DonYonce

Russ, There is a version of the MIB Browser in development that allows you to set the SNMP port. You can request a pre-release of it from development@solarwinds.net

duncan_922, I think I understand what you are trying to do... but I'm not sure. If you are trying to allow your customer to monitor Nodes, but not view any stats, you could define a new "Node Details" view for them without any statistics. Create a new "Node Details" type of view called "Customer Router" for example. Then…

The SNMP Graph within SolarWinds Engineer's Edition will graph and log these stats. Start a new graph and select the traffic or CPU MIBs you want to monitor. You can poll as often as every 10 seconds. You can also use the SolarWinds MIB Browser to find the MIB variables you need, from a downloaded SNMP table or MIB list,…

Yes, the Network Performance Monitor within the Engineer's Edition support alerts on CPU Load. Select Alerts->Configure Alerts from the Network Performance Monitor menu. Then click on the "New Alert" button. Select "% CPU Utilization" as the property to monitor. Then set the trigger to some value (say 85%) and the reset to…

Len, There are a number of ways to do this. Here are a few of the more common .. and a couple not so common 1) Send a SysLog message. Many help desk systems can update trouble tickets via SysLog messages (ala Remedy). 2) Send an SNMP trap. Once again, some help desk systems can update a trouble ticket via an SNMP trap. 3)…

You are both correct. The SQL database userid and password are in the SWNetPerfMon.DB file. But... you can simply set a new password using the Configuration Wizard. Do NOT set a new password if you have multiple polling engines, Remote Admin, or Hot-Standby Services installed unless you rerun the Configuration Wizard on…

rayc Although the Advanced Subnet Calculator is not programmable. There is an Excel add-in available within the Customer Area (if you have purchased maintenance) under the Additional Components section. This Excel add-in has many subnet functions. Download the Execl Addin. Then add it to Excel by selecting Tools->AddIns…

eppler, Thats a strange one.... Orion V7 does not use the 'SWEMailNotify' dll anymore. It now uses the Windows CDO APIs. Sounds like you may have partial install. Part V6 and part V7. I suggest completely uninstalling V6 (Your database will still be in tact. The uninstall doesn't touch your data) and then reinstalling V7.…

Andrei, SNMP Trap reception and decoding is indeed on the development plan for Orion. But .. at this time, there are quite a few items ahead of it. The SNMP Trap receiver will be implemented very similiar to SolarWinds SysLog server (which was released a few months ago).

You could add them in the correct order, but there may be an easier way. If you have SQL Server installed, use SQL Enterprise Manager to rearrange the columns. Without SQL Enterprise Manager, I don't know of an easy way to rearrange database columns. The only other method is to use a custom written resource to display the…

Anders, The following macros should work on Interface Alerts. ${InterfaceType} IANA Interface Type number ${InterfaceTypeName} IANA name (ethernetCsmacd, ppp, etc) ${InterfaceTypeDescription} Description (Ethernet, Serial, etc) These do NOT work on Node alerts. Be sure to use "${ }", not "&{ }"

When using the Version 7.x Map Maker... First select the objects you would like to move, then use the arrow keys while holding down the Control key to move the objects one pixel at a time. Holding down Control-Shift will move the objects 10 pixels at a time. Also, there are layout and alignment tools that can be added to…

The Advanced SQL reports are not available from the web site in version 7.0. Advanced SQL reports WILL be available from the web site in Orion Version 7.1. Version 7.1 is due to be released at the beginning of March 2004.

Joseph, Excellent idea. At this time, there is no way to set fixed MIN and MAX scales within SNMP Graph. It always Autoscales. But... I'll make sure your idea is in the Toolset Version 7 final release. The V7 toolset final release should be in a couple weeks. Thanks, Don

Alastair, The Node warning interval cannot be adjusted based on the Time-Of-Day within the Version 7 release. Your assumption about changing the registry setting and restarting the service is correct and will work. (although, I agree, it's definitely not ideal) A furture release (in development now as Version 8), however,…

XML snapshots were used in releases prior to version 6.x by the Orion web site. They are no longer used by the web site, but are still available since many customers are using them to interface with other programs. The XML snapshots show only real-time status of the Network, not historical information. So... the XML…

Yes, Cirrus will have a server based architecture in the future. This will include seperate pollers, database, web site, discovery, etc.

