How do you handle alerts?
In our environment, we tend to rarely if ever acknowledge alerts, and instead unmanage the offending object until it is fixed. Unfortunately, this skews downtime reports (admittedly in our favor, but...
View Articleplease move away from flash!
I'd really like to see LEM move away from the flash interface into something far more flexible and customizable. This also leads to my next'want' by being able to review LEM content from iOS or other...
View Article[Poll] BYOD vs. CYOD: The lesser of two evils?
As an IT Pro, which end user mobility enablement strategy is more acceptable to you? For more information on these mobility strategies and to join a conversation on them, check out this blog post.
View ArticleFeature Request Assign Custom Properties during Sonar Discovery Import!!!
Dear Thwacksters, I am referrencing another Thwackster's Idea here. http://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3749. I would like to add to this and create a new feature request that allows you to assign...
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Improve Email Template UI
We have many request types for several different clients. Each client would like different email templates. The UI for managing email templates is challenging when managing many templates because the...
View ArticleHow Many Databases Do You Manage?
I'm looking to get an idea of how many databases are managed by a DBA these days. I'm not interested in the number of server instances, but the number of databases, and yes you can inlcude system...
View Articlelast event over 5 days old
Our VMfarm had issues 5 days ago. The LEM server was on the VMfarm and appeared to come back online. When we went into LEM today, all of the nodes are showing last event of 5day or so. I do not see a...
View ArticleWhat version of SQL DB
Documentation says that NPM & SAM does not support SQL 2012 SP1 it clearly says no SP or SP1, is that right ?? Want to confirm ?SolarWinds supports Express, Standard, or Enterprise versions of the...
View ArticleBogus SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor Warnings?
We seem to be getting several of the following warnings: Certificate on SERVER NAME has reached its threshold. The component SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor of node SERVER NAME is Warning....
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What we are working on for UDT 3.1
Dear all,Let me please update you with info what is our Dev team working on right now for UDT 3.1. The main focus of this release is the stability and performance of UDT in bigger environments. To...
View ArticleSolarwinds: An NMS that you don’t need a PHD to use
Like everyone else, I am very busy at my job, and I tend to be a jack of all trades. I find myself running from fire to fire, getting things under control. I wish I had time to be more proactive and do...
View ArticleNTA / UDT / IPAM integration
Which of the following integrations would you welcome? ( examples of use cases provided, but feel free to add more! )Thanks
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Am I missing something or does Web Reporting require admin privledges for SQL...
So, I was working with our Capcity Manager and she builds reports normally in the report writer application but I wanted to have her switch to the web version to better secure the server. Well we ran...
View ArticleFEATURE REQUEST - Backing-up .UCS files from F5 LTM
is there a way to back-up the .ucs archive files from F5 loadbalancers ? the templates to backup the configuration file is good but doesn't serve the purpose in case one has to build a F5 box from...
View ArticleServ-U FTP
What operating system can the Serv-U FTP version 14.0.0.6 run on? Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit or Windows 2008 server? Thank you!
View ArticleUnconventional Discovery Network Ranges
I'm trying to discover just loopback interfaces. They all are in a specific, um, "range" for lack of a better term. Devices are organized by region and each region basically has a /16 assigned to it....
View ArticleMonitor Processes Regardless of Status
Sometimes it's important to monitor resource consumption of a process that's not running at all times. It's also nice to be able to quickly identify when the process was running and report upon how...
View ArticleUsing SQL Server Studio to Back-up and Restore a SolarWinds Network Product...
Users of SolarWinds network products know that a Microsoft SQL Server database is a required component. Though all SolarWinds network products still include a utility called Database Manager its...
View ArticleDo you want SolarWinds to provide you premium assistance with upgrade to NCM...
We are looking for customers who would like to upgrade their production NCM environment to 7.3 Release Candidate. Since upgrade to v7.3 may be a bit more complex than usually, we offer special...
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