Custom Columns in NPM Manage Nodes
I am curious if the ability is there to save the layout on the Manage Nodes screen in NPM. We like to use the "Location" field to tell us where the piece of equipment is physically located and I know...
View ArticleNode is up but Overall hardware status unknown
Dear Team, I add one ip in solarwinds NPM, after adding, it is showing "hardware status unknown" . i am not able to see the interfaces traffic utilization as showing "No data available" but node added...
View ArticleCan't connect to vCenter 5.1
I am trying to add vCenter 5.1 to our SolarWinds system. We current have a vCenter 4 in there and is working fine, but we are looking to upgrade to vCenter 5. I have vCenter 5 all setup, but SolarWinds...
View Articleoverruns
hi guys the interface on my router that connects to the lan is receiving loads of input errors, all of them are overruns what could be causing that and how would i go about stopping them?kind regards matt
View ArticleExchange 2007-2010 Statistics with PowerShell for Exchange 2010 SP1...
Hi I'm getting an error when testing Exchange 2007-2010 Statistics with PowerShell on Exchange 2010 SP1. Error:Testing on node EXCHANGEMAILBOXSERVER: failed with 'Down' status.Output:...
View ArticleInterface Disappeared
Hi everybody, I don't know why but all the interfaces' status of switches in the network have been changed to "Interface Disappeared". Does anyone have any idea in this regard?I am using version 10.0...
View ArticleEarned my SCP Certificate
Very Happy..! I just passed through my SCP certification.... Earned my badge!!Thanks team for all those wonderful blogs and guides.. Regards,Prashanth S-India
View ArticleWHAT WE ARE WORKING ON POST NPM 10.5
Because NPM 10.5 has been released recently we are already working on the next release of NPM. Here is a preview:Web based reporting UI with new "out of the box" reports with chartsReports that will...
View ArticleLatest SCP Test Takers
So has anyone taken the exam since it went public and what was your take on the exam? Any advice for those of us who haven't taken the test? Were the videos and webcasts helpful or is good ole hands on...
View ArticleHTTP monitor multiple IP addresses Dyamically
Hi We currently have 10 web machines serving 2 sites, each site served from a different IP address, e.g: Web1Site A x.x.x.1Site B x.x.x.11 Web2Site A x.x.x.2Site B x.x.x.12 And so on... Naturally,...
View ArticleManaging the Management Tools
Networks have certainly grown in complexity in the last few years, as have the tools that manage them. Between the explosive growth of wireless networking and the sophistication of topologies and...
View ArticleUse SNMP-based Tools Carefully, Or They Can Turn Against You
SNMP is a wonderful, sometimes maddening management protocol. It can provide monitoring, powerful trending, and alerting when things go wrong on the network. But too much of anything can be bad, and...
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SolarWinds Saved My Bacon
What was life like before using SolarWinds? Life Was tough before we deployed SolarWinds, our network wasnt very large and we had few outages (thankfully) however we didnt use any monitoring tools and...
View ArticleClient Certificate Management Problem
I have Windows XP SP3 machine that I cannot get the 3rd party cert installed on. I can do everything else I need to the machine, but I cannot install the cert. This cert is working fine on hundreds of...
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Bugs so far with NPM 10.2 Beta 2
1. Manage nodes display - Showing the warning message about interfaces even know all are up. 2. List Resources Page - Missing interface port descriptions/label 3. Current Percent Utilization of each...
View ArticleTrap forwarding
Hi All,Can someone please let me know if SAM alerts can be forwarded to third party monitoring tools via SNMP Traps?Additionally we have NCM, NPM, IPAM modules, we would even like to forward all the...
View ArticleCisco Device - User login alert
I am trying to setup an alert based on specif user login. Exam. If user "A" failed or successfully login to specific Cisco device, I would like to be alert on it. If you know how to do this please let...
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Windows Event Log Monitor -- Message Details
New to solarwinds SAM, Running 5.5. From what I have read the Errors in Application Event Log monitoring template is configured to query the Windows Event Log and bring back the event details and put...
View ArticleAuto Discovery of Drive Space and Service Monitoring
Hello all, I am new to Thwack and this is my first post; please forgive me if it is not in the right place or this topic has already been discussed. We currently use solar winds to monitor servers...
View ArticleEdit Alert eMail message / modify eMail template
Hello Thwack-community! I was just wondering if there is a way to modify/format/adjust the content of an alert email?I found some thwack threads from 2010 about similar issues, but I was hoping there...
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