SAM Override Template
Today I was showing someone how to override template settings for components for a node and they asked me a question. "What if you use the Override Template button for a component for a specific node...
View ArticleAppInsight for Exchange - Throttling Policy
I have been getting an error pulling data with AppInsight for Exchange with both Exchange 2010 and 2013. I says as follows "Fail to create a runspace because you have exceeded the maximum number of...
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 ArticleAny advice on a well integrated setup?
Hi, I just started a new job and I have to say the infrastructure is a mess right now. I need to implement these functionalities:- Help Desk management- Network inventorying- Infrastructure...
View ArticleSFTP Maximum File Size
I am running the SFTP/SCP Server to back up my CUCM servers. I get successful backups of the Call Manager and Unity but the backup for Contact Center fails on the CCXComponent. I'm wondering if I am...
View ArticleCan I use Solarwinds update my firmware on My Cisco Switches?
I have a problem updating my firmware on my Switches and I was wondering if I can use Solarwinds to update my firmware
View ArticleEvent log monitor / Number of past polling intervals
Dear Thwack-Community! I do have a question about the Windows event log monitor.In a simple scenario you look for a specific even ID in - let's say - the security event log.If there is a match, it will...
View ArticleMonitoring a heartbeat file
Hi, I have a script (on a windows box) that writes out a ping to a text file every 42 seconds, I would like to alert if this files modified date has not changed in say the last hour (suggesting the...
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 ArticleThe 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...
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Remote WMI - Access Denied
I have been working to turn on an event log monitor and service monitor for the past few days. I noticed when I would test it would fail the test. After some troubleshooting I found that I can not even...
View ArticleNOC Dashboard
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...
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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 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 ArticleSOAP XML Monitor is failing
Hi, I created a new SOAP Monitor in SAM. Under "SOAP XML Request" it is set to "Manually enter SOAP XML Request". When it runs it fails with this error message. The remote server returned an error:...
View ArticleIs solarwinds often this messy?
Or is it me? Our infrastructure changes a lot through the day (SQL runs thorough the day, hospital sends through images/patient date in large batches, etc.) which means we receive a lot of alerts;...
View ArticleIBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
Good afternoon Thwack-Folks! I do have a question about the "Current Hardware Health"-status of one of my nodes. Under the sensor name "Array" it shows me: IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller /...
View Articleimport a MIB to solarwinds
Hello!If I have the MIB of equipment. What should I do to integrate them into the solarwinds?Thanks!
View Articlehow to find remote side of interface
Let's say if you have an interface status alarm, is there a way to find out what is the remote side? Besides using nodecaption, because that is not necessarily reliable. Thanks,
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JMX Bridge Stops
Hello All, My JMX Bridge service stops responding within 10 minutes of starting. I am running the following apps on a VMware VM running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard:NPM 11.0.1NCM 7.3.2SAM...
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