How to read port info
I'm monitoring all ports on a Cisco 2948 switch, and when I launch the monitor for a specific port, the title of each window is 10-100-1000 utp ethernet (9) for example. Does this mean that that...
View Articleconfigure dns
I have a new install of alertcentral that I am configuring. I am not sure if I missed a step in the initial OVA install but DNS is not configured for our network. The nameserver is set SWalertcentral...
View ArticleValidating sms (AT&T) in Alert Central
I have an issue where when emails are sent out to me and a fellow coworker, we validate the email, but it doesn't validate in Alert Central. Me and my coworker have AT&T phones, Iphone and Samsung...
View Article95th Percentile Interface Traffic Report in Web-based Reports
I feel like I must be missing something. Is there a way to create a 95th Percentile interface traffic report using the Web-based reports? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
View ArticleNPM11 and SQL Express
I just downloaded and am getting ready to install NPM, NCM and SAM into my environment. We do not have a large environment so I was hoping to install all 3 applications on 1 VM. I was also hoping for...
View ArticleHyperthreading and NPM
What is SolarWinds position on Hyper-threading processors versus physical separate cores? In the Orion environment, does the HT create as much value as a physical core or does the physical core create...
View ArticleSchedule job cannot stop
We create a schedule job in windows and call the solarwinds tool to backup all device configuration daily, but recently i find the frequency change to 3 days/time. we login the solarwinds server and...
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Object (hardware sensor) was not found in the database
Getting these alerts: The links look like this: solarwinds.intranet.com/Orion/View.aspx?NetObject=HWHS:446 Clicking on them results in "Unexpected Website Error. Object HWHS:446 was not found in the...
View Articleinstall NPM & NCM with no internet
Hello fellow Thwackers.(haha) I am tasked with installing NPM and NCM on a machine that has no independent internet access.... SneakerNet is all I gots.I have already attempted to install 'as is' and...
View ArticleAccess to Orion.NodesCustomProperties denied for NPM 10.5
I am getting the above error when trying to update a Custom Property of a node with JSON API. Originally I am using Python but didn't get any error message so I resorted to curl for the error displayed...
View ArticleGet 500 thwack points! Refer a SolarWinds Noob to UX by Noon Friday!
Know someone who has been using SAM or NPM in their production environment for less than a year? Or someone join your team in the last year that hadn’t worked with SAM or NPM before? Have them email me...
View ArticleGet 500 thwack points! Refer a SolarWinds Noob to UX by Noon Friday!
Know someone who has been using SAM or NPM in their production environment for less than a year? Or someone join your team in the last year that hadn’t worked with SAM or NPM before? Have them email me...
View Articleprevent serv-u from writing to mount directory if mount is not present
Hi, We are using mount points for home directories and ftp logging. I would like to guarantee serv-u does not write any log files or create home directories unless the mount target has successfully...
View ArticleSAM Maintenace Is Overdue/Database Maintenance Won't Finish, Stuck on...
I constantly get this message but am unable to run database maintenance till completion. It always hangs when removing older data from traps. Any ideas?
View ArticleIs there a way to throttle rapidly incoming SNMP traps?
Sometimes something haywire would happen and we can get several traps per minute on the exact same thing. And because we forward those traps to an email address, we can get spammed quite badly by one...
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Free Response Time Viewer does not work in Windows 8.1
Hi SW I tried to install SWRTV but the installation does not support the current operating system which is Windows 8.1. Regards Conwyn inShare0 49 Views Tags (edit):...
View ArticleEnable/Disable Monitors with Script
How can I script the enabling/disabling of certain monitors? (ideally using Powershell, but other scripting languages will work as well)
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Is it safe to delete cookie files in...
The C:\Users\SEUM-User-#\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\ directories have hundreds of thousands of files. Is it safe to delete these files?
View ArticleIs there a best practice for installing modules?
Greetings. I'm looking to see if there is a best practice for installing the various SolarWinds modules on the pollers. Specifically sequestering the OS and the applications to separate drives....
View ArticleQuality of Experience (QoE) - How to create new app
Hi, Is it possible to create a custom app (not HTTP). We have Progress database here with its own "wire protocol" over ODBC... crazy stuff... Wire Protocol ODBC Driver | Progress DataDirect... now, how...
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