Alerts based on nodes in a Group
In NPM 10.4 I was able to create an alert based on any node in group "core routers" went down it would notify me via email. After the 10.5 update appears that my manually created group disappeared....
View ArticleBug: Editing a node while adding a new one
When using the NPM web front end, the following quirky behavior is found: 1) From the NPM Home Page, click Manage nodes a) Click Add Node b) Give it an IP Address c) Select polling method (for the...
View ArticleNPM won't accept SNMP credentials
I added a switch to my company's network and have been having trouble keeping the node status to up. Every now and then, NPM will tell me the node is up, but then about four minutes later the node...
View ArticleAerohive and NPM's wireless
We are moving from Cisco APs to Aerohive, and by default NPM populates the wireless view with the Aerohive APs. However there are several problems:1) The APs are detected as model 20 even though they...
View ArticleUnmanage question
I set some devices to become unmanaged in a few days time for an outage. The outage has been cancelled so now I no longer want them to become unmanaged. But I can't find out where to cancel this...
View ArticleCustom SQL Query in Advanced Alerts
Why is part of the field in the Advanced Alert Custom SQL Query section pre-defined? It would be great to have a "blank canvas" to create Advanced Alerts solely from a customized SQL query.Could this...
View ArticleI miss the old charts
Am I the only one that misses the old charting? I think the newer ones "look" fresher and nicer but functionally I miss the old charts. Specifically the ability to just quickly click on one anywhere...
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Solarwinds single disk (volume) space usage with trend report using SQL...
I built a disk (volume) usage report by using SQL Report Builder 2. This report will analysis disk/volume usage from historical data and use linear regression method to generate the trend report. If...
View ArticleAlert emails not being sent when SMTP server is temporarily unavailable -...
We have an advanced alert configured to email an on-call phone when a critical device reboots. We had a core switch reboot and Orion detected this - I see it in the event log, but we did not receive an...
View ArticleMonitoring MS UM IVR
We are using Microsoft Unified Messaging for voice mail and for its IVR abilities. The tutorial below shows how I might beable to use Performance Monitor to get at some data. But I need to be able to...
View ArticleCisco IOS update and Node appears red in NPM
I just updated the IOS on a Cisco 3750G switch. When I rebooted, the Node went red in NPM and still remains red. The switch in question is in a DMZ. I can ssh into the switch and ping the switch from...
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Node Specific Thresholds - v2.0
I've submitted a ER, but hope to get a little more advertisement, and to remind you all to check this section as it looks like only a few venture in to the Feature Requests. It's also kind of sad that...
View ArticleMulitcast event logging
Is there any way to turn off the mulitcast monitoring? Our even manager is filling up with these messages and is shadowing other important events. Thanks in advance,Tony
View ArticleClarification on Maintenance and Dependencies
I have done some testing and I want to verify I am correct. If I have dependencies set up Device A is the Parent of Device B. And if I put Device A in UnManage for maintenance. Will the dependencies...
View ArticleWhat does "new" mean in scheduled discovery results?
I was examining the results of a scheduled discovery. Of course it discovered a 24 port switch that was already being monitored along with all 24 ports.So, why did NPM find 24 "new" ports on that...
View ArticleOrion Scripting
Hello, I'm new to the Orion product and am currently going through some of the administration documentation, but I am having some trouble finding whether I can include scripting in our monitor page....
View ArticleEmerson Network Power UPS Poller for historical power output (current -...
I found a universal poller someone created to show the load on the UPS over time, but I need to be able to see what the power output (current) is over time on my datacenter UPS's (Liebert NX).I have...
View ArticleAssign an Alert to specific nodes
We have expanded our NPM environment to include both network devices and servers. The problem is that we are now so big that the Network Team is being flooded with alerts that are happening on servers...
View ArticleAlert definitions which never triggered till now
Will I be able to find out alert definitions which were never satisfied or which were never alerted? I wanted to see whether there is any alert which was configured wrong, because of it, it never...
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