Monitor Red Hat Clustering Services
Hello all. Simply put, we have a Red Hat 5.8 cluster with two nodes. We would like to have the ability to monitor if a cluster service gets failed over to one node or the other. I dont see a native...
View ArticleHow to launch a NCM job via Web Console?
Hi,Do anyone knows how to launch a NCM job via the Web Console? One of our job needs to be launched by someone who doesn't have access to the NCM Server. Regards, Fred
View ArticleWhat's the thing you hate the most about the tools you use? And what would...
When it comes right down to it, many of the tools that we use in the IT world don't actually save us much time. Sometimes they require as much maintenance as a full application, with databases and...
View ArticleWhat makes a good sysadmin?
I've been helping some friends with their resumes lately, and it's caused me to think a lot about how I became a sysadmin. I don't have any formal training (beyond some vendor-specific stuff), and I...
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 ArticleProactive Monitoring is the Future
With the vast amount of objects that must be monitored and tracked in a modern server environment, sometimes it can be harder to simply understand the data than it is to gather it. If you've ever been...
View ArticleHeads Up! Update Available for Windows Update
Microsoft has released recently an important update to the Windows Update component for all OS available (at least those who are currently supported). This update will provide clients the new...
View ArticlePrivate Clouds and Patch Management Strategies
The cloud model is present in a large amount of companies within these days, and if it’s not they are already thinking about it. Even though there are still a lot of organizations which are not ready...
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The Observer Effect – Agent vs Agentless Monitoring
If you were a Star Trek fan like myself growing up, you might remember a funny device called the Heisenberg Compensator. It was used when transporting people to account for the affects of a theory...
View ArticleLinux - user account
Hi all, I was wondering which user rights Solarwinds need to monitor the applications (e.g. apache and mysql) on a linux environment.Thank you --mane
View ArticleThe Application Monitoring Shift
As we continue to strike forward into a more virtualized world, the need for end-to-end visibility of our applications has elevated from a nice to have to a can't live without. Much like the movie...
View ArticleWhat's In Your Monitoring Toolbelt?
As a form of continuation on a previous discussion I kicked off revolving around agent or agentless monitoring, there comes a point where the decision to pick a certain amount of monitoring tools comes...
View ArticlePatch Tuesday and those updates that never get installed
Microsoft implemented (unofficially) a while ago the “Patch Tuesday” strategy: The second Tuesday of each month (this is not written in stone either) they release security patches. But, have you ever...
View ArticleWhat do you do when an Update Makes Things Worse?
Did you ever get a call from a user saying something like this? (Just after a released of several updates?) “I was just using the %COMPANYAPP% and is crashing all the time and I’m doing the exact same...
View ArticleHow are you interacting with your end users these days?
End Users have high expectations these days. In my experience for the last couple of years It has grown out of proportion. Things change because everyone brings in or works from home with their own...
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Is monitoring the underlying Operating System Important?
Last week I wrote on why Applications are important. This week I want to touch on the importance of Monitoring the underlying operating system, or OS. Is monitoring the Operating System Important? Yes,...
View ArticleBYOD, how does your company handle it ?
Everywhere you look it seems as though people are seeing two things... "Cloud" and "BYOD". So lets talk about BYOD... or Buy Your Own Device or Bring Your Own Dollars... however you look at it my...
View ArticleDo you gather evidence on a service provider to keep them accountable?
Last week I bought a new virtual server to be able to hold clients that rapidly expand or have sudden bursts of traffic (CloudFlare FTW!). While reviewing the service provider, I started thinking...
View ArticleIs it possible to have too much monitoring?
Hello, everybody. I'm Bob Plankers, and I'm one of the thwack Ambassadors for the month of March. I'm a system administrator, virtualization architect, ex-programmer, network aficionado, and recovering...
View ArticleWhat's the thing you hate the most about the tools you use? And what would...
When it comes right down to it, many of the tools that we use in the IT world don't actually save us much time. Sometimes they require as much maintenance as a full application, with databases and...
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