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The node status icon is a reflection of that nodes reachability via ICMP. It's not currently possible to change the status of a node based on other information such as SNMP Traps or Syslog messages. I would recommend posting this as a feature request in the Ideas section of Thwack.

SAM's Multi Chart resource can be used on any Application Details view. It is not limited only to AppInsight for SQL. It cannot however, be used as a general purpose chart resource that displays information across multiple applications, or be used to display other non-application/template related information, such as…

The credentials provided within the component are used to authenticate to the proxy when proxy settings have been defined in the component settings.

Linux service state information is not made available via Linux's SNMP MIBs. This service state information would need to be obtained using a Linux/Unix Script Monitor, calling the "service network status" command referenced above and parsing the output. If scripting isn't your forte, you can ask members of the community…

Unfortunately the Orion web server integrated into the primary polling engine cannot be separated/moved to another server that's not the primary poller. For this you would need to purchase an Additional Web Server license. 

It appears the "Count Statistic as Difference" is not set properly in this template. Check the box circled below. This should reset the alert condition.

Absolutely. Anything listed under Add/Remove programs in Windows should appear in SAM's Asset Inventory.

It's not possible to get the name of the user running the process with "SolarWinds.APM.RealTimeProcessPoller.exe". This information is however available in the web interface using the Real-Time Process Explorer.

Please try restarting services and see if this clears it out.

I'm not aware of any community created application templates for Monitoring Microsoft's Key Management Service so I've logged this a a feature request we'll be tracking as FB115631.

Absolutely! The Agent also allows you to run Perl, vbscript, TCL, and any other Windows script language remotely using the Windows Script Monitor. Without the Agent all Windows Script Monitors execute locally on the Orion server itself, but the agent allows you to execute those scripts on the machine where the agent is…

The following document should contain the information you are looking for. http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/Orion/docs/SolarWindsPortRequirements.pdf

Monitoring for the failure of a scheduled task can be done using SAM, and is something I've covered in a previous posting. As for forcing a restart of the scheduled task through the Advanced Alert Manager, this can be done using PowerShell, as described in the following TechNet article. Start-ScheduledTask

SAM does not as yet provide this functionality, but this would make a good feature request.

I believe your question is answered by the following KB article. SolarWinds Knowledge Base :: How do I connect Orion to a named instance of SQL Server 2005 on a non-standard port?

Is this the only component that has stopped collecting? I've seen issues like this when polling has stopped for all items, when the database is full, or even when someone changes the timezone on the server. Are there any errors on the Application Details view? Have you tried clicking the "test" button for this component…

Drop down sort order is typically alphabetical, though there are rare occasions where that is not the case.

No you do not need to manage/monitor all device interfaces in NPM to get the user tracking abilities in NCM. The node simply needs to be manage in NPM and NCM but you don't necessarily need to manage/monitor any interfaces in NPM.

Have you tried using the out-of-the-box "Restart a service" alert and adding an additional trigger action to notify you via email?

This is not possible without creating a separate alert.

You have an existing installation so I would recommend going with the "Advanced" installation path. Express will lay down a copy of SQL Express, which is not needed as you obviously have an existing SQL Server instance you are currently using.

Count Statistic as Difference measures the variance between the previous and current poll. For example, if the number was 15 and the next time you polled the number was 20, the value show/collected would be "5" because that's the difference between 15 and 20. This setting is designed to be used with counters that continue…

Nope. That's it. It's a fairly straightforward process.

Depending on if the log file you want to parse is on Windows (PowerShell) or Linux (Perl) I would recommend you look at the templates below. These are also included with SAM 5.0.1 Log Parser (PowerShell) Also, you can very easily monitor any process or service running on the remote host. The easiest way might be to click…

The trigger condition values are populated by polled values. You do not need to select from the drop down list and can instead type in your own integer values into this field.

Could this be because periods are illegal characters in the hostname? This is perfectly legal in a FQDN but hostnames cannot contain periods. Maybe the developers didn't envision anyone using the IP address as the hostname of their switches. Just a thought.

"Group By" can be hidden by clicking the chevrons "<<" next to the word "Group By". The remainder of this view cannot be customized, though you can essentially recreate this view as you see fit using the Custom Table Resource.

I was told by SW support that variables aren't supported across different property monitor alert types, so I wondered if my only option is to create a custom SQL alert in Advanced Alert using the same simple script and then build a custom message query? Another option, I investigated was the available variables in the…

I was using the same code you found, and it does work with Orion v8.x, but only with basic alerts. That code was developed before the dawn of advanced alerts. I remember trying to play around with the code in a feeble attempt to get it working with advanced alerts, but due to the complex method in which advanced alerts are…

This really comes down to personal preference and how you want to manage your applications. Most people typically create an application template for each individual application. If the server is running multiple applications (such as IIS and SQL) then they apply multiple templates to that server. This allows greater…