Help: Cross Domain Errors: Script block literals are not allowed in...
We're running Exchange 2010 with cross-site DAG's and we are running the SAM Beta in conjunction with the NPM Beta on a server in our development environment (separate Active Directory Forest). The...
View ArticleNPM Installation
Hi, I have just got the license for NPM 10.6. I want to install this tool on server with proper way and by using best practice. Also there is one add-on tool called Orion-to-EOC Network Atlas Map...
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Desktop Notifications for Orion
I personally find these a bit more interactive and useful than e-mail notifications: A simple click can take you to the element's details page... If anyone is interested I could be persuaded to provide...
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Envisioning the Future Now (XI)
NSA-related news in recent months warrants revisiting an earlier discussion of AES. In an article on the NSA's Bluffdale, Utah datacenter, I noted that despite the peta-flop processing power of those...
View ArticleIs there a way to purge a ton of bad alerts? Got stuck with OOF turned on...
I have a bunch of bogus OOF alerts in alert central... Is there a good way to dump all of these? And what might be the best way to prevent this in the future? Integrate with Exchange (or other)...
View ArticleChange all NPM Charts default period from "Today" to "last 24 hours"
This is one thing that has always irked me for a long time, so I am finally posting this as a feature request. Have you every been working late at night, doing some network changes, and you go to Orion...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Monitoring
I have two Exchange 2010 servers that I monitor with SAM, and they are constantly showing as "Unknown." If I restart the Remote Registry service they will display status for a while, and then...
View ArticleNetwork Atlas should come with a warning label!
I was hired around a year ago to implement SolarWinds which was purchased to replace EMC Smarts for our organization. After adding all the nodes and working on months of discoveries and subsequent...
View ArticleSAM Beta 2 - Personalized views?
I know this has been discussed before in previous forums but now that I am seeing the amazing new way to customize the views in Orion I thought I would bring it up again. With the ease of being able...
View ArticleHow do I manually send a POST without a form for API-call testing?
Is there a way to manually send an HTTP POST without the need of a form? I'm not seeing a right-click option. I would like to monitor our API JVMs by submitting XML POSTs with Image Verification (Image...
View ArticleSetting Fields as Required in the client web interface ticket input screen
Would like to have the ability to set certain fields/data on the web interface ticket input screen as required and not allow a ticket to be generated unless an entry/selection was made.
View ArticleHelp with 'Reporting' in Patch Manager
Hello,I was wondering if it's possible to run a report in Patch Manager that will show the currently logged in users of each machine/server. If possible, which parameters need to be included in the...
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Integrate Device Template Assistant into NCM
There is a tool developed to help users create their own device template. We could integrate it into NCM directly.NCM 6.1 device template assistant utility
View ArticleAccess Control List Management Features
Enhancement to Configuration Manager that has a workflow something like this; Create ACL {For which group? - choose location, device,etc} -> Type of ACL { Wizard or create from template} ->...
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thwack Monthly Mission - December Edition
Well, December is here and you know what that means... 'tis the holiday season! December is also a huge milestone in our world as it marks a full year of the ever-so-popular monthly missions here on...
View ArticleChronic Problem Alerting
Ability to have Orion create alerts based on chronic issues- i.e. a circuit or route that is flapping, incrementing errors or multiple instances of a threshold being exceeded over a certain time...
View ArticleHardware Health Sensor checklist
When selecting Hardware Health Sensor allow us to choose which hardware components we want to monitor.
View ArticleClient-Server Application
Enable the ability of a Client-Server application. That way you can install Network Topology Mapper on a server, and run the Mapping from a client computer at multiple areas.
View ArticleTo Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
"SNMP is vital. Syslog saves life." -- a networking guy Hello Thwack, I'm Gideon Tam, one of the Thwack Ambassadors for the month of January. Happy New Year 2014! I'm a network security professional...
View ArticleDo We Need A Medic For Trouble Tickets?
We all know that whenever users have problems, they call the Helpdesk. Those that have worked on a Helpdesk, for any period of time, all have war stories about experiences with users who are not so...
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