Nexus 7k/5k/2k hardware monitor support
Hey all, I am about to open a ticket but would also like to hear what the community has to say about it. I found a few similar discussions here but they are a few years old and would like to revisit...
View Articlenode management query
When I add nodes to NPM (Cisco routers and switches, HP Procurve switches) I only get the option to monitor layer 2 and 3 topology. How do I monitor specic device ports? The tutorial video suggest that...
View ArticleNetwork Topology Mapper supersedes Network Atlas, your thoughts ?
If SolarWinds did decide to supersede Network Atlas with Advanced Network Topology Mapper (NTM), and become a powerful mapping desktop application for creating dynamic & custom maps using NTM...
View ArticleNPM: Audit Trail - missing
Hi, We noticed a few days ago that our Audit Events stopped auditing events made by users, the only record that is audited is the user logging in/logging out, but not the user making changes in the...
View ArticleTIPS & TRICKS: Stop the madness! Avoiding alerts but continuing to pull...
This is the first in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I’m going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our...
View ArticleScheduled Reports no longer working
Has anyone else seen their scheduled reports quit working after last weeks Microsoft security patches? The IT admin installed all the security patches and after that none of my scheduled reports are...
View ArticleUniversal Pollers data Slow into Database
Hi Guys Not sure if anybody is experiencing the same issue that we do. Basically we have a few Custom Pollers setup which retrieves data from devices.This could be a UPS, Temperature Probes, Generators...
View ArticleSolarwinds vs SolarwindsOrion database?
What is the difference between the "SolarWinds" and "SolarWindsOrion" SQL databases? I want to pull some information regarding our Advanced Alerting and no sure which databases I should be using....
View ArticleWindows 2008 using NPM as users
How can I setup a user in Windows 2008 to be able to run the Orion Network Performance Monitor? I setup a users as a member of "Power User" but it needs the administrator password to launch the...
View ArticleDynamically Update Node Names on Maps?
Hello All, Is there any possible way to dynamically update the node names within maps created with Atlas when the name changes in NPM? We're looking into standardizing and creating a better naming...
View ArticleNetwork Objects missing in Network Atlas
since this morning, the network objects on our network maps turned into grey (unknown status)they all got the right node ID but it seems that the "Network Atlas" couldn't find the objects. in the...
View ArticleSNMP v3 problem with Foundry Devices
Let me go ahead and say that I am new to Solarwinds and to networking in general. I am trying to setup SNMP v3 on our Foundry Workgroup switches and the test is failing. Version v2c has been working...
View ArticlePost reboot service comparison
We have been asked from above to try and stem the issues related to a server being patched and restarted and then either the server doesn't reboot completely or the server hangs on restart. Is there...
View ArticleNFC Sticker Server/switch inventory
Our Company got the new blackberry Z10 this week and i noticed that they have NFC Tag programming and scanning. i was wondering what everyone's thoughts would be about doing physical server inventory...
View ArticleHelp on setting up a kiosk PC
Hello, I am trying to set up a monitoring kiosk and am running into issues. To start, here is the set up:Raspberry Pi running Raspbian (a Debian derivative)IceWeasel browser (basically a rebranded...
View ArticleWhat are we working on after NPM 10.6
As always here is our "hot list" of things we are currently working on. Your comments, feedback and specially participation in Beta releases are more than welcomed. We are listening so your feature...
View Articlenpm show rtr outgoing discard, the rtr show none, why??
on the closed network, NPM is showing 1000's of transmit discard on my wan link, none receive discards on the same linkon the end side, i do not see any error on my rtr that NPM shows errors , i...
View ArticleServer installed with NPM v10.4 is sluggish after some time
The server only has NPM installed and it becomes sluggish, after a yr. Any ideas how to improve the performance? Windows update were performed on the server every quarter of the year.
View ArticlePoll for UCS - Credentials from what?
Hello- Im trying to understand where this settings is pulling from in Cisco UCS Manager? I tried creds that I thought would work on it and all failed. So Im trying to understand what its looking for...
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