Would You Rather Captain the Queen Mary or the Titanic?
A Guide to Navigating Around the Deadly Icebergs that Threaten Virtualized DatabasesWhen it comes to virtualized workloads, databases can be in a size class all to themselves. This and other factors...
View Articlepull a map using a variable like ${Node.Caption} on the nodes view
recently had this proposed to me and went in to try it out but when you add a MAP to the node view it then wants you to select the ONE map that you want it to pull in.thought that there should be some...
View ArticleNUTANIX MIB submitted to SolarWinds
From NUTANIX... Hi Rob, the latest update I've got from our Tech Alliance is that we have already submitted the MIBs on our end to Solarwinds counterpart. Let me get a name for you to ping as well....
View ArticleCPU load never shows the correct process
When I get an alert, for CPU Load, it never shows the process consuming all the resources. Here's an example: The CPU on mail2 is currently running at 88 %. The top 10 processes running at the time...
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View Articlehow do you mark a deleted asset
What is best practice in deleting assets? I don't want to remove the asset yet, but I do want to mark it as Deleted. We are asked at the end of the year for a list of deleted assets.
View ArticleRestarting AppPools by Wildcard
First of all, I love the new features in SAM 6.3. I've been dealing with the tool for about 2 weeks now and if I had a wish list it would be two things. (1) I would love it if you could start, stop,...
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thwack Monthly Mission - November 2014
Happy November to ya! I hope you all enjoyed that extra hour last night. I mean, unless you're in Arizona (go Sun Devil's! 7-1) or somewhere in Hawaii... and in that case, you still win. In other...
View ArticleAre you going to Cisco Live 2015, Milan?
It looks like Solarwinds will not attend Cisco Live 2015 in Milan January 26th to 30th but that will not stop some of us.If you are going, please tell us what you are going to focus on. Cisco Live...
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Building a Positive and Encouraging Help Desk Culture
I've held a number of different positions at companies of varying size, but one instance clearly stands out in my mind. Several years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of managing a very sharp IT team...
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Updates with no status
Hello Everyone, I’m running a Server 2008 R2 box with the WSUS role running on it. The server is also running patch manager. I have noticed that the summary status of updates has many updates with no...
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Deep Packet Analysis - Practical applications with tcpdump
Well hello there, returning like a bad penny, I am here to talk again about Deep Packet Analysis. In my last series of blogs I talked about the use-cases for Deep Packet Analysis but conspicuous by...
View ArticleAllow customization of SolarWinds logfiles
Please add an option to customize the file location of where the SolarWinds products save their log files. Right now, they go on the system drive C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds, even though I installed...
View ArticleIs there a way to add an out of office message for specific techs?
I am new to Web Help Desk, so please forgive me if this is a simple question. Is it possible to have an automatic vacation message sent to a client when they add a note to an open ticket if the tech...
View ArticleMy Solar Winds stopped working and it's no longer checking the Exchange Mailbox
My Solar Winds stopped working and it's no longer checking the Exchange Mailbox I am Getting error: When I go through the setup wizard it tells me: Product Information ServerError while testing...
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[Webcast] The Evolution of the SysAdmin & Holistic Monitoring for Apps & Servers
Join SolarWinds & Matt Simmons, Blogger behind the Standalone SysAdmin, on Friday, November 21 for an inside look at the evolving role of System Administrators and the future of Application &...
View ArticleAlert Central - Orion Alert Sources enhancement - hierarchy of routing rules
I'd like to be able to have an escalation policy either a: roll into another escalation policy or b: have an option to have multiple rules for routing email from a single orion source. We have 1 orion...
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Deep Packet Analysis - Fun with Flags!
In my last post I talked through some of the reasons why mastering tcpdump is useful. Building on our previous example in this post I’ll focus on using TCP flags for troubleshooting.Even with our...
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