RyanJett

Check the SolarWinds Alerting Engine service to see if it is running and set to Automatic startup type. To test the Alert Actions and ensure the SMTP Server settings are not the problem, add an Alert Action that writes a log to a file (use a .txt file on the desktop for the test). Move the Log File Action to the top of the…

At this time, Orion / Toolset integration only supports the use of community strings. We plan to add SNMPv3 support to Toolset integration in a future release.

The beta Alert Engine can do just what you're looking for. In addition to repeating the alert ever XX hours while the condition still exists, you can escalate the Alert after a specified amount of time and perform a different action (such as email a different engineer). To get the beta Alert Engine, login to the Customer…

Bret, Thank you for finding this and posting the fix. This information will be updated in the Toolset documentation to reflect the changes you posted. Thanks again,

The Program Updates are available here: www.solarwinds.net/.../CirrusUpdates.htm Ryan Jett SolarWinds.Net 918-307-8100

The Orion Web Console can display a Service Level Agreement (SLA) line on any Min/Max/Average bps chart. When you add a customer property named “SLA” and populate the field with your devices’ SLA values, the Orion Web Console will display the appropriate line on your charts. To add a Service Level Agreement line to…

Alert variable modifiers can be used with the basic alert engine. The list of modifiers (4) can be found in the Orion Administrator Guide: http://www.solarwinds.com/NetPerfMon/SolarWinds/OrionAdministratorGuide.1.255.htm Note: Click the top left button after the page loads if you want to display the Contents. Here's an…

A Knowledge Base article has been created explaining how to do this. Please let me know if you have any feedback on the article. http://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/2004/

howiej, The beta version of the new Alert Engine adds this feature and a few others. If you want to try it, below you will find the link to download the new Alert Engine (beta). ftp.solarwinds.net/.../OrionAlertEngine-V7-Release.exe You will want to install the new Alert Engine first. You will then need to run the…

If your Orion version is older than 7.8.5, I recommend downloading 7.8.5 and installing over the top of your existing installation (this will not overwrite any data or settings). After installing 7.8.5 (or if you already have it installed), download and install the latest version of the Application Monitor Management Pack…

The Syslog Macros web page has been updated and published. Here is the link: http://solarwinds.net/NetPerfMon/Help/AdminGuide/SysLog_Macros.htm Please contact the [url="mailto:Support@SolarWinds.Net"]SolarWinds Support Team if you have any questions or suggestions. -Ryan Jett

quote:Originally posted by chiefwfb Is there a way to do this on a larger scale. We have several hundred fast ethernet interfaces that show up as 10M ethernet. We tried chaging it in the sql DB but everything just chaged back to 10M. Not sure if it was done correctly or if we made the chages in the correct part of the DB.…

Version 9.2 has not been tested on Windows 7. I don't know if it will operate properly or not. However, the current version of Toolset (10.5) is supported on Windows 7.

Mike, Here is a Knowledge Base article that outlines how packet loss in IP SLA VoIP Jitter operations is calculated: http://support.solarwinds.com/kbase/ProblemDetail.cfm?ID=1409 Packet loss is calculated using the following formula. Packet loss = (SD + DS + MIA) / (SD + DS + MIA + LA + OOS + N) Where: SD =…

Adding "Last Month" can be tricky when using an Advanced SQL Report. When building any other type of Report, "Last Month" is calculated when the Report is executed, and the date/time values are hard-coded into the SQL Query at run-time. The WHERE statement for the query for Last Month (March 06 in this example) excluding…

quote:Originally posted by BryanBecker One caveat I have found is you can't use the shift key with select a group of devices. The only way I could make it work is use the ctrl key and click all the devices I want and then right-click and select edit multiple devices. To select a group of Nodes similar to the way you would…

The fastest and easiest way to do this is to use the Edit Multiple Devices function. Select all of the switches that are to be changed in the Node Tree, then right click and select Edit Multiple Devices. Now scroll down to the Communication group and change the Command Exec Protocol and Config Transfer Protocol to the…

Jason, This happens because the Syslog service is a .Net signed service with Microsoft and requires an occasional connection to the Internet. One way to get around this is to modify the HOSTS file so that when the service requests the connection, it is tricked into thinking it is connected. To do this, * Open (with…

Here are the updates for Version 7.8.4: Resolved Issues for Orion Version 7.8.4 -Resolved issue where Alert macros for Interface and Volume properties would populate improperly. Resolved Issues for Application Monitor Management Pack Version 7.8.4 -Resolved issue where the Application Monitor GUI would sometimes generate…