How can I merge 2 instalations of NPM?
One of our customers has 2 instalations of NPM, but he wants to merge then to only one instalation. How do you recommend us to do that? Is it better to create a new instalation and then merge the 2 old...
View ArticleMultiple NPM instances consolidation
Hi,Currently we have multiple environments, which require that we have separate management applications in each environment. Many of these management applications have and instance (or more) in each...
View ArticleReset license
The hardware of my OrionNPM is failing, I need to move the software inmediatly, but my maintenance contract has expired. Still I can move my licenses?
View ArticleLicense resets and moving NPM to another server
If I'm moving NPM from one server to another, do I need to do the license reset before starting? Will the old server need to be shut down before doing the request? Or can the old server stay running...
View ArticleUniversal Device Poller stops
Gents, Running 9.0 SP1. Seems that the UDP stopped for no reason this morning. Anyone got a clue how to analyze why? Also, when trying to start the UDP on the server it takes several minutes before...
View ArticleForcing FQDN for dynamic IP resolution in NPM
I'm using the dynamic IP option in Orion but I've run into an issue. We've moved a few servers around that had DynamicIP enabled but the poller is not able to see them. Pinging from the poller with the...
View ArticleReports with charts & trends
Hello, Is there an easy way to create reports charts.e.g.: Response Time & CPU Load of 3 Servers over a periode of one month? The charts on the website are fine, but is there a Way to combine...
View ArticleModify Availability for outages
We have NPM 10.5 monitoring approximately 2000 nodes. We want to provide a monthly report for availability on all WAN devices. Creating the report is not an issue, however, we do not want scheduled...
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Orion Universal Devices Pollers Strange Behavior
Hello Everyone,In order to have details on SSID effectively transmitted by ThinAP (which depends on the group in which the AP is into and on which Vlan are assigned to the group) I have assigned 3...
View ArticleAccount Limitation, groups don't show interfaces
I have created an account limitation of a "Group of Groups" for some users. The users can only see the nodes in the selected groups which is perfect, but if they select any of the interfaces on those...
View ArticleAnnouncing General Availability of NPM 10.6
We are proud to announce the General Availability of Orion NPM 10.6. Below you will find a set of the major features with this new release. New reporting with new canned reportsNew Top XX Canned...
View ArticleNPM 10.4 - Header Customisation
I know this isn't supported by I really would like to change the header at the top of each page from Black to White. This is because the backing for the company logo is Black and that's what the...
View ArticleTrap Viewer Alerts/Filter rules
Hi, I am trying to make a rule that matches 2 items in trap detail. Here is an example trap:sysUpTime=87 days 23 hours 6 minutes 23.00...
View ArticleCisco 3850 not recognized as WLC
I am starting to deploy 3850s as Mobility Controllers at our new offices. When I add the switch to Orion it identifies it as Cisco only. It does not pick up on the WLC functions that the switch...
View ArticleAlert Suppression for time period
Is there a way to suppress alerts for a set amount of time for certain nodes. Based on a custom field "Buildings" is there a way to alert if the node as been down for over 10 minutes? We have a load...
View ArticleNPM Right-Click Gone..?
Hi, We have just upgraded to 10.5 NPM and a number of our users are now complaining that the right-click functionality (SWtoolset) that they used to have is gone.We do not have the full Solarwinds...
View ArticleCopy Google Maps to new WorldMaps in NPM 10.6
I have found the following SQL can be used to populate the new WorldMaps resource from an existing installation of the google maps plugin. insert into WorldMapPointsselect 'Orion.Nodes', nodeid,...
View ArticleJuniper JUNOS Interface monitoring
I wanted to see what interfaces people are monitoring on their Juniper devices...either the 0/0/1 interface or 0/0/1.0 interface? NPM is giving me different date for these and I want to make sure I...
View ArticleAcknowledged Event logs
Hello. Am trying to see the event log for the past month, but the system only shows me the events from the same date as of today but in the previous month. How long does NPM keep the acknowledged...
View ArticleCustom Property not showing in Alert Condition
Hi,I've got a nagging problem, hope somebody could help. I'm trying to create an advanced alert in NPM and some of my custom properties do not show up in the selection for alert conditions. I already...
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