Hello all,
Is there a way to add multicast monitoring graphs to each device summary in bulk? I can see how to add it manually on each device but wondering if I can do many at once.
Hmm... Not 100% sure I know what your asking, but I'll take a stab at it.
I think your referring to "Node Details", and maybe the "Summary" tab. By default >most< devices use the basic "Node Details", although based on the type of node you can change this to a different standard or custom view of your choice. You do this under "Settings" and "Views by Device Type".
If your editing the view of a "Node Details" page for a node, you are actually editing the view for all devices of that type, not just that device. So if you add a multicast monitoring graph it should add it to all devices that use the same view. Is there a standard multicast monitoring graph or did you make your own? My server is acting up so I can't check at this moment...
Thanks, I am not 100% sure of what I am asking either.
I have created my own view from performance analyzer. I have added the graph for peak multicast packets transmitted. I have added every interface on the device to the same graph. The new graph shows up as a widget to be added anywhere else I need it. So that works great. The problem is, I don't want to do the same for other switches. Some devices could have many interfaces and manual adds like this would take forever.
I see what you mean on editing the node details. Thanks for pointing me to that. I can change the defaults for the node details summary view. However, the graph is specific to one device when I build it. Just trying to see there is a way to use variables or some automation to build the graph for every device.
Thanks again for your response.
Hmm... I'm not 100% sure, but I'm going to guess the answer is "probably not". But I'm not 100% sure.
So, when you save an analysis, you end up with a URL something like this:
"ui/perfstack/PSTK-666255AED77E59BE45FCB409CE1CBFFF190E92EA"
That loads the saved perfstack and does what you told it to contain. I don't think those can be stuck in a node and have it auto-modify it for each node.
However, if I'm in a node and click on "Performance Analyzer", it auto creates a perfstack for me with some common stuff and brings it up, that URL is like this:
"ui/perfstack/?context=0_Orion.Nodes_21&withRelationships=true&presetTime=last12Hours&charts=0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.CPULoad.AvgLoad,0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.CPULoad.AvgPercentMemoryUsed;0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.ResponseTime.AvgResponseTime;0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.LoadAverage.LoadAverage1Avg,0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.LoadAverage.LoadAverage5Avg,0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.LoadAverage.LoadAverage15Avg;0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.PerfStack.Alerts;0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.PerfStack.Events;0_Orion.Nodes_21-Orion.PerfStack.Status;"
In this URL, you can see the node #, in this case 21, and all the stuff that its loading. I think it might be possible to generate this URL somehow and load it as a "Custom HTML" resource on a node details page. I can't test it though because modifying views is whats messed up with my box right now - along with a few other things...
Something to give a try though?
Thank you.
This is good and gets me a step closer. I see that I can use variables for the node id within the URL. Glad that is exposed for use.
For example, if on a Node Detail Page then use for example:
<B>NodeID:</B> ${NodeID}<BR>
What I need to figure out now is the name of the object to add to the url. In your example a graph was represented by
Orion.CPULoad.AvgPercentMemoryUsed;0_Orion.Nodes_21-
What is need is a similar name for the interface traffic object "Peak Multicast Packets Received" monitor that is already available when building the perfstack view. Hopefully it is possible to dynamically add all interfaces on the device onto the same graph. (which is possible manually)
Thank you so much for your help on this. I think I have what I need. I was able do a custom chart with the multicast monitors that I needed. That widget was added to the Node Details view and it shows up for each device with proper interfaces. I was even able to filter on the top 5 interfaces which gets at the heart of the problem.
Thanks again!
Posting the doclink where I found the "Custom Chart" information.
http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/content/core-creating-a-custom-summary-view-sw1295.htm#Specify2
