would like to create alerts that can trigger email with the results of the hardware sensor status plus IP address of the node device. Usinging alert management there is a built in alert "Alert...
View Articlecustom html using iframe - populating a form with variables
is this possible?I'm trying to update a ticketing system (not WHD ) using a form or POST really and need to translate some variables to update the ticket with pertinent info.maybe I just don't know how...
View ArticleCustom node status color
Ive read through some of the threads on here and was somewhat confused as if it was actually possible to create a custom status color icon of a node or group. currently, the status icon is changed from...
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