THWACK [Bonus] Mission: Introducing Log Manager for Orion

Folks, what we’re witnessing here is the rare, wild Loggidus Dataius in its natural habitat. What an incredible opportunity to observe its natural behavior! Oh! What do we have here? This is fantastic! Here comes the even rarer Robotdus Orionus! They have natural organizational skills not unlike a sheepdog when it sees an unruly herd of sheep. This is amazing! Robotdus Orionus has effortlessly managed to corral the Loggidus Dataius.

Be sure to tune in next week as we send our correspondent to observe the common Bandwidth Hog!

Your log data contains a wealth of information about the health and performance of your network and servers. But without a unified view of logs and infrastructure, you run the risk of missing key signals. The new SolarWinds Log Manager for Orion finally puts your log data right where it belongs, in the heart of your Orion console.

In this bonus mission, we’ll show you how you too can put your logs where they belong.

JUNE MINI MONTHLY MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win!

Correctly answer each question during the week and you'll be entered for a chance to win the weekly prize.

Correctly answer all 10 questions over the course of the month and you'll be entered for a chance to win the grand prize: Death Star Lego Set

Want to join the mission, but not a member? Sign up FREE now!

PRIZES

Weekly Prizes & Drawing Dates:

June 18: Google Home

June 25: LINCOLN LOGS –Collector's Edition Village – 327 Pieces

Grand Prize

June 25: Death Star Lego Set

150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 10 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 1,500 points for this mission.

MISSION SHORTCUT

Complete the mission shortcut to earn an additional 1,000 THWACK points & enter to win a MakeBlock Ultimate 2.0 10-in-1 Kit w/ Electronics!

The shortcut is simple:

Download a free trial of Log Manager for Orion
Take a screenshot showing log data being collected
Submit your screenshot below

MISSION RULES

A new question will open every day (Monday - Friday) starting on June 11, 2018. Once a question has opened, it will remain open until June 24, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.

Weekly Prizes	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Winners
Week 1: Complete questions 1-5 by June 17 to be entered to win: Google Home
Week 2: Complete questions 6-10 by June 24 to be entered to win: LINCOLN LOGS –Collector's Edition Village – 327 Pieces
Correctly answer all 10 questions by June 24 and get entered to win the Grand Prize! Death Star Lego Set

Monthly Mini Mission Terms and Conditions: US, UK, and Canada | Germany | Australia

Monthly Mini Mission Shortcut Terms and Conditions: US, UK, and Canada | Germany | Australia

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Comments

asheppard970

"Are you ready? It's ROBOT FIGHTIN' TIME!" Thanks for the bonus mission, wabbott!!!

asheppard970

I feel so foolish...in my haste to do the mission shortcut, I uploaded a screenshot from LEM not LMO! LMAO! :-D Will correct this mistake shortly.

wabbott

lol! At least you were close.

betafish

Lincoln Logs-- clever!

asheppard970

Hey, @wabbott, would you happen to know if there is an offline installer for LM? Since I cannot run this on our production server without special dispensation, I will need to build a test enviornment, with a 2012 Windows server and a handful of clients, that has no access to the intarwebs. Would be greatly appreciated! I am very curioous to see how LM funtions.

betafish

There is! You can get it in the Customer Portal under Downloads > Download Trials > Network Management. https://customerportal.solarwinds.com/CustomerEvalDownloads/Downloads?id=53

asheppard970

Thanks, betafish! That helps IMMENSELY!

ebradford

Question 1 will be graded later? Huh? Why wouldn't the answer be available now?

tk1271

it actually took me longer than I'd like to admit to get that pun

cisherwood

I am wondering the same thing???

david.eckert

Question 1 will be graded later? Huh? Why wouldn't the answer be available now?

wabbott

Sorry about the delay, it should be updated now.

ebradford

Copycat!

asheppard970

Just saw that the new season of "Battle Bots" is kicking off soon on Discovery! Been a while and I'm excited to see the lineup. Some new faces, to be sure, but some veterans are back. Let the battles begin!

wabbott

Congratulations to our first weekly winner for this mission...jjung29!

You'll be taking home the Google Home!

ecklerwr1

So this will kinda be like an Orion (splunklike) log aggregation tied into our other Orion tools it sounds like?

asheppard970

So, wabbott, I went to resubmit the right screenshot and it says I already completed the survey. Is that something that can be reset or did I mess up...?

david.eckert

Would love to do the download/install for the extra 1000 points but it requires SQL2016.... Sorry thanks Solarwinds....

asheppard970

david.eckert@teammidwest.com, have you checked out the offline installer mentioned by betafish above? Or are you saying that it would interfere with an existing SQL installation?

petergwilson

Similar issue here. We don't have any 2016 instances as yet and there is a freeze on spinning up new VMs as we are in the process of replacing all of our server infrastructure and moving OUT of the cloud.

silverbacksays

Awww man, question two threw me! Even we MVPs don't know everything ..

Still, gotta love these missions! Every one is a potential learning experience. That Death Star lego set is awesome, hope whoever wins it has the time to build it!

tphelps01

The Death Star Lego set does look incredibly awesome! If I won it, I'd have to watch out for people "stealing" it like nephews, nieces, and brother 'n laws!

Jfrazier

whomever gets the Deathstar lego set needs to get the Alderaan lego set to go with it.....

Alderaan Lego set fully assembled

silverbacksays

lmao

asheppard970

Interesting, petergwilson! OUT of the cloud? I am very curious as to the reasoning behind the methodology, there. With everything moving INTO the could, at what seems like breakneck speeds, to see the opposite makes my Spidey sense perk up...

Anything you can/are willing to share would be appreciated.

rschroeder

Did anyone happen to view the Q & A section about the Grand Prize, the Death Star Lego Kit?

This is almost better than the actual toy!

alaskan

So i cant use this because you guys changed the database netflow uses AGAIN!!

betafish

You should be able to install LM without upgrading NetFlow. After the installer finishes running the system check and shows a warning, click "Choose how to proceed," then pick "Cancel". That will stop it from upgrading NTA to 4.4, and you can continue with the rest of the updates/installations as usual.

liquidcypher

wabbott I took the poll for the question on 6/21, but it says it is still waiting for me to complete the poll. If an admin would be so kind to work their magic, I'm hoping for a shot at the Death Star. Nothing like a Lego set to bring out the kid in me, or ice cream, watermelon, fishing... ok, so it doesn't take much, but I still love me a chance at a Lego Death Star.

Thank you so much for making Thwack something to look forward to each week.

wluther

wabbott give this man some points for such a perfect response!!