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25Gb is HUGE! See the following topic; www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp "Just an update regarding database size and maintenance. I highly recommend compacting the database at least once a month, and checking the status of the daily roll-up/statistics tables. You can find this in the Web admin page > Admin > Database…

Is this what you're after? http://npmv7.solarwinds.net/NetPerfMon/NetworkMap.asp?Map=USA&Scale=100 or more details like this?: http://npmv7.solarwinds.net/NetPerfMon/View.asp?NetObject= -=Cheers=- NG

In Orion 7.0 and older, the website is stored in this file. In 7.1 & newer the website is stored in the database. You need to convert the website from the file specified to the database by doing an upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1. The install looks for this file in the location specified and converts it (stores the website…

Greg, This has been discussed in these forums, and the conclusion was that this is not possible, as there are other fields that get dynamically created (NodeID#, InterfaceID#, etc.) in the DB. Also, you would still have to discover the resources manually if you wanted to monitor the CPU, Memory, Interfaces, etc. It would…

This is not an Orion limitation, rather a design functionality limitation of the Cisco stack. quote:Q. Is there a MIB that can be used to monitor the StackWise port status? A. Currently, No. However, such MIB will be available in future software releases. Since all switches in a stack are managed as a single unit, there is…

You should setup Syslog alerting based on the message generated when a switch leaves the stack. See this page: cisco.com/.../msg_desc.htm Also; www.cisco.com/.../products_qanda_item09186a00801b0971.shtml Q. Is there a MIB that can be used to monitor the StackWise port status? A. Currently, No. However, such MIB will be…

Has any of the accounts or passwords changed on your server? The Polling engine needs to be authenticated to connect to the database. You can try re-running the Install Wizard. Make sure you are logged in with an Admin account. -=Cheers=- NG

It's a great tool for Cisco routers & switches. The Cisco config tool is great. If you lock yourself out of a router/switch (password) all you need is the RW SNMP string to over-write the config with a new password. Switch port mapper is a great tool to verify what devices are plugged into all your switch ports. Lot's of…

Orion is not a Network Management product. It will only monitor your network. 1) For Newtork monitoring it's great. 2) See other threads in this forum & www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp 3) See this page - solarwinds.net/.../OrionNPMUpdatesV7.htm 4) Support is quite good. 5) No training required - use the Video tutorials…

 I did a search on the whole site for 'receive discards' & found the following posts which might be helpful in your situation: One reason for receive discards on a switch is mismatched VLANs. We had this problem show up all of a sudden on a "tagged" or trunk port between our switches. Check the Configured VLANs on each…

The config wizard is safe to run at any time as long as you point it to the existing DB & remember the old passwords for the DB & Web engine. You also only need to run the part you want to fix, IE. - to just recreate the web site & permissions - only run the Web install portion. -=Cheers=- NG

Reboot alerts are stored in the NPM Events table. You must go into the Orion NPM Polling settings and change the Events Retention to 365 days.

quote:Originally posted by karldavidson I dont know what the use of this forum is. I found the answer myself, after waiting 6 days for someone to answer my question in this forum. The answer is to use the Orion report writer. Hi Karl, welcome to the Solarwinds forum. The beauty of a forum is you don't need to wait for an…

IPSLA stats are retrieved from the router using SNMP, so it should be fairly easy to implement. Perhaps it might even be a module in Orion V8..... -=Cheers=- NG

If you have Orion V7.8 you can use the syslog feature to alert you when there is an EIGRP neighbor change. Setup logging on the router to point your Orion server. -=Cheers=- NG

Hi Marko, I did a Google search for "Password protect applications" & came up with these results: www.google.ca/search www.blumentals.net/.../ www.sharewareconnection.com/.../protect-applications.htm www.downloadjunction.com/.../index.html You should be able to protect the NetPerfMon.exe file with something like this.…

I'm using Orion V8.1 with Report Scheduler to mail out some graphs from our MRTG server. The graphs show up fine. in Outlook 2003. I'll have a look at the settings on Monday to see if there are any settings that might make it work for you.

BTN, You can send an e-mail to anyone on this board who has provided this info in their profile. Just click on Martin's name & select: Send an e-mail www2.solarwinds.net/.../pop_profile.asp I noticed you did not provide any contact info in your profile though: www2.solarwinds.net/.../pop_profile.asp I now see the following…

See the following posts; www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp -=Cheers=- NG

The custom property fields can be used in Report Writer, or displayed on the web pages, but do not appear in System manager. They can also be used for web account limitation and grouping nodes. System manager only displays information collected from SNMP queries of your devices, and any aliases you have added to the node…

I agree Rog. With the custom properties editor, it is much easier to filter views based on user defined info in a custom field. I have created a "type" field for filtering reports. Now I use BB for Backbone interfaces, Wan for serial WAN interfaces, UL for LAN interswitch trunks and links, etc. Previously, I was inserting…

Chris, Have you tried using the filters in Report Writer? Once you have created a filter that works for you, click on the show SQL tab under Report. Then you can copy and paste this query into the Custom Properties editor. Here is an exclude example created with report writer: WHERE ( DateTime BETWEEN 37592 AND 37958 ) AND…

Another issue that can cause poor performance is index fragmentation. Solarwinds has added a warning for this in the events view in the last few releases. It might even be worthwhile adding an e-mail alert for this message until you get this issue resolved. I had my dba follow the instructions here, but am still receiving…

Hey GB, This one's a real "Gotchya". I've brought this issue up before, but I'm not sure if it will get fixed. It's all dependant on your DB maintenance settings & how long you keep the detailed polling data. Average %uptime is based on failed polls to the total number of polls. If you poll every 10 minutes then you have 6…

I suggest you open a ticket with Solarwinds Support for this issue.

Most likely the DB or DB transaction logs have run out of room. I've changed my transaction logging to 'Simple' to resolve this issue. Since we backup our DB every night, the most we can lose is 24 hours if the DB gets corrupted & can't be rebuilt. -=Cheers=- NG

See the post in the Orion forum regarding this. Apparently SNMP functionality is quite different in W2k3 server. -=Cheers=- NG

cmd > netstat -a Do you see it running? Taskmanager - do you see it already running, or do you have another TFTP program like Kiwi CatTools running? -=Cheers=- NG

Yes, you are correct on both assumptions. The bars represent min/max utilization over the past polls. For 95th percentile(mostly used by ISP's for billing) just do a Google search; www.google.com/search www.sitespecific.com/.../95th_percent.asp -=Cheers=- NG

Hi P.B. Here is how I added links to the URL I have in my "Documentation" property: Edit the 70-Telnet.resource file in the C:\Inetpub\SolarWinds\NetPerfMon\Resources\9-1-Miscellaneous folder. Add the following:If Not( CStr(Node.GetProperty("Documentation")) = "" ) Then %> <tr> <td class="Property"><a target="_blank"…