pause or stop Solarwinds while in maintenance?
A quick search didn't produce a quick answer: if I intend to do firmware, driver, Windows updates that will require a restart or two on the Solarwinds server, how do I pause the thing, i.e. stop...
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WSUS on Server 2008
I have a 2008 server configured with WSUS. I have a number of Windows 7 clients that will not check in and these clients report the Last Status as "Not yet reported." I have found documentation that...
View ArticleAccess RSA Appliance via SNMP
Hello Thwack-Folks! I would like to retrieve some information of my RSA Appliance (am-7.1 SP4 P26).SNMP is activated and the IP adress of the polling server is added. MIB Tree starting OID I would like...
View ArticleChanging global variables
Hi All, I recently began working for a new customer that has SolarWinds NCM installed. I'm new with the SolarWinds product, so my question might be an easy one to answer, but so far I haven't found it....
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My company moved from OpsView (Nagios) to Solarwinds recently. Opsview offered a nice rolled up View of all my nodes and services like attached and I find it perplexing that this isn't readily...
View ArticleDo you have a trouble ticketing system ? Should you?
This week my question isn't direct tied to Remote access, however I think it plays a big part when companies decide to implement a remote access solution, especially for troubleshooting and ease of...
View ArticlePatch Management solutions for Linux Servers?
Are there any plans to develop a Patch Management tool for Linux Server?
View ArticleRedis hit/miss rate application monitoring possible?
Hello, We have recently moved some systems to used Redis in favour of Memcache, for key -> value lookups. I notice you can monitor Memcahce and get things like "cache hit/miss rate". Is Redis in the...
View ArticleInstallation and servers
We just purchased severa SolarWinds products. Each product has individual server requirements . Does anyone have recommendations for which products can or should be installed on the same server and...
View ArticleUser v. Service Accounts
At the moment, all of my SolarWinds "admin" credential requirements are handled via a single user account with Domain Admin rights. The use of this account covers:Scheduled task execution (e.g....
View ArticleWhen monitoring service uptime and availability, do you use geographically...
In dealing with availability monitoring, how many different geographic angles do you prefer to analyze from? Are the pros and cons to having too many or too few? I recently had a downtime problem with...
View ArticleSQL Agent Job Info - Status
Morning all, I have been using the AppInsight Template for SQL for sometime now but have experienced high load on each of the SQL Servers that this is applied too. We have realised that the SQL...
View Articlepause or stop Solarwinds while in maintenance?
A quick search didn't produce a quick answer: if I intend to do firmware, driver, Windows updates that will require a restart or two on the Solarwinds server, how do I pause the thing, i.e. stop...
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WSUS on Server 2008
I have a 2008 server configured with WSUS. I have a number of Windows 7 clients that will not check in and these clients report the Last Status as "Not yet reported." I have found documentation that...
View ArticleFilter top 10 XX for node in Parent group
Hello all,My client is currently using ORION 10.3. I have created a parent group which contains multiple sub-groups. My client would like to only see top ten XX from nodes within t. I have spent...
View ArticleEasier to restore or wipe?
We have an installation of SAM and NCM and NPM. It has been unmanaged for some time. Is it easier to lose historical data and start over or better to build new and then restore the database? We find...
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 ArticleUnDP - Trying to monitor Cisco CIMC on UCS C200 M2 hardware
Hello, I have search all over the forums and the interwebs but I can't find other people that have the same issue. The issue is that I can't get the SNMP info from the CIMC into NPM formatted...
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 ArticleCitrix 7.5 Template
Hi Does anyone know when there will be a Citrix 7.5 Template available or any Beta Template is available?
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