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What was life like before using SolarWinds?We had no idea when a web server was unable to log in to our website. We were not using any other software to monitor this.Which SolarWinds product(s) saved...
View ArticleRe: Orion SDK Information
Hi, Still not sure why do you need to update IPAddress and Caption of Orion.Nodes as it may affect the functionality. but provided below the PS script which takes the Name and IPAddress from...
View ArticleSyslog Issue
Hi, I'm having an issue with LEM parsing syslog information. I have a network firewall configured on the LEM with the correct up to date connector. The connector was made by solarwinds by request and...
View ArticleIOS for WS-C2960X-24TS-L
How to find Cisco WS-C2960X-24TS-L Switch latest IOS version. Thanks.
View ArticleRe: Monitor IpSec Tunnels
To the best of knowledge, this is the MIB that will provide info on VPN tunnelsFree CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB SNMP MIB Download - Free MIB Download - Search MIBs - OiDViEW Also, i believe if a...
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Re: Syslog Issue
How exactly did you determine that the connector did not normalize the log entry? Did you use nDepth? Which firewall is this? Can you post a sample log message from the syslog copy that is "missing"
View ArticleWhere would I edit email format in NPM?
HI all, this is my first Thwack question so be gentle. I've been searching for over an hour now and can't find an answer to this question. I and my organization are both new to Solarwinds. I have a...
View ArticleRe: Where would I edit email format in NPM?
Right now, you will need to edit the email templates using the 'Advanced Alert Manager' on your primary server. (Network Performance Monitor Training #7: Alerts - YouTube) However, very soon we will be...
View ArticleRe: What's better? Polling ESXi directly or through vCenter
I would usually recommend polling through your vCenter for all hosts that are associated. Some environments might have a random ESX lying around here or there that would necessitate polling the host...
View ArticleRe: Downgrading LEM appliance to syslog only server??
Check out Page 228http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/LEM/Docs/LEMUserGuide.pdf And for a better explanation check out nicole pauls response in this thread: Managing multiple LEM appliances...
View ArticleRe: SNMPv3 with ESXi?
Hi Chris, In my case we are using Windows 2008 R2 for our whole monitoring environment. -Phil
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to report nodes that have been down for over 30 days?
The problem you're going to run into is your event log retention (which also happens to be the alert log retention) is defaulted to 30 days. If you edit this, then the answer is yes. -ZackMLoop1...
View ArticleRe: Report for Database Transactions per Second
try this to find your historical data: select * from dbo.APM_StatisticsUsage where componentid in (select componentid from apm_sqlbbcomponentalertsdata where componentname like 'Transaction%')...
View ArticleRe: Test Failed with "Unknown" status on [SERVER] Invalid Class
Another setting that could affect this behavior is platform (change it from default x86 to x64) under advanced settings on application edit page.
View ArticleJuniper SRX Map
We have a map showing the VPN connections but when the primary node fails all the interfaces become unknown even though the node itself fails over correctly. Looking at the map builder it appears each...
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Re: SNMP vs WMI polling - pros and cons
Just adding the KB under the same post will help others. What polling method should I use?http://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/3613/What+polling+method+should+I+use%3F
View ArticleRe: Default Symantec NetBackup Template
Did you configure WinRM on both the Orion server and the host running NetBackup? CONFIGURING WINDOWS REMOTE MANAGEMENT (WINRM)If not already done so, install PowerShell 2.0 and WinRM on the SAM and...
View ArticleRe: Juniper SRX Map
Not to sidetrack but are these route based or policy based VPNs? How are you monitoring / mapping them if they are route based? Could you share a pic as well?
View ArticleRe: What's better? Polling ESXi directly or through vCenter
I may be wrong, but I think you need to do both if you want to monitor the entire stack. If you only monitor via vCenter, I believe you loose the hardware visibility. If you only monitor via the esc...
View ArticleRe: FTP Voyager Scheduler Task will not stop executing
Does anyone have any more insight on this issue? This has started happening to us as well. It has proven impossible to stop... as soon as the scheduler is opened, the task goes into perpetual...
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