History Wireless Clients SQL Query
Hi, I need to report on the Connected and Disconnected time for Wireless clients.The History Wireless Clients resource displayed on Wireless This AP view shows me the exact details I am after, however,...
View ArticleInconsistent Unicode character support in Groups
Hi, When creating a group with Unicode characters in the group name, the resulting name is gibberish like BørgeWhen creating a dynamic query within the group, where the name of the dynamic...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot MSSQLSERVER SERVICE stops?
I realize this is not a Microsoft forum, however, I also know there is a plethora of knowledge here, so... Yesterday, our Solarwinds server stopped. (Orion Platform 2013.2.1, NCM 7.2.2, NPM 10.6.1, NTA...
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...
View ArticleWeird issues with the Orion Web Site
We have been seeing some weird issues lately with NPM. Randomly, our Network Atlas map on our main view will error out with an error about that it can't read (filename).OrionMap. It seems the only...
View ArticleFresh Installation for NPM 10.6.1 and no Virtualization tab
Hi I installed the new NPM 10.6.1 following the administrator guide step by step but I found no Virtualization tab next to theother installed Solarwinds products. Instead, I found virtualization link...
View ArticleTell us your "Unknown" devices!
Sometimes devices show up in Orion as "unknown". Those devices need to be added to our SysObjectID database. We know about lots of them, but we'd like to hear which items you need. We...
View ArticleHow does encrypted traffic, impact the effectiveness of your Advanced Traffic...
If you run an Advanced Traffic Analysis product, we are interested to hear about how impacted it is by encrypted traffic.Example of these products/technologies: NBAR, Flexible Netflow, nProbe, Riverbed...
View ArticleDo you need Network Access Control solution ?
I wonder how many of you already have some version of a Network Access Control (NAC) solution in place. Theoretically speaking, Mobile device management (MDM) is just a part of a bigger NAC, so I would...
View ArticleNPM add a node - option "Active Directory Domain Controller" ?
I am wondering what exactly is this feature doing in NPM: "Active Directory Domain Controller" in add Nodes dialogue...Cannot find any hint in documentation - what does it really do? My guess based on...
View ArticleTopology Polling Appearing To "Crash" Router
We have been troubleshooting an ongoing issue for the last several weeks where one of our Cisco 2901 routers intermittently becomes unreachable. When this occurs, the only resolution has been to reboot...
View ArticleUDP values for Network Atlas icons?
So I've seen a few other discussions revolving around being able to have UDP statistic values show up for icons on the Network Atlas Map (for example, a UPS with the upsAdvBatteryCapacity poller...
View ArticleDeploying Virtual Appliances
Are you comfortable with deploying virtual appliances? We're discussing ways to deploy new products that may interact with your NPM (and other SolarWinds) deployments and one of our options is a...
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 ArticleChange cisco temperature from fahrenheit to Celsius
Hello, i have upgraded Solarwinds NPM to version 10.4.1. I found out that the Temperature of our Cisco equipment is show in Fahrenheit. I tried to change it to Celsius by clicking on Current Hardware...
View ArticleInterface Name Construction
Is it possible to set the default Interface name construction to only include: ifName instead of the concatenation of IfDescr - ifName? The ifDescr for our switches is excessively long - which makes...
View ArticleWhat port does Network Atlas use to talk to the SolarWinds server when...
What port does Network Atlas use to talk to the SolarWinds server when running Atlas from a different machine?My server sits behind a firewall, so I need to open up a port so I can edit maps locally...
View ArticleInconsistent Unicode character support in Groups
Hi, When creating a group with Unicode characters in the group name, the resulting name is gibberish like BørgeWhen creating a dynamic query within the group, where the name of the dynamic...
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