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Tony, Yes, the messages would be collected and displayed within Network Performance Monitor. You can also add actions (Send E-Mail, play sound, run a program, etc) based on the receipt of these SysLog messages. Also, SolarWinds has a pre-release version of an Application Monitor available that can remotely monitor if an…

Roger, The XP SP2 firewall has blocked access to the TFTP Server. You must add an entry to the Network Connection to allow access to port 69 (TFTP Server). I do not have an XP machine in front of me at this time and cannot remember exactly where the firewall settings are. But, I think they are under the "Advanced" tab on…

baxel, Node Up/Down status has nothing to do with the SNMP agent. Node Up/Down status is determined via ICMP (PINGs). SNMP is used for interface status, traffic, CPU Load, disk space, etc. Also, traffic, CPU load, etc will not be collected if the Node status is down. I suggest you find out why the Linux box is not…

ERB, In version 7.x you can add a couple custom properties (called Device_Location and Device_Contact for example) and place the information in these fields. Then add a resource to the "Node Details" view to show these custom properties. One other method ... Since these nodes are type 'ICMP' instead of 'SNMP' you could…

The TFTP Server should bind to all IP addresses in the box on all interfaces. The IP address shown in the TFTP Server window is the first one and is only for reference.

Bryan, The current release averages the CPUs. A future release will support multiple CPUs either individually or combined as an average or seperate lines on the same chart. The issue is CPU load is a property of the Node, not its own object as a child of the Node at this time.

Shortwaver, Orion NPM supports RO or RW community strings (if fact, we suggest customers use the RO community strings, not the RW). I'm not sure what is the problem on the 2003 server. I have a 2003 server configured sitting next to me with a SNMP Read-Only community string only (no RW srtring configured) and it works fine.

John, You can selectivly monitor or NOT monitor any interface. For the switches, simply monitor the main upstream interfaces (and server interfaces), but do not monitor any PC ports. From the Orion System Manager right click on a Node and select "List Resources". Then uncheck the interfaces that should not be monitored. As…

If you do not have SQL Enterprise Manager, you can use SolarWinds Database Manager to set the maximum memory used by SQL Server. From within Database Manager, right-click on any table name and select "Query table ...". Enter in the following SQL command and click on "Refresh"sp_configure 'max server memory' It will spit…

When SQL Server is installed, by default it is configured to use almost all system memory. Microsoft assumes that since you have installed SQL Server, you want the best performance out of it, and the best way to improve SQL Server performance is to give it a LOT of memory. In most cases this is an excellent assumption. You…

The TFTP Server download is so large because it includes the entire manual (about 8 MB) for all SolarWinds tools.

You could, but it's quite involved. The problem is, Engineer's Edition uses a JET database engine and Orion use a SQL database engine. The two have similiar structures, but they are NOT the same. You really should use the "Data Migration Tool". Simply moving or importing the database into Orion will dramatically degrade…

Download the "Database Migration Tool" from the SolarWinds Customer Area. support.solarwinds.net/.../ It is under the Additional Components for Orion

The SQL database timeout for Web Reports can be set in version 7.6. Edit the SWNetPerfMon.DB file (it is a text file). Change (or add) the "CommandTimeout" setting. This setting is in seconds and is now used by the Report generator for the Orion Web site. I believe the default may be 90 seconds. For large databases on slow…

salyerma, Thanks for the feedback. That's good to know.

Grabowski, The passwords and usernames can also be encrypted WITHIN the database. Open the Settings Dialog by selecting File->Settings. Then from the "Security" group (2nd from the top). Check the "Encrypt Passwords in the database" and "Encrypt Usernames in the database". This will encrypt these database fields. The Login…

You may be able to open the SWNetPerfMon.cfg with Microsoft Access and use the Repair Database facility within it to repair the database.

From any tool (PingSweep for example), select Help->Tip of the Day. Then check the "Show Tips at Startup". This will reenable the tooltips.

James, The charts will autoscale based on the maximum values displayed. Although you cannot set a fixed scale by interface, you can change the scaling threholds that are used by all graphs. Edit the scaling.cfg file. It is an xml file that can be edited with any text or xml editor. If you delete the lower scales, it will…

Can I see your Cirrus database ? Zip and forward to Development@SolarWinds.Net if possible. (You can delete all the configs first if you like)

The MAC Finder will find the switch port a device is plugged into if the switch is included in list of Nodes AND you have run a complete inventory on that switch.

gonzo, You must be using the Engineer's Edition of Network Performance Monitor. The Engineer's Edition will only collect data while the program is running. The Orion version installs as a service and continues to collect data even when the program is closed. You can configure bandwidth and traffic Alerts from Network…

The tools simply lauch "telnet" where ever it is the the PATH environment variable. So... many customer rename Telnet.exe to OldTelnet.exe and place Telnet.cmd or Telnet.bat in it's place. The Telnet.bat then calls whatever telnet.exe or ssh.exe program instead. Since you cannot just simply rename telnet.exe because the…

You could temporarily disable the Alert (not the actions, but the Alert itself) to reset all triggered Alerts. Launch the System Manager Select "Alerts" from the Toolbar Click on the "Configure Alerts" button Uncheck the Alert that you would like to reset Click "Done" All triggered alerts for the one you unchecked are now…

yumzilla, I'm not sure what you are asking for when you say "out of band access". That's kinda generic. SolarWinds has many customers using Orion Network Performance Monitor in 24x7 environments with zero downtime requirements using the "Hot-Standby Services"

dantemer2, There is a problem in the Real-Time Interface Monitor with certain types of interfaces. The Interface Utilization would continue to climb above 100% (bps can also be incorrect in this situation). If you are experiencing this problem, contact support for the Toolset 7.5 release or version 8 pre-release which…

There are a couple examples available of aggregating traffic across a group of Interfaces and displaying it on a single graph. You can download one example from here : ftp.solarwinds.net/.../YahooCharts.zip This example shows how to create a set of custom charts that aggregate data. Another method is to use a View with a…

Simon, I'm not exactly sure if you are asking for a Report or a Web Resource. There is a resource called "81-AvailabilityStats.Resource" that can display the Availability as a percentage for "Today","Yesterday","Last 7 Days", etc. You could add "LAst Month" to it. There are also a few example Availability reports in the…

You could also implement this as a Resource in the Web Site with the following : <!-- Title=Up Time--> <!--#include Virtual=/NetPerfMon/scripts/Resource.asp --> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="ViewHeader"> <td align="left" nowrap ><B>Up Time</b><td> <% If Node Is Nothing Then %>…

The following query will show the Up Time in days for each Node. SELECT NodeID, VendorIcon, Caption,MachineType, DateDiff(Day,Nodes.LastBoot,GetDate()) AS DaysUp FROM Nodes ORDER BY 5 DESC Run "Report Writer" Select "File->New Report" Select "Advanced SQL" as the report type. Then paste the previous SQL query into the SQL…