Solarwinds Network Performance Manager vs. Spiceworks Network Monitoring
I am trying to make a decision between Solarwinds and Spiceworks for networking performance management. Interested to hear members thoughts on how they compare and their relative strengths and...
View ArticleRe: Comparing firewall configs (PIX, ASA)
So, how does the NCM compare Running to Startup (graphs on summary page) if it isn't aware of these differences?
View ArticleRe: Link utilization on Network Atlas maps in NPM 10.7
There may be an issue with how we are calculating the topology. A support case may be the best course of action: http://www.solarwinds.com/support/
View ArticleHaving problems getting the beta up and running
Don't have any windows servers readily available, so I am installing on my laptop. The install seems to think things have installed and started up, but the browser connection times out.
View ArticleNCUA Policy Reports?
Hi All, I work for the Credit Union industry governed by the National Credit Union Association (NCUA), which is a federal insurance agency not too dissimilar from the FDIC. It is a different governing...
View ArticleRe: Using the REST API to find tickets for an asset.
Never mind, I found a work around through the use of assets.assetNumber instead of assets.id.
View ArticleRe: Comparing SolarWinds with Centerity Monitoring
From looking at their screen shots, looks like they copied the SolarWinds web console.
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Re: Allow SAM/NPM user to search for node
Potentially you could could create a dedicated view with limitations applied. Check out page 150 of the AG: http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/Orion/docs/OrionAdministratorGuide.pdf
View ArticleRe: REST API in PowerShell
I have been able to get a basic request to work with this, using the following commands: add-type @" using System.Net; using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates; public class...
View ArticleRe: Multiple oncall issue and user alert notification policy
Hi Olha, This doesn't make sense to me -- it seems that this is assuming that Alertcentral knows better how alerts should be handled than the person configuring the alerts. If I say I want both users...
View ArticleRe: The Ultimate CPU Alert
Awwwwww! Just click the picture of my fuzzy face, and in the upper-right corner you should see a "follow" button. I'll even friend you if you ask!
View ArticleRe: Tweaking the Codes in One of the Pre-Built Orion Reports in Report Writer.
Now that I think about it, the Manage Reports feature is also in version 10.6, so you could do what I described. I think it might actually be even easier since you need to combine node availability,...
View ArticleAndroid SMS alert responses are not recognized
It looks like my SMS responses to Alertcentral alerts on my Android phone do not include / quote the original message when I reply, which means that Alertcentral isn't able to match my responses to an...
View ArticleNTA Flow Storage Database
Hey Y'All, I'm planning a medium-sized NPM and NTA installation. In lab testing, we see that NTA offers a new offers a new fast-bit database when installing on a 64 bit machine. This might be a great...
View ArticleRe: MRC v.11 connect to a windows 7 machine where a user is connected via rdp
The Dameware Agent will only see what you would see if you had a monitor connected to the system, so you will see the locked screen of the RDP user. What you would have to do is connect to the system...
View ArticleRe: change the default last 1hr on NTA summary?
To change the default view settings for the Summary you will need to go into Settings> NTA Settings> Charting and Graphing Settings (at the bottom of the page) > Default time period for...
View ArticleRe: Tweaking the Codes in One of the Pre-Built Orion Reports in Report Writer.
Hi Borgan, Many thanks for the tip. You are very correct; these three data types that I desire can be combined on the same report by adding them as seperate contents.However, what if I want to tweak it...
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Re: Multiple oncall issue and user alert notification policy
Hi, Your suggestions make sense to me. We've also got similar ideas from other users.Please give your vote for this feature Notify all contact in user escalation (BUG REPORT). In this case it'll have...
View ArticleRe: Where can I find the Engine ID number that NPM has for a device?
EngineID is also available in the Traps table. It is the second column of the table.
View ArticleRe: Where can I find the Engine ID number that NPM has for a device?
The device EngineID from the SNMP polling of the device is not stored. This is a snippit from my SNMPv3 Configuration Document Setup SNMPv3 via CLI for Cisco DevicesSNMPv3 Traps (Orion Core 2011.2 and...
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