Jeff, Yep, I agree completely. It just screams "Dynamic Grouping" needed !! Because of the System Manager architecture (the System Manager talks directly to the Polling Engines), grouping is not possible within the Node tree. It's available on the Orion Web, but not possible at this time in the System Manager. "Dynamic…

Rich, No problem. The Report Scheduler was written for exactly that purpose. It can print or E-Mail charts, views, and reports on a scheduled basis. You can download it from the "Additional Components" link in the "Customer Area." Login here support.solarwinds.net/.../default.cfm and then select "Additional Components"…

Yep, that's exactly right. You need to shutdown the "SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor" service before making those kind of changes to the database. It keeps an in memory model of the network and syncs it to the database every few minutes. So... shutdown the service. Make your changes, and restart it.

Orion uses the Host Resources MIB (RFC-1514) to monitor Disk, CPU, and Memory of UNIX and Windows servers. See the following resources for more information on enabling the Host Resources MIB on True64 Unix from HP. h30097.www3.hp.com/.../TITLE.HTM h30097.www3.hp.com/.../0276____.HTM The bad news is... I don't think HP-UX…

You are correct. Cisco Buffer Misses thresholds are hard coded at 10 and 100. They are displayed in red at 10 and above and displayed in bold red at 100 and above.

Syslog Server supports the following Macros : ${HOSTNAME} ${IP} ${FACILITY} ${FACILITYNAME} ${SEVERITY} ${SEVERITYNAME} ${MESSAGETIME} ${TAG} or ${SYSLOGTAG} ${DISCARD} ${MESSAGE} ${MESSAGETYPE} ${NOW} ${UTC} ${DATETIME} ${DATE} ${LONGDATE} ${MEDIUMDATE} ${TIME} ${LONGTIME} ${MEDIUMTIME} ${DOW} ${DAY} or ${D} ${DD}…

jimin8r, The Network Performance Monitor in Engineer's Edition Version 8 includes two new charts : Transmit+Receive bps Transmit+Receive Percent Utilization Engineer's Edition Version 8 is scheduled for release Feb 1, 2005 Orion Version 7.6 also includes these new charts and should release around the same time.

Thomas, You can change the Map ToolTips in version 7.1. (Due out next week). Use the following URL to modify the ToolTips : http://<your server>/NetPerfMon/Admin/MapToolTipTemplates.asp The Tool Tips can be set using any of the Node Macros. An Example: ${NodeName} in ${Building}${CR}Response Time is ${ResponseTime} The…

SolarWinds is working on a Developer's Kit which includes documentation on development APIs and example scripts and applications. At this time however, there is no scheduled release date.

Spiffy, I am not aware of a problem with the Excel Add-In and Office 2003. Send the Excel spreadsheet you are trying to auto-populate with OIDs to Development@SolarWinds.Net. We might be able to help you. Also, be sure to put "Attention Don Yonce" in your e-mail.

Tim, I may be able to hep you out. The MIB Viewer can be programmed from a script, .Net, VB6, java, or even Excel macros. It has a COM interface. The most commonly used API within the COM interface is :Public Sub ViewMIB(ByVal Target As String, ByVal IP As String, ByVal Community As String, ByVal OIDList As String,…

quote:Originally posted by woodrunquote:Originally posted by mjhamilton IMHO it is missing some key items 2 - no ability for notifications in event of service failure I Agree with Martin on the above. Having the ability to report the application as an "alert" instead of as an "event" will be a real godsend. Could we make…

Within System Manager, check the Transmit and Receive bandwidth settings of those interfaces. Network Performance Monitor discovers the port speed from the router/switch, but if the router/switch report 0 bps as the port speed, then you will get 0% utilization. You can change the port speed by right-clicking on the…