I setup a new server hosting Orion NPM and NCM and KIWI Syslog. Orion Syslog seems to be collecting data. Is this why KIWI Syslog is not showing anything in its console? How do I disable the sysylog in Orion and just use KIWI?
To Disable the NCM and Orion NPM Syslog Service, please do the Following:
Go into Start> Run and type in Services.msc and select OK
select the Solarwinds NCM Syslog Service and the Solarwinds Syslog Service
Right Click both of the Services and go inyo Properties.
Select Disabled in the Drop Down and select Stop to stop the Service, then Select OK
In the Services.msc window, right click on the Kiwi Syslog Server and select Start.
We use Orion NPM and Kiwi Syslog, but Kiwi is installed on a different server. Our network devices are all set to report everything to Orion, but certain critical devices are also configured to report to Kiwi.
I keep a terminal session open to the Kiwi server and can see real time issues and messages.
The same info is available in Orion, but not as quickly, and not as simply parsed.
Kiwi is easy to customize to page/e-mail alerts, and especially simple to set thresholds for the alerts. It'll never replace NPM, but it fits a great niche in my network management tool environment.
