Status is arguably one of the most important aspects of any monitoring solution. It's a key component for visually notifying you that something is amiss in your environment, as well as being an important aid in the troubleshooting process. When used properly, status is also the engine that powers alerting, making it an…
The Problem… As the "monitoring person," we often find ourselves dealing with keeping the records in the database correct and current. The problem is, no matter how hard we try, our end users don't always keep us up to date when a device is turned off. Normally, we find out a device was turned off when we see a NODE DOWN…
Today, SolarWinds announced our expanded database performance management portfolio. With the recent acquisition of SentryOne and launch of Database Insights for SQL Server alongside our award-winning Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) and Database Performance Monitor (DPM) solutions, we intend to become the leader in the…
SolarWinds© Kiwi Syslog© Server centralizes log management across network devices and servers. It is an affordable syslog management tool for network and systems engineers. It receives syslog messages and SNMP traps from network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls, and Linux/Unix hosts. You can filter and view…
I'm working on a new free tool and would really appreciate some feedback on our beta. Let me describe it like I'm pitching a movie.. it's like VM Console meets Pricegrabber and there's a huge budget and elaborate scenery and all the best actors. Perhaps I am exaggerating a bit, but does it sound interesting? If so, send me…
Here at the SolarWinds Austin office, we had new guy start in our IT department this week. He’s new to Orion and was taking advantage of his ready access to the product team to get up to speed. One of his first questions was how to run a report that’s limited to business hours. His first attempts at an interface traffic…
Greetings! And welcome to the second in our series of primers on customising the Orion Platform. Today’s post will focus on first installing and then navigating through SWQL Studio. This free utility is simple to use, but can drastically lower the barrier to creating and editing SWQL queries. Help Resources Before we go…
As mentioned in Adam’s post the other week, Pingdom users will soon have the option to view end user experience data with their metrics, traces, and logs in the integrated experience. In preparation for the integrated experience, today we have launched changes to Pingdom’s navigation, provided additional account management…
It might be a well-kept secret outside of IT departments, but insiders know the reality; permission structures are often suboptimal. The reason for this is permission structures have grown historically, some say even hysterically, over time. One cause is quick fixes applied with the intent to replace with a proper solution…
First, we learn howApplication and systems are changing at a break-neck pace. While the legacymanagement technologies are still valuable, there are entirely new ways tomanage apps and systems as well. Brandon Shopp, Director of Product Managementdiscusses The Evolution of Application and Systems Management. He begins by…
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