RogerWong

Okay, I asked the devs and the .overlay files are also .wmf files. As njoylif suggests, you can edit them with Visio. 1. Rename the .overlay file to .wmf 2. Edit it with Microsoft visio (as njoylif says, you have to use the Visio 'Ungroup' command on the shape to be able to change its fill color). 3. Save As .wmf 4. Rename…

We have killed the filter so that it no longer censors the word "kill".

Gbutler, APM 3.0 turned the event log script into a self-contained component monitor named "Windows Event Log Monitor". If you're comfortable working with the script, that's fine. I just wanted to let you know about the Windows Event Log Monitor in case you weren't aware we had added one.…

You need the EOC hotfix that we released today. The hotfix patches EOC 1.2SP1 so that it can connect to NPM 10.1.

If you do decide to reinstall Orion APM on a clean operating system, please install/run the License Manager program to deactivate your Orion APM license first. If you skip this step, you may have to call customer service to re-activate your license (because our licensing servers will still think Orion APM is in use). Is…

Just after writing that, I remembered you said you had access to Microsoft SQL Manager / Management Studio. You can check if you have access: 1. Run SQL Manager/Management Studio. 2. Connect to the database with your credential. 3. Click New Query. 4. Type SELECT count(1) FROM sys.databases 5. Click Execute. If you get the…

Here are Microsoft's recommendations in regards to managing the SQL transaction log. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873235

To set up an HTTP component monitor to use the IP address of the current node in the HTTP request, type http://${IP}/ in the Url field. To use both the IP address of the current node and the Port Number as defined in the HTTP component monitor, type http://${IP}:${PORT}/ in the Url field.

mnrs12, When you click 'upgrade' in License Manager, are you not presented with the 'no internet option?' Follow that procedure to upgrade/license APM on a server not connected to the Internet. You will need a laptop or some other computer so that you can copy some information between the SolarWinds web site and your…

It's my pleasure, and you're quite welcome. The sort order is fixed, I'm afraid. Clicking the column headers allows you to organize the columns, but has no effect on the sorting order which is as follows: * status * display name * type

 You have it exactly right. State Change is now called Duration.

Yeah, I was going to direct you to ${IP} on that page, but I'm just as happy that you found it on your own. :-) Please note: even though it seems as if you should be able to use all sorts of Orion variables in those fields, you can't. The only valid variables for a component monitor are the ones mentioned in the component…

How many of you have been considering solid state drives (SSD) as replacements for the traditional RAID 1+0 arrays?

Also, one of our devs just pointed out to me that if you're using the Test button to test an APM alert, it may fail. The "Test" button in the Manager Alerts dialog doesn't fully support Orion APM applications. It provides a means for selecting the node to test against, but does not provide a similar means to specify which…

Window ScriptsScripts must report their status by exiting with the appropriate exit code:Exit CodeMeaning0Up1Down2Warning3CriticalAny other valueUnknown Scripts report additional details by sending text to the script’s standard output. Each line of output can contain a single detail in the following format:…

Hi, Guyus: You could have a firewall blocking port 17777 between your Orion EOC server and your Orion NPM server. Please check with your IT department to see if this is the case, and if so, persuade them to unblock it. Or, the UTC system time of the two servers may be out of sync by more than 5 minutes. Check the system…

He's already using 2003, though, so the Windows 2008 WMI bug is probably not the cause.

Oh, but wait.... you said you can't SSH to these servers, which means APM can't connect to them to run the Nagios scripts. That solution is not going to work for those secure servers.

 I have tried to use the HTTP Monitor template...however when I put the search string that needs to be checked...no matter even if I define a wrong string....the test is always successful. Hmm. I use that HTTP monitor component to send me SMS messages when certain concert tickets go on sale. When they go on sale, the…

Bleearg, I'll call this out in the docs, and hopefully the next person to run into this problem will be able to continue quicker. I'll also check with dev to see if there is a good reason not to implement the authorization with a fail-over mode (if SQL cred fails, try as Windows Auth) and get rid of the check box…

David, I think setting your inactive devices to Unmanaged will accomplish what you're trying to do. Setting a node to Unmanage keeps it in the database in an inactive state. All the configuration details for the node are retained, but Orion NPM won't poll a device that has been set to Unmanaged, nor display it in any of…

Those are in the \Program Files\Solarwinds\Orion\Network Atlas\Maps\Overlays folder. I don't know what graphics format they are in, but at least knowing where they are you might be able to switch some around. Square-up.Overlay Square-warning.Overlay Square-down.Overlay Square-unknown.Overlay Square-unmanaged.Overlay…

You are correct.

If you set up your NCM integration as described in Adding Orion NCM Servers, this should be working. I recommend opening a support ticket to get troubleshooting assistance.

What Michal says is true, you cannot change the size of the background image. But, there may be another solution to your problem: you can change the scale of the map in the Orion NPM Network Map Resource so that it appears 10% - 250% of the normal map size. Click Edit in the resource title bar, and then set the Scale from…

Bryan, I'm working on a guide to fix the frustrating gaps in the filtering documentation. I'm writing new material and gathering related information into one place so that no one has to go looking in three different places to create a working filter query. Thanks for being so patient as we fix this.

Robert, Keep in mind that Orion NPM, Orion NCM, and Orion EOC are each their own, self-contained product, and each has its own separate database and web site. Your first plan, which was: Server A - NPM/NTA Server B - NPM/NTA Server C - EOC/NCM is still viable, but with these important notes: a. Server C will be running two…

Tyler, I just updated the link. Sorry for breaking it earlier. Brandon's gives you the PDF. The link in my post gives you the HTML version.

Anytime. I'm just glad you were lucky enough to able to recover the maps from the corrupt database.

The Unmanage Scheduler? If you don't already have this, it's a freebie additional component that you can download from your customer portal. The download link is in the Orion NPM section, but it's compatible with APM 3.5 and later. See Customer Portal > Additional Components > Download Orion NPM Components > Unmanage…