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Hi Kim, I assume these files are some type of documentation that exists in a non html format (word, adobe acrobat, etc...). If that is the case are these documentation files located on a server that has IIS or some other web server running? If so you could just serve the files up on that web site. If not is there any…

Hi Don, Let me start by saying that I am no SQL master. With that said, I think this should be fairly simple. You can use the report writer to generate a report with the node name, interface name, and average utilization. Once you have this built all you need to do is add a filter for avg util greater than 60%. Here is the…

Hello NG, Try this for your link: <a target="_blank" href=/NetPerfMon/ssh/ssh.asp?ip=<%=Node.GetProperty("IP_Address")%>> Change the ssh.html to ssh.asp, grab the passed parameter, and place it into the applet code. If you are better with perl or php you could use those for your ssh page as well.

Hi Kaj, We use the Kiwi tools for Cisco device configuration management. Here is how I have it configured: I have a custom property called HTTP_config for my Orion devices. In this custom property I include the URL to the config files like so:<a target=_blank href=/device-docs/config/${IP_Address}-home.htm>Cisco…

Take a look at the response below. By the way most of these new topics being launched detailing feature requests already have threads open in the Feature Request Topic. In reference to number 1: I realize that you are looking for something a bit more detailed but this should get your brain moving. I have modified the…

Hi Bob Hey, It sounds as if you wish to make changes to one of the ASP files that has been encrypted by SW. The mapview.asp file and all the other ASP files that do magical things on the Orion web site are hidden from simple mortals so as to protect the intellectual property of SW. So in a nutshell you're screwed. You…

Hi Mith, Assuming you don't already have 10 million elements in your Orion database I would say this is a bug you should bring to the attention of the SW support folks. I am sure they will know how to handle the issue. Version 7.8 is a significant step up if you are considering upgrading. The additions of the Application…

Hi Craig, You are correct. Or SW is correct. In any case placing polling engines at remote locations with slow links (less than a DS3) is not a good idea. I have run experiments over our DS3 connections, metro Fast Ethernet, and transport Gigabit Ethernet. GE works great. Fast Ethernet works greats. DS3 is OK but there…

Oct_7, Here is the deal: As long as you keep the Orion box secure there is little or no issue in allowing it to probe devices with both ICMP (ping) and SNMP. Limit the firewall rule to only allow ICMP and SNMP from the Orion polling engines to your customer networks. We have similar rules on several of our firewalls to…

Hello OCT_7, If you want to achieve this with Orion, the only thing I can think of is to place a polling engine at each of these locations. There are several problems with this method. 1. If you have many branch data centers you will spend a substantial amount of money purchasing polling engine licenses. 2. I am not…

Hi Peter, No. Orion doesn't play this game. Be fantastic.

Hi zshanmasood, Take a look at this post: http://www2.solarwinds.net/SolarWinds-Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=214&SearchTerms=net-snmp It should point you in the right direction. Be fantastic.

Hello Mr. Franklin, You can select a device in Orion system manager, go to the Node Details view, and click unmanage. Put your outage window time frame in and you're set. Be fantastic.

clerum look at this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830092 After you have taken care of this issue on your domain controllers (if you have them), be sure to sync your boxes to a good NTP time source. To copy bleearg13: net time /SETSNTP:<time_server>

I don't have Remedy and don't know what you need to do in order to send it a trouble ticket. However, because you can call a script, and send that script parameters, as an alert action in SW I would expect that you could send your Remedy platform a message in whatever format it expected by writing up a little script…

Hello all, Just a thought: Did you check to make sure nobody inadvertently clicked the Temporarily Disable All Alerts box? Or possibly checked the box to disable a specific alert.

Hi Tony, Does your rule base on the internal interface of the PIX allow ICMP? Orion uses ICMP pings to determine the up or down status of a device. So while you may be able to gather statistics via SNMP your PIX appears to be down in Orion. Be fantastic.

Hi 2020, First off this sounds as if it is a firewall support question rather than an Orion support question. That means you are breaking the sanctity of the forum and will be punished by the SW gods. Now on to your question. Without knowing what type of firewall you are running it is fairly difficult to quess at a…

Hello all, There is hope. We can't be so pessimistic. Custom MIB support is being developed and will be released within the next six to nine months. Or so the kids at SW say. Right after they get done with the new alerting engine they will be able to tackle some of the problems associated with custom MIBs. So when you see…

Mr. Becker I wouldn't expect to see this functionality until the kids at SolarWinds implement custom mibs. So if we all want our happy CatOS port descriptions (I have 12 CatOS switches 6500 and 4000 series) we should be pushing hard for custom mib support. They would solve not only this issue, but a host of other issues…

dos-netres You could write yourself a little report with the report writer to sum up transmit and receive for interfaces. If you are looking for something that would integrate directly into a node view you will have to alter one of the chart resources (or build a resource from scratch). If so I can go into the fairly…

Hi dancoh, I mean any device that has that uses the host resources mib as part of its SNMP implementation. Yes. However, Orion only has a limited set of mibs that it currently supports. So if you have a Windows server, a Linux/Unix server with NET-SNMP, or a Cisco device you will be able to monitor: interfaces CPU memory…

Hello dancoh, Yes. Orion supports any device that exposes the host resources mib and most Cisco hardware. Yes and no. In terms of application monitoring Orion will monitor application processes running on a Windows server. This will report up/down status, memory, and CPU utilization. No.

Hi mrsald, You need to select each wireless device via the wireless networks application. In addition, any access point that is being monitored needs to have all of its wireless interfaces selected in the Orion System Manager (list resources). NOTE: If you select list resources for a wireless access point you should see an…

Whoohoo NG, We have had this running for some time in our environment to provide detailed reports of redundant GE links between our data centers. It is a handy little report consolidation method. However, one would guess the kids at SW would understand that we little pigs have a need to provide more detailed reporting out…

Hello all, Darren, it looks like, in your case, something has changed on the database server such that the account being used by Orion no longer has access to your database. I have my database on a SQL server that is maintained by a different group. They changed some of the security settings on the SQL server and Orion was…

Damian Short answer is no. Long answer is still no. You only get a color change or flashing bulb when an interface or node go down within the group. Memory, CPU, and any other threshold you may have for a particular node or interface will not change the happy colored balls. Be fantastic

ben The good news is yes. The bad news is you will have to purchase the local admin package ($495) from SolarWinds. This handy little app gives you most of the management tools found on the server on your local workstation. However, the performance of the app as it talks to the database can be painfully slow if you don't…

here here or is it hear hear although a close second would be custom mibs (looks like they are working on this) I have been building custom resource items. If you are interested let me know and I will send you the files necessary to make everything work. 73-TotalNodesVendor.Resource - totals the number of devices of each…

Hello Cruz Look at this post: http://www2.solarwinds.net/SolarWindsForum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1385 Using a RADIUS server along with a log analysis program is the way to go. Be fantastic.