Polling Engine Balance, Traps and Syslog
This was just something I threw together to look at my polling inventory across all of my polling engines for nodes, interfaces, volumes, custom pollers, and application components. Additionally, it...
View ArticleSend group members statu on alert
I am trying to send an alert when a group status changes and i want to send the list of members and status of each of themwhen the alert triggers.so i edit the Alert me when a groups status changesand...
View ArticleWhen polling a device how can we put a threshold in on the number of times it...
Example: RTR-Device down twice go yellow, down four times go red. I see this for applications which return a value which is great. A device returns a status of 1 or 0, I think it would be on the node...
View ArticleHow does encrypted traffic, impact the effectiveness of your Advanced Traffic...
If you run an Advanced Traffic Analysis product, we are interested to hear about how impacted it is by encrypted traffic.Example of these products/technologies: NBAR, Flexible Netflow, nProbe, Riverbed...
View ArticleCode Compliance
Is there a way in NPM or another part of Orion to check the version of device code against a standard I setup to see if is running out of compliance? A report, email notice and/or status change...
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Using Dynamic Query to create a report.
Hi Guys, I'm trying to create a report to display a list of CCTV camera's and the port and switch which they are connected to, but I seem to have hit a bit of a brick wall. I am using a Dynamic Query...
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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 ArticleGlobal SMTP settings
Is there a place to define the SMTP server settings so they don't have to be entered each time you configure an alert with an email notification? I would think this should be an easier feature to find,...
View ArticleDynamic Custom Properties by subnet
I have created a custom property called Site and want to add my nodes to a list of 7 sites. Is there a way to add a subnet as a whole so if a new node is added to a subnet its added to the site?...
View ArticleDMVPN and QOS
Hi all, i am currently working on a project with DMVPN with QoS service solution. the problem i have now is how to simulate traffic and a tool to help me verify my network QoS is working for VoIP...
View ArticleHowto: Updating the SMTP server and envelope sender for all advanced alerts...
I recently called into support and spoke with Jamie Kellerstrass (who is one of the stronger tools in the SW support arsenal) with one of those off-the-beaten path sort of questions and I thought the...
View ArticleWireless client history resource - does it exist ?
The default 'Search for wireless clients' resource provided by Solarwinds, appears to query the table 'Wireless Clients' and misses the mark for what we need. Has anyone had success, or has found a way...
View ArticleSizing multiple products
I was hoping I could get some help sizing multiple products at the same time. My first idea was to simply size my server for the most demanding of the products, but i'm curious what you all think would...
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SMS Alerting
Hi guys,I've looked about on the forums and found a few posts relating to SMS Alerting.I've had a look at PageGate and Ozeki NG SMS Gateway but their instructions are confusing and don't seem to work...
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Dynamic query in datasource that applies to the node you are on
I am trying to build custom tables and graphs that will only apply to the particular node that I am on. I have some tabs, one for a general health summary, then one for interfaces. I want to use the...
View ArticleCisco MIBs: Not able to monitor chassis fans on a Cisco 4500X switch
NPM 11.0.1SNMP community string to communicate with my devices. Performed a MIB Walk on the switch. I have the latest MIBs downloaded and installed on my SolarWinds server. I have Hardware Health...
View ArticleWAN Bandwidth Utilization on Business hours only
I am using the SQL command below to generate weekdays report (business hour only) but to find out that it still covers the non-business hours. Please advise. Thanks. DECLARE @StartDate DateTimeDECLARE...
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