Can I start monitoring an interface only after it comes up the first time?
(New to NPM, apologies in advance) I have a port-channel that I have set up, awaiting installation of the physical server by the systems team. Right now, NPM is complaining that the interface is down,...
View ArticleExporting Security Compliance Report to Excel
When you export the Cisco Device Security Compliance report to excel what are the meanings of each letter? Is there a reference somewhere?
View ArticleWhat min/max alarm message counts should I start with?
I just installed Kiwi Syslog and have been receiving what intuitively seems like there might be a problem. I immediately started getting over 2000 Kernal.Alert Messages Per Hour and a few hours later...
View ArticleHow long will they work at 230% load?
Hey guys. I'm the newest guy in our IT team so I'm not claiming to be very experienced in real experience. Heres the story. Friday night our real UPS system died on us. Needed new batteries (they hadnt...
View ArticleIPAM for managing DHCP servers
Before I lab this up I wanted to get some feedback from the community. I was planning on using IPAM to monitor my DHCP servers for scope usage with the intent of getting alerts when address scopes...
View ArticleChanging Device, Monitors alert groups email
have device lets call it NJTEST01, inside NJTEST01 I have a Dependency called NJTEST01 PING, which just responds to pings if they are up or down and alerts me when they are down to an email group.Now I...
View ArticleConfused about Advanced Alerts and Dynamic Baseline Thresholds
I have a couple questions about dynamic baseline thresholds. The documentation seems inconsistent. This is a fresh install of 10.7. Things get especially strange in the Advanced Alert Manager. When...
View ArticleDevice Backup Running Config for every quarter
How do I set up Device Backup Running Config to run every quarter? I want to be able to run backup configs every quarter and compare it to ones previously run and also get a diff report
View ArticleAlert and Acknowledgement Report
I'm trying to create a SQL Query that over a period of a month will give me the amount of alerts and the number of alerts that were acknowledged. I would like also to break these numbers down into...
View ArticleAppInsight for Exchange - Tuning
Problem:Alert me when mailbox database is in warning or critical state is still triggering. How can i fix this problem?If i clear it, it immediately comes back in the view. (trying to trace the source...
View ArticleCreating new template from application monitor question
Hi,We are running SAM Orion Platform 2014.1.0, SAM 6.1.0, IPAM 4.1, NPM 10.7, IVIM 1.9.0.We have 3 W2K8 R2 servers running Unidata 7.2. I set up application monitors to monitor the 6 Unidata Windows...
View ArticleCreating Alert - Variable Temperature
Hello, I'm creating temperature alerts and message alert, need to add the variable that the current temperature with the status of critical. You know what are the variables for temperature?
View ArticleFile Age Monitor - monitor by wildcards or directory
I have an application which dumps X number of files into a directory roughly every hour. This information is sensitive and we need to ensure this data dump happens successfully. I have been asked to...
View ArticleCan I reserve/checkout assets for a client within a ticket under the 'asset...
Can I reserve assets for a client within a ticket under the 'asset info' tab? Through custom fields we've allowed them to set their requested reservation dates during ticket creation, but the tech...
View ArticleEdit Node Resources
I would like to change the default resource name. For example, we get alerts that really don't tell you which resource it is referring to. Label: A8807C72 Is there any way to edit this?
View ArticleThwack Help
Anyone monitoring the solarwindscommunityteam@communications.solarwinds.com email account listed on the help page? I sent an email the other day and haven't heard back. I was updating a report on...
View ArticleKeeping Cardholder Data Safe - Meeting PCI requirements for routers and...
The PCI specified controls for network devices help build and maintain a secure network. The standard requires measures to be taken to restrict access to confidential data/system components and...
View ArticleT-Shirt idea - Until Security Improves
Just a thought.... Patching will continue until security improves!! Monitor everything!RT
View ArticleDownloading updates from Microsoft Update
We have a number of laptops that are rarely connected to the corporate network despite being in the main office pretty much all the time. Because I got tired of tracking down the laptops once a month...
View ArticleUnder Orion Report Writer, there exists two data formats: Raw and Cooked....
Hi Guys, I just noticed the two aforementioned data formats under the Orion Report Writer.Please what do they mean?How do they affect generating a report via using the Orion Report Writer tool? Regards,
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