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rix

Sign if you think the biggest feature improvement to Orion
should be service/port monitoring ala WUG.

I personally think it would be incredible then.

Strength in numbers, make yourself heard.
maybe v7.5

Thanks,

-Network Janitor
(time to empty the bit bucket)

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porterwr

The ablity to interface with the Network Performance Monitor from the web portal would be a major benefit, Plus the ability to use some of the functions from the tool engineer sets / or link the two.
Functions like Ping, Telnet, TraceRoute, Admin Ports Up/Down, Web Brose from the web portal.

Wm R Porter
MSG, AR-ARNG
Network Engineer

u149113

The ability to feed a delimited IP address list to ALL the applications. On large corporate non-contiguous networks it is impossible to effectively scan by single IP, subnet or range. We've got UNIX scripts to do this effective at the command line level, but not everyone is a comfortable with modifying UNIX scripts. I would like to see Solarwinds add this to its tool sets.

BryanBecker

I know Orion shows latency but thats between the server and the device. It would be great if you can set up IP pairs that Orion can track latency. This would be equal to what Cisco does with it's IPM (Internetwork Performance Monitor). I want to see the latency on a frame connect between 2 offices.

Network_Guru

The Engineering Edition has a little util called "Proxy Ping".
I haven't checked, but if it can publish the results to a web page, then you could
add that page to your Orion server. Of course, that's assuming you have the EE.

I did something similar using the Network Management util, by mapping a drive to my
Orion server. EE is installed on a different PC and I wanted to see the total of how many
different users logged into some remote sites throughout the day.
I set the app to scan the network every 15 minutes and publish the result to the Orion
server. I then just added a link to the results (in a //inetpub/NetPerfMon/Pingresults folder) in Orion.

-=Cheers=-
NG

BryanBecker

Thanks NG...we do have EE on the server but it would be nice to do all of that in Orion. Proxy ping does not allow for publishing to a web site.

As for people posting about Netflow...Solarwinds is working with NetQoS to provide that functionality. They expect to announce the details soon.

Bryan

SwindsUser

Custom MIB support!
Trap handling!
SNMP graphs as part of Orion web "node details" page - running as service.

These things are basic. Let's get 'er done.

SwindsUser

Here's another. The ability to temporarily stop alerting on a single node/interface from the Orion web page.

clive.churchyard

Need urgently
Trap Handling
Custom MIBs
More customisation of the website - eg background colour change (can't do this now they have encrypted the asp)

FormerMember

Custom MIBS

dsullinger

1. Custom MIBS
2. Single bandwidth report with all nodes

charpham

I know this would be easy to create, but I would like Solarwinds show availability of router switch interfaces... for example availability of WAN links... Solarwinds can show availability of Routers... why not interfaces...

pancamo

Besides the top 3 requests(Custom MIBS, Trap Handling and Port Monitoring) Here are some easy requests:

1. Ability to make a copy of a View
2. Ability to set a filter(SQL) at the View Level. The resource filter works, but a global filter would be great.
3. Ability to automate discovery.
4. Ability to import a list of devices
5. Ability to place a node in Maintenance Mode for X hours
6. Ability to Group Devices in the Win32 App
7. Ability to Manage Nodes(add/delete/edit) from the Web
8. Ability to set/override thresholds on individual nodes.
9. Ability to launch tools from webpage on a node (ping,traceroute,telnet, etc..)

Now some big ticket items:
1. Ability to monitor perfmon counters
2. Ability to monitor output from scripts (like MRTG)

Keep up the great work!

pancamo

Currently, I'm stuck creating the same view each time I want a view with differnt group of nodes. I always create the same view, but I have to manually edit each resource filter..

I would like to create a generic view, then send a specific query...

Example1:
solarwinds/.../View.asp Like '%CITRIX%'

Example2:
solarwinds/.../View.asp Like '%SQL%'

Example3:
solarwinds/.../View.asp Like '%EXCH%'

Example4:
solarwinds/.../View.asp Like '%TRADING%'

The idea is to create one view, but just display the nodes that match the query on the page...

Network_Guru

Not sure if you are aware of the "Search for Nodes" view, but it basically
does what you are looking for. You can search for nodes based on any property,
excluding interface of volume properties.

It can be added to the webpage by selecting "Search Nodes" from the Node Lists
drop down radio button when you customize a view.

It is an extremely useful feature to quickly find what you are looking for.

-=Cheers=-
NG

clive.churchyard

another thing that would be nice (please) is customisable background colors on the website. (away from white)

in order to reduce screenburn (white is worst offender) when the website is viewed for any length of time on (eg) plasma screens.

iunderwo

Has the Cisco Catalyst port-description thing been fixed yet? This isn't very useful:

Port 3/8 · long haul fiber gigabit ethernet

I know it's been asked on here before.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

gavinadams

Count me in service port monitoring would be great.

mick.briggs

We monitor over 700 nodes with over 1400 monitored interfaces. We have a lot of devices taken out of service for Maintaince etc. Its a big problem when you remove a device for say one week and you have to sit there seeing it in alarm. If you delete the element then the map its attached to needs editing as when you re-add the deive to the polling engine the map does not reinstall the device, and you lose the historical data.

So can we please have a feature to Pause monitoring on selected device and interfaces than delete and then add

Thanks

Mick
Serco/ESA Network Services

iunderwo

Mick,

Looking at the database tables, it looks like that provision is in place on the storage end...but we'll when that makes it into the UI.

