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Node shows down but device is pingable/accessible
Hi Everyone, Let me try to explain the issue and my illustration: Were'using one NPM to monitor our devices. The routers, FW, & the switches are polled using snmp and the APs by ICMP. I have been...
View ArticleEducational exercises
Hi everybodyI would like to have some educational exercises to practice Solarwinds NPM lessons. How can I get some exercises or practical scenarios to work out on them and promote my knowledge in this...
View ArticleNPM optimal poller arrangement
I work for a financial institution. We monitor network devices like routers, switches, firewalls and servers with NPM and related products. We operate and unlimited license and currently have around...
View ArticleI Need help in configuring Memory Utilization Alert for Windows Servers using...
Below is the what i have configured in Trigger actions Trigger Alert When all of the following applyPercentMemory Used is Greater than 56 This not giving me email Alerts even though one of the NODE...
View ArticleEmail alert always shows status of Warning?
Greetings, I have started with the default template that sends email alerts when a node is Down/Up and modified it. I've added Warning and Testing status alerts to it. The problem is that they aren't...
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What are the things that Solarwinds cannot do?
I am reading notes and watched videos about Network Performace usage by solarwinds and almost all, from mapping to interface levels can be monitored. Do you know guys whar are the things that...
View ArticleNode names changing to polling IP
What would cause node names to randomly change from a friendly (and sometimes manually set) name to the polling IP? Happens across 3 separate NPM environments. Persists through multiple versions of...
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Unable to Add Node (choose resources hangs) after 11.5 upgrade
Hello Thwack Peeps!I would imagine this has been answered.. but searching hasnt turned anything up.. Here's the issue: SNMP Tests Successful.. and then NPM hangs on the Choose Resources screen.....
View ArticleUsing Worldwide map with Account limitations to define zoom level- NPM 11.5??
Hello! I have been testing various improvements coming in NPM 11.5 but I have not been able to figure out how to leverage account limitations with the worldwide map to set the zoom level. What I would...
View ArticleMonitoring Citrix Netscaler with NPM
We have a Citrix enviornment with Netscaler 10.1. We would like to monitor the state of our services on the netscaler and the virtual servers that we have added. Netscaler creates custom OID's for the...
View ArticleAdd a photo/picture to a node? Is it possible?
Hi,Just wondering if it's possible to do this. I have around 500 Cisco devices scattered throughout the country and I have photo's of all the comm's cabinet's and cabling. It would be nice to be able...
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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...
View ArticleCustom HTML referencing a Custom Property?
Greetings All. We are in the midst of beefing up our NPM pages to include a picture of the device using Custom HTML (See this thread Add a photo/picture to a node? Is it possible?). I would like to...
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Universal Device Poller
I have created a Universal Device Poller to poll the temperature of the Acaltel-Lucent switch.The UDP is able to poll successfully and get a reading.May I know this where is reading stored and can i...
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HP MSM720 not listing any managed/thin Access Points
I have downloaded and installed a trial version of Orion NPM 11.5. I am able to add my HP WiFi Controller MSM720 and poll it using SNMPv3It looks to be correctly identified as a Wireless Controller....
View ArticleWhat is the #1 networking problem you need to solve in the next 30 days?
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View ArticleCan NPM import events from SCOM?
Hi, I've read that there is a SCOM integration Solarwinds MP. This integrates Solarwinds into SCOM. Is there a similar integration for SCOM into Solarwinds? Or as an alternative is there a way to...
View ArticleA node has come online...over and over again
I have Network Performance Monitor installed in my network. I monitor everything in my local network, servers, routers, switches and the like. I also monitor my remote sites via an MPLS network that we...
View ArticleOk after much debate... upgrading to 11.x and need advice.
I'm on Orion Platform 2014.1.0, SAM 6.1.0, NPM 10.7, NTA 3.11.0, IVIM 1.9.0 and after much discussion with everyone and reading threads I'm finally ready to get on 4.x NTA with the addition flow...
View ArticleNode Downtime report for 3 months
Hi guys, I'm pretty new to Thwack. I'm looking at getting a report for Node downtime over a 3 month period (and then schedule this to run every 3 months)I've had a look on Thwack and found from another...
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