One of the lesser known features of Patch Manager is its ability to supplement the reporting capabilities of Configuration Manager. What makes Patch Manager the choice of interest is not what it does, but how it does it, to wit, predefined report templates and an easy to use report builder. This functionality, though, is…
In taking one last look at Scott Lowe’s competitive matrix for virtualization management, I started to wonder if a comparison of VMware performance monitoring tools, SolarWinds Virtualization Manager and Microsoft System Center 2012 was really warranted. I mean, it’s pretty obvious that this is not a perfect…
We all know how critical it is, from the business and application service perspective, to monitor the virtualization environment. This is certainly a full-time job that requires constant monitoring to keep check on the performance of the virtual infrastructure. With far-reaching benefits of virtualization, we now have the…
I’ve been analyzing Scott Lowe’s competitive matrix for virtualization management in my last few blog posts, and, as always one thing is constant: CHANGE. I was all set to write about Quest vKernel and vFoglight as they are today, and all of a sudden, a deal was announced for Dell to acquire Quest. We knew things were…
My friend and colleague Michael Torok, our Director of Community, recently wrote this blog post. I liked it so much, and not just because I too ride motorcycles and love community, that we decided to re-post it as a guest post here. His original blog post is found on thwack. All, While I don’t really want to lapse into a…
Who is Ubisoft? Ubisoft Entertainment is a French global video game publisher and developer, and is one of the largest independent game publishers in Europe and the United States. Do you remember playing Assassin’s Creed and Price of Persia? Those were from Ubisoft. Hacking? What Happened? One of Ubisoft’s websites was…
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Lemoine, Senior System Administrator at Guaranty Bank & Trust. Guaranty Bank is a community bank in South Louisiana with 5 locations, 70 computers, servers, virtual server and ~45 users. JK: How long have you used SolarWinds Patch Manager, and what applications do you…
Whether you’re planning to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day today or not, you’re likely to curse like a sailor when you find pirates have been creeping around your network. For hackers, the big fun may be just proving they can get onto your “secure” network. Or, the pirates can be the malicious kind, looking…
Me and hunger just don't get along very well. It could be hypoglycemia or maybe I'm just a big ole' cranky guy, but if I don't get something to eat for lunch every day, you probably don't want to be hanging around me. Many days, it's not too big a deal as I'm spending the afternoons in the lab or in meetings and it's OK to…
What to look for in Server Monitoring Let’s understand some basics of Server Monitoring and what you should look for to proactively monitor your servers, and data you need to troubleshoot your issue quickly. Server performance monitoring is the process of automatically scanning servers on the network for irregularities or…
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