WDS Slow TFTP PXE boot
Not SolarWinds related but hoping someone can help out Issue- When PXE booting, the TFTP transfer of the boot wim is very slow. After the boot wim is transferred the rest of the image deployment...
View ArticleHOST-RESOURCES-MIB Flooding /var/log/messages
Quick question for the SolarWinds PROs out there.... In all of my RHEL6 Machines, snmpd is flooding /var/log/messages with this,"snmpd[51263]: -- HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunPath.814" There are...
View ArticlePatch Management solutions for Linux Servers?
Are there any plans to develop a Patch Management tool for Linux Server?
View ArticleMIBS for DL360, 380, 580, etc
I have been trying to get system information on the MIB (.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021) and lower. "A value was not returned" seems to be the rule. Is there a repository where I can find MIBS by platform...
View ArticleLinux Drive Monitors not Accounting for Reserved Space
As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, net-snmp doesn't play nicely with the reserved space on some volumes. This results in a disparity between the readings for % Utilization inside Solarwinds and those...
View ArticleWhy do you even bother patching?
So there are a bunch of reasons people patch their systems. In fact, there are probably more reasons people patch systems than why they wouldn't. (although there are some valid reasons NOT to patch...
View ArticleSolarWinds as CMDB source for servicenow?
Hello, Has anyone out there ever used SolarWinds data as an input to the servicenow CMDB? We are considering utilizing SolarWinds as our initial primary source of data into the servicenow CMDB rather...
View ArticleLinux process restart
How does one restart a Linux process with Solar winds? The process is being monitored in SAM. If it fails or stops we want NOC to be able to start it them selves from a solar wind window or view. Or...
View ArticleWhat is the hardware requirement for 1 SAM instllation10K monitoring
We are looking for monitoring 10K monitors using one standalone SAM6.1 additional poller. What should be hardware requirement for this?I referred the hardware specification mentioned for SLX in the...
View ArticleSolarWinds PT-BR
Boa tarde pessoal! Como posso proceder para utilizar o SolarWinds na linguagem PT-BR? Um cliente solicitou essa questão e ainda não consegui encontrar uma opção. Agradeço pela atenção e ajuda.Fico a...
View ArticleSAM Active Alerts
How do I change or configure in SAM Active Alerts "under message" Alert me when the free space of a volume is less than 5%what we need it to change this from 95% to 100 % as we have apps that use...
View ArticleHow do you keep track of servers, applications, IP addresses?
Where I work we have a configuration management database, or CMDB. The term CMDB comes from the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, or ITIL. ITIL to some is a true four-letter word, but the...
View ArticlePatch Management? I don't care for it but YOU should!
Patch Management! How exciting? Eagerly waiting up till the wee hours of the night on Patch Tuesdays, waiting for Microsoft to release the latest round of security patches and application fixes. I’m...
View ArticleAlert manager not triggering on Exchange 2007-2010 Hub Transport Role Service...
Challenge for the masses. Running Core 2012.2.2 and SAM 5.5.0. We have determined one of the fastest ways for us to be notified that some one tagged with spamming trojans has gotten us blacklisted it...
View ArticleAdditional Poller Help!
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help me with this one. I am extremely new to Orion and my company has given me the task of adding an additional poller. I am also very new to the server...
View ArticleMonitoring Linux hosts - Disk, Memory, CPU - Help
I've spent the better part of this week learning, and researching how to configure my environment (RedHat/CentOS) in SolarWinds Orion. There are a few things I can't seem to figure out. All my work...
View ArticleMonitor Hardware by using APM V4.2?
Hi there We have NPM&APM installed on our network monitoring system, and we have some Windows NT boxes on the network that we would like to monitor, and due to the age of hardware of the NT systems...
View Articlewindows service monitor
Hi we are trying to monitor windows services on windows NT4 server/workstation, can this be done via SNMP? Regards!
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...
View ArticleComing April 8: Windows XP Rundown
The end of Microsoft’s support of Windows XP is a big deal, and we want to know how you feel about it. Are you rejoicing in the imminent death of XP on April 8 or are you hanging on for dear life? Do...
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