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I would like to see Solarwinds Open a Professional Services division for the government organizations, much like what Cisco has done. 

Looking forward to it. 

if anything I would like to add SCP in the Transfer Configs box.

Cool, Thanks for the pictures. 

This is a good article and there are several great supporting comments, but in order for an organization to get to this point they have to be able to "Start" somewhere. Everywhere I go, I hear the same story, "We are too busy", "We don't have the manpower", and "We do not have time to go to a Class". In actuality, we all…

Testify, Brother Brandon!!!!! Educating your users as you go and helping them protect themselves saves you time in the long run. I like the fact that you mentioned "remarks" in ACLs. I use remarks all over the place and probably more than I should, but in a high turnover industry the corporate knowledge falls away with…

I like the idea of containers but sometimes organizations get so involved in "Container Management" it is nearly impossible to get anything does with out a list of signatures, hours of boards, and weeks of delay. To make some easy changes will take 15 minutes, but the time spent getting ready to make changes to the contain…

Security is no longer in the hands a of few but on the shoulders of all. Whether it is Operation Security (OPSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), and Communication Security (COMSEC), we all live by the organizations security policies. Where it is limiting personal devices at the office, living Privacy Act materials on our…

There is a difference in my family. My 21year-old: Manage Army Networks My 10year-old: Fixes computer all over the world My 8year-old: iPad-master fixer My wife: she knows what I do. My Mom: Computers My Sister: CourtesyIT

Here are some "How-To's" for using NCM for Compliance. How to Use the Compliance Feature in Solarwinds.pdf How to Create a Policy Report.pdf Everything DISA STIGs for your Network

I just finished at 8 month project for a client where they had no standards, varying degrees of access/distribution layer configurations, and many devices still have vendor defaults. This project covered 1500+ devices and their solarwinds was maybe 35% correct. Basically, I had to start from scratch. So I began coming up…

Example.... If my database is 36GB, how much memory should I run on my SQL Server? thoughts?

Network Security and Compliance are going to be the big ones this year. I am willing to bet some major corporation has just been hacked and they do not know it yet. Luckily for me, my Credit Cards are being changed every month due to this breaches.

So going back to the original question "What is a well managed network?", I think we here have settled on a few key points. 1. Standardizations A. Device configurations B. Naming Conventions C. Organization Policies to support configurations (The Why we do it this way) 2. Documentation (I know time these days do not allow,…

HBSS.... Not good when your system goes into Active State during the Solarwinds Nightly Jobs/Maintenance.

I liked this article and gave me some good jumping point to learn more about the hack last week. Going to start coming to the Actuator more often. 

Still finding organizations failing to put dedicated personnel and resources to do these tasks.

I agree with rschroeder‌ on this. More data on the problem, not just that there may/is a problem.

Good posting. Looking forward to Thwack Camp.

rschroeder​ makes a very good point. It is nice to have someone that has the right education but if they already know the "job" then they will get bored after a while and move on. Which did not really help your situation to begin with. Since we all spend 8-10-12 hours at work everyday anyways, it is easier to work with…

Congrats to swf5002@psu.edu‌

Maybe next year, we can get a lab instance running where small groups can get together and do a hands on session. The premise would be: You sit down on a fresh install. What are some of the first things you would do? You are about to install Solarwinds. How would you build your Solution?

Very good post for change management process. Definitely a back out plan is needed on something like this. I used to do a job of Tech Refreshing Data Centers and lived and died by my backout plans. 

Some interesting articles to dig into. Thanks,

I am really enjoying reading these posts. It is always interesting to get different points of view. Thanks Everyone

squinsey‌ cnorborg‌ Radioteacher‌ silverbacksays‌ and jeremy118‌ on your MVP Status! Look forward to hearing from you.

grandlanman There are plenty of templates available under NCM > Configuration Templates > Shared on Thwack. goodzhere‌ is a professional at this and can help you get where you need to be or in the right direction. 

Good post. Thanks,

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Congrats ttl‌.