Device discovery and polling IP address
Hello thwack community, I have a brand new installation of NPM along with a few other modules. I have a question that I haven't been able to find an answer to. Whenever I try to discover some of my...
View ArticleNCM is seeing date change as a change Cisco Nexus 5548
Subject says it all. Every day NCM sees a change in date as a change to configuration. Is there a way to not have that happen? See attached.
View ArticleMaking room for failure
“To err is human…” At least that was the famous declaration made by Alexander Pope. Despite this bit of truth, many knowledge workers understand that our day-to-day roles leave little room for...
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Tell Us If You Think That MS Lync Is Going to Own The Corporate VoIP!
Hi IT and VoIP engineers,We would like to get your opinion on MS Lync usage in your environments. We can hear it from many sides and I'm personally very interested what is your experience with MS Lync...
View ArticleCisco UCS server blades not showing Hardware Health of Servers option in List...
I know that UCS blade chassis' are managed through the FI's but with no link back to the FI from the production IP monitored node (Windows 2008 R2) in this case then I am too far removed from the...
View ArticleOrion NPM Architecture, Speed, and SQL
In my last post, "What NPM Tips and Tricks do You Have?" I asked about tips and tricks, expecting a mashup of different things from all over the NPM world and to a certain extent that's what happened....
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What did I miss?
Thursday just before the end of the week, after a team meeting I received the call. We all know it, it starts with "what the #$#@ is going on with the network!? (for some reason it always gets blamed...
View ArticleTrippLite UPS SNMP MIB
Has anyone had any luck with a Custom MIB for a TrippLite UPS? I have 3 of these, same models, in a smaller datacenter at a site. I have traps and alerts set fine, but I'd like to be able to monitor...
View ArticleNavigate The Depths with SAM 6.0 Terms & Conditions
SolarWinds® Navigate the Depths with SAM 6.0: Official RulesWeek 1 No Purchase Necessary. A Purchase Will Not Increase Your Chances of Winning. 1. Eligibility: The SolarWinds Navigate the Depths...
View ArticleSolarWinds NCM v7.2 is Now Available!
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Network Configuration Manager v7.2. Version 7.2 includes the following enhancements:Continue moving functionality from Win32 client to Web UIJob...
View ArticleLimit Assigned Tech List based on Location
It would be very helpful to limit the Assigned Tech dropdown to only show other techs in your location group. As a company with multiple techs in multiple locations all using the same system the list...
View ArticleCustomise Client E-Mail Layout
It would be nice to be able to completely customise the Client E-Mail Layout (under Setup > Email > Options > Client E-Mail Layout) to what you want it to look like. It is very strange that...
View ArticleipMonitor v9 and Windows Server 2008R2
Hi, We are currently running ipMonitor v9 on a Windows Server 2003R2 box which we need to replace and upgrade to a Windows Server 2008R2 box.Can I run ipMonitor v9 on a Windows Server 2008R2 x64...
View Articleis agent multithreaded
We are using a linux system as syslog server w/ agent to parse as too heavy load for LEM itself.we are slamming the linux system and they wanted to know if multi-thread capable.
View Articlequerying past alerts
If I pull up an alert, I can see that the Past Activity is available, too. Is there a way I can query the past activity on my own? For instance, if an alert was raised 4 times in one week, 8 times...
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Report hosts intermittently
I'm trying to do a report just like this (in Report writer)(Hosts com intermitência-Ultimas 12 horas) right This report has:NameEvent time - Event type - and a message about the event (packs lost, if...
View ArticleInterface Rediscovery on IF-MIB:linkUp
We currently utilise the IF-MIB:linkUp trap type to immediately transition an interface status in NPM to UP rather than waiting for the next scheduled poll. This is done via the trap viewer and Alert...
View ArticleAny way to create a report that will pull me up a list of interfaces that are...
We have a case where we are experiencing asymmetric routing over some of our routers, there is some receive traffic coming down our DSL back up lines. We have a very large estate and I need to weed out...
View ArticleDo you prefer agentless or agent-based monitoring? Are there situations where...
When I’m evaluating a monitoring system, one of the first things I check for is if it is agent-based or agentless. The use of one method over another doesn’t necessarily spell disaster for the project...
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