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Re: NPM 11.5RC
It's in mine too. I seem to recall I read somewhere in another post that 12.0 was re-branded as 11.5. I'm interested in the notes as well.
View ArticleRe: Create alert when SolarWinds remote SQL DB is unavailable
Jonathan Angliss is right, it would be difficult to have SolarWinds alert when it's own database is unreachable. You'd have to have something else monitoring that database for...
View ArticleRe: Alert Manager
You could do a couple of things. You could either disable the alert prior to maintenance starting. Another option, one we utilize here is to use a custom property called maintenance that is a yes/no...
View ArticleRe: Identifying the destination of traffic when top host is shown as ".:"
Thank you, choly I checked our top Endpoints page again, looking for ingress hosts and found that the "." host was still present. Opening up the plus button led to several devices, and it was apparent...
View ArticleRe: SQL named instances and named pipes
Are you using AppInsight for SQL? SAM supports the use of Named Pipes and your connection string should not differ for TCP/IP vs Named Pipes. This is handled by the operating system and the SQL driver.
View ArticleRe: Quarterly Email to Solution Admins
My recommendation would be to tag the nodes with a custom properly, build a report (or set of reports) that are emailed automatically on a quarterly basis using the Report Scheduler to the individuals...
View ArticleRe: Log user who actioned change
Yes there is. Under configuration management -> transfer status. It will show the user and the node, if you click on show details it will show the commands that were ran. You can also add a pop-in...
View ArticleRe: Alert Central integration to Orion not working
For some reason still unknown to me, AC pulls its alerts from the Events log in SW. I've never noticed to date anything that appears in the alerts or advanced alerts tab to show up in AC, yet if an...
View ArticleHow to map VPN connections on Network Atlas?
We've recently purchased and installed a suite of Orion products including NPM, SAM, NCM, Netowrk Topology Mapper (a few others as well). My issue is specifically with mapping VPN links in Network...
View ArticleRe: Quarterly Email to Solution Admins
the Solution Admin is a custom field. I have created a report that lists the Node name and the Solution Admin, but I want to email each Solution Admin a listing of nodes they are responsible for......
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Re: Alert central stopped receiving alerts through Direct Connection
Did you perform any SolarWinds upgrades prior to the connection breaking? I've noticed something like this in the past and the workaround I found was to just re-create the connection in Alert Central....
View ArticleRe: Are Kiwi CatTools 3.2.16 and Syslog Daemon 8.2.18 compatible with Win2008?
The versions you mention CatTools 3.2.16 and Syslog Daemon 8.2.18 have not been tested with 2008. Here are the release notes for both: CatTools:...
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A few findings, after NPM 11.5 RC Upgrade...
Roughly 4 hours to upgrade from NPM 11.0 to NPM 11.5 RC. Below, are the basics for the environment 3 servers (all VMs w/6CPUs, 32GB RAM, & 150GB+ storage)Orion products=NPM, NCM, NTA, ET, &...
View ArticleRe: Do we need a new role in WHD? Example: "Reporting Manager"
Sounds like a good idea. In our environment it probably wouldn't be used though.
View ArticleRe: Assigning tickets to other techs
I might not understand what you're asking. Once a ticket is created, you can pick what tech it goes to, so yes. Tech A can create a ticket, and assign it to Tech B.
View ArticleRe: LEM - Mount error 13
I was able to get around this error by using a local account on the Windows server where the share is located. When LEM asks for Domain\username, provide the machine name (\\machinename\username). Of...
View ArticleRe: NPM 11.5RC
We also installed the NPM 11.5 RC, having only a few issues.Here is a link to my post 11.5RC installation findings...A few findings, after NPM 11.5 RC Upgrade... I really wish that new global search...
View ArticleRe: Solarwinds Syslog
Well We have some make shift Linux red hat syslog server now but I am Linux impaired so I am looking for another solution.
View ArticleAvaya PRI Utilization
We use a G650 that has TN cards, CLANs and a Processor, we then have MedPros to convert IP to TDM. The majority of our sites register to that G650 and report to it. I am trying to find a way to...
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