What we are working on post NPM 10.4
As always, since NPM 10.4 has been released recently we are already working on the next release of NPM. Here is a preview: New web based reporting including native support for charts in reports.Support...
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nodes list icons status
HI, I have a question of NPM. In the list of nodes, the status of a node “SRV” is in warning status, the icon is green but blinking in yellow. (it’s a hardware’s problem). My list of nods is composed...
View ArticleRotating logs with the syslog server
Is it possible to rotate logs in the syslog server? I'm currently using an external VBS script but some of our devices are constantly sending syslog alerts which we need to log, and the file is...
View ArticlePlaying a Sound in NPM??
Hi We want to purchase two plasmas to put up on the way. My objective is to show only Critical events and to play a sound when something like a critical node goes down. I can setup an alert to 'Play a...
View ArticleANNOUNCING GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF NPM 10.5
Today I am very pleased to announce the General Availability of Network Performance Monitor 10.5. The most noticeable features and enhancements include:Routing information including alerting for major...
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Alerting on printer consumables
I'm trying to setup an email alert based on the universal PRINTER-MIB where an email alert is sent to our helpdesk if any consumable should dip below 10%. Problem is, I can't get it to return the name...
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Cisco Temperature Monitoring/Thresholds
When Monitoring Cisco Switches what are the recommended thresholds for triggering Alerts Warning and Critical?Cisco SwitchesUsed for Core Cisco 4509 Switch Warning threshold ? CelciusCritical threshold...
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Volume alert not triggering
I hate to post something that seems to always turn out to be a trivial issue, but I am at a loss as to the root of the problem. All our alerts work fine except for the one that triggers on volume...
View ArticleSNMP Polling Problem
Two of our NetVanta 3448 Routers have suddenly started going to nearly 100% CPU Utilization when we enable SNMP polling to communicate with SolarWinds. It works on the other routers, one of which is...
View ArticleRemoving old OSPF routing neighbors from a node
I love the new routing monitoring feature in 10.5, including the routing neighbor status, but I'm wondering if there's a way to remove old routing neighbors from the list? I made some topology changes...
View ArticleSpecial Characters are returned every 11 character from my dbo.Nodes
I was trying to create a custom property for a node that called a LNK to a map. In the database the field is correct with no special characters, but when you look at he source it shows the...
View ArticleSonar Discovery - Tell Solarwinds/Thwack What You Think
I'm starting a discussion to express grievances about the Sonar Discovery tool for the entire Thwack community. It appears that larger environments have multiple issues concerning Sonar.It's obvious...
View ArticlePrimary NCM poller no longer polling after upgrade to 10.5
Hopefully an isolated case but I performed an upgrade on our 3 poller NPM cluster last Friday. It looks like I lost polling on anything assigned to the primary poller after the upgrade. When clicking...
View ArticleHundreds of sites with hundreds of dependencies
We currently have hundreds of sites set up in Orion each with a router, switch, and a server (there is more hardware there but that is what we are monitoring right now). All of which is connected to...
View ArticleDevice and resource audit report?
I have been asked to provide a report to our systems and network teams that shows all of the devices that are currently being monitored and all of the resources being monitored on each device (CPU,...
View ArticleGraph hover statistics cover the entire graph
I have a quick question/problem with NPM 10.5 (though this is not unique to 10.5). I love the fact that you can hover the mouse on a chart and see the underlying statistics. Unfortunately, most of...
View ArticleUnmanage Feature - Getting stuck on Remanage
I've found a few older posts regarding this and I'm still wondering if this bug is present. Here's what I'm basically seeing: 1. A device that is up is set to unmanaged for 1 day2. Remanage button is...
View ArticleFailed to configure the NPM under Configuration Wizard.
Hi all, I'm trying to configure the NPM from configuration wizard, but I'm getting the error during the last configuration setup,My configuration log is below, 2013-05-28 14:48:37,714 [1] INFO Program...
View ArticleNPM Failover Engine DR Scenario Question
We are looking to implement the NPM FoE for Disaster Recovery. Which means the redundant NPM server or the FoE would be in a different geographic location (a separate Data Center). My question is...
View ArticleUnDP SMNP Type 'reset' after Upgrade NPM 10.5.0
For info I can only assume sometime during my recent upgrade to NPM 10.5.0 two of my Universal Device Pollers reset their SNMP Type from 'GET NOW' to 'GET' - It took ages to find out why they were no...
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