It would be a definitely useful feature.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

Janis1

There is an unsupported feature within the Orion Version 7 software that enables you to temporarily unmanage a device. To set up this feature, you will need to add the Value String of Allow Unmange to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/SWNetPerfMon/Settings folder. Then set the value to True and restart the Orion service. When you right-click on a node within the System Manager, there will now be an Unmanage button that will allow you to unmanage a device until a specified time and date.

quote:Originally posted by mick.briggs

We monitor over 700 nodes with over 1400 monitored interfaces. We have a lot of devices taken out of service for Maintaince etc. Its a big problem when you remove a device for say one week and you have to sit there seeing it in alarm. If you delete the element then the map its attached to needs editing as when you re-add the deive to the polling engine the map does not reinstall the device, and you lose the historical data.

So can we please have a feature to Pause monitoring on selected device and interfaces than delete and then add

Thanks

Mick
Serco/ESA Network Services

Janis

Network_Guru

quote:Originally posted by Janis1

To set up this feature, you will need to add the Value String of Allow Unmange to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/SWNetPerfMon/Settings folder. Then set the value to True and restart the Orion service. When you right-click on a node within the System Manager, there will now be an Unmanage button that will allow you to unmanage a device until a specified time and date.

Janis

I tried this on my server and restarted the NetPerfMon service, but I fail to see the "Allow Unmange" option when right clicking a node in System Manager. The key I added was "Allow Unmanage", not "Allow Unmange".
Perhaps the key needs to be created with the typo?

-=Cheers=-
NG

iunderwo

quote:Originally posted by iunderwo

Has the Cisco Catalyst port-description thing been fixed yet? This isn't very useful:

Port 3/8 · long haul fiber gigabit ethernet

I know it's been asked on here before.

Looks like the catalyst I'm having trouble with isn't registering any if Alias values...which would definitely explain the problem. Looks like it's fixed in a later revision of CatOS.

Figured I'd share.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

pancamo

Why is it unsupported? We really need this feature also... I'm currently looking into adding the feature in the web console myself.

dp

quote:Originally posted by Janis1

There is an unsupported feature within the Orion Version 7 software that enables you to temporarily unmanage a device. To set up this feature, you will need to add the Value String of Allow Unmange to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/SWNetPerfMon/Settings folder. Then set the value to True and restart the Orion service. When you right-click on a node within the System Manager, there will now be an Unmanage button that will allow you to unmanage a device until a specified time and date.

quote:Originally posted by mick.briggs

We monitor over 700 nodes with over 1400 monitored interfaces. We have a lot of devices taken out of service for Maintaince etc. Its a big problem when you remove a device for say one week and you have to sit there seeing it in alarm. If you delete the element then the map its attached to needs editing as when you re-add the deive to the polling engine the map does not reinstall the device, and you lose the historical data.

So can we please have a feature to Pause monitoring on selected device and interfaces than delete and then add

Thanks

Mick
Serco/ESA Network Services

Janis

pancamo

I tried setting "Allow Unmange" and then "Allow Unmanage" String value to True, however no Unmanage menu item appears after restarting the solarwinds sevice... Does this require a reboot?

thanks!

dp

quote:Originally posted by Janis1

There is an unsupported feature within the Orion Version 7 software that enables you to temporarily unmanage a device. To set up this feature, you will need to add the Value String of Allow Unmange to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/SWNetPerfMon/Settings folder. Then set the value to True and restart the Orion service. When you right-click on a node within the System Manager, there will now be an Unmanage button that will allow you to unmanage a device until a specified time and date.

quote:Originally posted by mick.briggs

We monitor over 700 nodes with over 1400 monitored interfaces. We have a lot of devices taken out of service for Maintaince etc. Its a big problem when you remove a device for say one week and you have to sit there seeing it in alarm. If you delete the element then the map its attached to needs editing as when you re-add the deive to the polling engine the map does not reinstall the device, and you lose the historical data.

So can we please have a feature to Pause monitoring on selected device and interfaces than delete and then add

Thanks

Mick
Serco/ESA Network Services

Janis

mick.briggs

Hi I have tried what you sugested without any success.

BTW Im running ver 7.2.2.

Any Ideas ?

Regards Mick

FormerMember

Janis...couldn't get the unsupported feature to work on 7.2.2. Don't see any Unmanage button or menu item when I right-click on a node. I stopped and restarted service and even rebooted server. You identified the Value String to be "Allow Unmange". Even tried "Allow Unmanage" in case the it was mispelled.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/SWNetPerfMon/Settings
Allow Unmange REG_SZ True

Did I miss something?

Janis1

Sorry about the confusion. The string is "Allow Unmanage" and the correct folder location is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SolarWinds.Net/Orion Network Performance Monitor /Settings. A restart of the service should be all Orion needs in order to look at the new setting.

Janis

Network_Guru

Just tried it again using the new registry location. Still no joy

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolarWinds.Net\Orion Network Performance Monitor\Settings

REG_SZ true

Or is it case sensitive and I need to specify "True" ?

I don't want to restart the polling service un-neccessarily, as it generates
false node down alerts when the service re-starts, which messes up our reporting.

EDIT: I found the unmanage button. You need to right click and select node properties. The unmanage button is on the right hand side below the rediscover and poll now buttons!

-=Cheers=-
NG

rharland

I would really love the ability to put multiple interface usage graphs on a single page. It's one thing I really, really miss about MRTG.

thx,
Russ

Network_Guru

You can do this by creating a custom HTML page. See the following post:

www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp

-=Cheers=-
NG