MrSNMP

If you are running Orion NPM and SQL on the same machine it could be that SQL is consuming all of the system memory. By default, SQL Server is configured to consume all available system memory (up to 2GB for the Desktop Engine and Standard Edition). You might try limiting the amount of RAM that SQL can access and see if it…

Orion NPM does not run well on Windows 2003. There is something different within the SNMP engine on Windows 2003 that makes Orion NPM run really slow. SolarWinds is working on the issue but it is not clear at this time if it will be a fix from Microsoft or a change withn the SolarWinds Orion NPM software.

The Orion NPM automatically tests the device to see if it can use the 64-bit counters for the interface traffic. In some cases, devices test positive but don't actually provide good data in these MIBs. You can right-click on the interface within the System Manager and choose "Interface Details" to see if it is using 64-bit…

For the Engineer's Edition, there's a tool called "Real Time SNMP Graph" that will generate a JPEG or HTML on a scheduled basis for use on a web server. The nice thing is that it will monitor any OID, I've used it quite a bit to monitor UPS's, VOIP stats, and etc... Also, the Network Performance Monitor includes the…

The issue with monitoring switches running CatOS is that when under stress the switches start dropping SNMP requests. Version 6.4 of Orion NPM includes features to work around this issue. I haven't seen the issue reoccur since upgrading to this version. With 12,000 elements you may need to use 2 polling engines. Also,…

The current version of Orion NPM does not offer this functionality. I'm not sure if it's on the roadmap or not...

Brent, 95th percentile is the threshold where 95% of the data points fall below this level. While the data would certainly be more accurate from a usage standpoint if you had at least 30 days of statistics, you can calculate the 95th percentile on very small data samples. Whether you add the in and out is up to you. Is it…

The version 6.4 of Orion NPM includes an updated Report Writer that lets you generate these types of reports. I've been running it for a couple weeks with no problems.--HTH

Since you're purchasing the SLX I would definitely recommend a full version of SQL Server. The MSDE version that SolarWinds ships has a 2GB database size limitation. Depending upon how many elements you're planning to monitor and how often you plan to collect statistics your database could reach this limit rather quickly.…

This feature was added within the Report Writer in the latest release of Orion NPM (Version 6.4). It's an option now when you're building the reports.

Is it possible that you have some anti-virus software or something similar that's cleaning the registry every few days and removing the key?

In order to monitor CPU, disk space, and memory on the AIX it will need to support the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB.

I think that by default the SolarWinds TFTP Server is set to "transmit only". You can set it to "transmit and receive" under the settings option.

There are a couple of different things that could be causing these differences. First, is the handling of 32-bit counter rollovers. If you open Orion NPM and choose "Advanced Settings" you'll see a tab for configuring the counter rollover options. MRTG uses "Method 1" by default whereas Orion uses "Method 2". Also,…

This problem is typically caused by a permissions problem on the Orion NPM server. You can test this theory by going into IIS and turning off anonymous access, then access the website using the local administrator account. If the charts work, then you've got a permissions problem. The I_USER account will need read, write,…