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There are many times we would like to know the date a node or interface was added to NPM. It's great node/interface changes are being logged in Events but this is not helpful for permanent historical purposes. I'd like to request a new column be added to the Nodes table labeled "Node Added" (or Node Created) so this…
Ready to take your mapping skills to a whole new level? You learned a lot from the Admin guide and thwack, and now, this episode will take your mapping skills to a whole new level. In this episode, get step by step demos of: * * How to Add & Embed a Sub-Map * Create Maps for Specific Users/Permissions * Why You’ll Want to…
In a previous post, I provided our Scalability Engine Guidelines technical reference as an attachment. It has since been updated and published to the Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Documentation page of solarwinds.com. Check it out. As an additional note, if you are installing Additional Polling Engines for NPM version…
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet - Juliet What's in a name? If we call it a private cloud Or a virtualized environment, it's still pretty sweet! - Julie in IT So, that private cloud you just set up might not actually be a cloud, after all. At least that's what Network World…
In a previous post, I outlined a couple of steps you should take to ensure that you are best protected against "apocalyptic disaster" on your network. In short: * Get a Network Management Software (NMS) to keep track of network health. SolarWinds NPM network monitor is a great place to start for this. * Since that NMS is…
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The Mayan calendar will run out of pages in December of this year, so some think this means that the end of all things is imminent. Count me a skeptic, but, if you don't have both a plan for regular data backup and a disaster recovery solution in place, you might as well accept, skeptically or otherwise, that disaster is…
So, did you get your bracket done this year? Yeah, I have to admit, I was surprised Wintermute lost to HAL in the first round, too. Oh, right, you didn't think I was talking about the SolarWinds Sci-Fi Bracket Battle. Let's talk about that other bracket, the one for the NCAA Men's Division I basketball tournament because,…
I would like to be able to copy an existing user, or user profile/template, to a new user account.
Hello all, I raised a support case with Solarwinds support who have taken my queries into consideration and have decided to remove it from 'BUG' status and change it to a Feature request. For your knowledge the Solarwinds internal feature request is #237381.. What I was looking for is the ability to define how many pings…
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