Alarm when hostname (from snmp) is different than the DNS entry?
Hello, Do you think of a creative way to get an alarm when a device broadcast an hostname that is different than the DNS entry using NPM? Thanks
View ArticleTrigger alert when percentage of group is down
We are monitoring a group of nodes on a satellite inroute group. Some of these nodes go up and down for various reasons, which is normal. We need to trigger an alert when a certain percentage of these...
View ArticleDiscovery Log location
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolarWinds\Discovery EngineWhen doing a Network Discovery it will fail and I'm told to check the Discovery Log. Had a hard time finding it. I don't...
View ArticleAutomated port shutdown - what would be your reasons?
There was a feature request for a UDT recently for an automated port shutdown, if the connected endpoint is on the "black list".What would be your other reasons, for which would you want to shut down...
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Desktop Notifications for Orion
I personally find these a bit more interactive and useful than e-mail notifications: A simple click can take you to the element's details page... If anyone is interested I could be persuaded to provide...
View ArticleWorldwide Map Customizations
I'm customizing the Worldwide map to include features it doesn't currently have, specifically adding leaflet plugins. I know some of these features I want to add are already under development but they...
View ArticleNodes in Unknown state after unmanage/manage.
Hello,After putting some nodes in unmanaged mode and putting them back into Managed mode we have a strange behavior: some of them still into "Unknown state" even if we can see status on interfaces.......
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 ArticleWasn't custom web reporting supposed to be part of 10.6?
When I upgraded to 10.5 I was told 10.6 would have enhanced report writing ability for custom reports to be built right from the Web conole. I'm not seeing it.It's very unwieldy, and Information...
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Engineer's Toolkit intergration with NPM
I have been trying to use the Engineer's Toolkit and I have run into many issues with the right-click feature. The main one is that it doesn't work with a majority of the resource views. For example, I...
View ArticleUnable to list resources since upgrading to NPM 10.6.1
I recently upgraded NPM to version 10.6.1 and am now noticing that list resources no longer works. Any ideas?
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Meraki MX security appliances
Has anyone had any success in getting Meraki MX firewalls imported into NPM? I cannot seem to get SNMPv2 or v3 to work ok. I tried using the community string listed in the Meraki dashboard under...
View ArticleQuestion re: "Temporarily Disable All Basic Alerts" check box
Does anyone know where (if anywhere) I can find the database entry associated with the check box to "Temporarily disable all basic alerts"? I'm trying to find a way to keep track of (and generate...
View ArticleInterface utilization and CPU utilization in the same chart
Has anyone had any luck creating a single graph that includes Interface utilization for a specific interface and also report on CPU utilization in the SAME chart? I know we have the ability to use...
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Need a hand with filtering on sites with / without multilink
I am trying to figure out how to filter the data in report writer so if a wan location has a multi-link only the multi-link info appears but if a site does not have a multilink then the serial will be...
View ArticleAdvanced Report writing help.
I'm trying to edit some existing reports in the Orion Report writer. Specifically, my firm has a report showing the top 10 WAN links by bps in/out for the last month. I want to edit this to show it for...
View ArticleNode issue: can Ping but node down!
when I add a Node (via ICMP) It successful but after polling It show node is down. On solarwinds server via CMD, Node reply normal. How can I fix issue? thanks!
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Adding Live Weather to the "Worldwide Map" Resource
Adding Live Weather to the "Worldwide Map" Resource Summary: This will allow you to add live weather to the worldwide map based on the OpenWeatherMap project (free).Limitations: The map must be on a...
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