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Not only does it seem to take a very long time to open, but the progress bar doesn't really work either. I get one bar for several minutes then bang it opens.

More typically SAM is used to replace Cacti or Nagios, but it can certainly integrate with them as well through embedding Cacti charts in Orion views using the Custom HTML resource, running Nagios scripts natively inside SAM via the Nagios Script Monitor, or by consolidating alerts and forwarding syslog and SNMP traps from…

The updated Micorosft SQL Application templates include information such as Full Scans per second. They can be downloaded from the link below.

In theory you should not have any problems, though the recommended method would be to use the Orion SDK. Because you'll be writing directly to the database, I suggest shutting down all Orion services on all polling engines before making changes to the database. Also, I would strongly recommend creating a backup of the…

You can exclude smaller tables based on size as you mentioned. This allows you to exclude indexes that fragment quickly and really have no performance impact on the SQL queries. Larger indexes should be managed and maintained regularly through nightly, weekly, or monthly database maintenance. Large fragmented indexes will…

Please upgrade to NPM 12.1 and SAM 6.4. There are several fixes included in those releases which relate to high CPU utilization of agents.

There isn't one currently posted in the Content Exchange, but you could easily enough use the Browse for Component Monitors wizard under SAM Settings to browse for processes to create a template very similar to this one ->

Yes, this would work as you described provided your OpenVMS server supports SSH, and the scripts returned properly formatted statistic and message responses it would work fine. 

Which component/s are referenced in the event? It may be that the thresholds defined are simply too close to the average value of the statistic. You can try increasing the thresholds, or removing them entirely for the components referenced in the events.

Have you tried using PerfStack?

This cannot be done via a macro, though could in theory be done in the database via a custom SQL query. I would however recommend against that option since the potential risk of doing irreparable damage to the database is fairly high if you're not absolutely sure what fields are being updated based on the join statements.…

By FS do you mean File Share?

The latest versions of these templates can be download from the Thwack Content Exchange at the links below. SQL Server 2005-2008 Performance (WMI)

Have you validated that the user account you're logging into Orion with has been given permission to launch the Real-Time Process Explorer?

Out of curiosity, what version of SAM are you running? SAM 6.0.2 is the latest.

The following example will show all software installed that contains the word "Orion" in it. Hopefully this helps get you pointed in the right direction. Name = Software Inventory Name

I believe what you are seeing is the information stored in the database is in UTC time. Based on your findings it sounds like you're in the central time zone. Is that correct?

You may be running into an issue with remote UAC on that remote host. I recommend following the steps outlined below to disable remote UAC. Note: normal UAC is unaffected by this change. * Using an administrator account, logon to the remote host you wish to monitor. * Go to Start > Accessories > Command Prompt. Type…

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We have tried reproducing this issue internally without success. If you're willing, please send me your SolarWinds.Administration.Client.log and Solarwinds.Administration.log files so we can determine why this this is occuring.

Have you tried increasing the timeout value for these applications to see if that eliminates or reduces the number of these "unknowns"? If there is a firewall or IDS/IPS between the Orion Server and the node being polled, you will also need to ensure that no ports are being blocked and that NAT isn't being used. WMI uses a…

I would recommend you first try copying the 'SolarWinds.Orion.Installer.exe' installer from 'C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Installers\' directory to the secondary server and run it. If that results in the same error, download the latest Scalability Engines installer from your Customer Portal and try that.

You'll want to uninstall the Outlook client from the server and install Microsoft's CDO instead. Be sure to uninstall Outlook before installing CDO. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1004

"Application" became a reserved word when application custom properties were introduced in SAM 6.1.

Amazon Ec2 -> http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ Amazon EC2 is currently available in eight regions: US East (Northern Virginia), US West (Oregon), US West (Northern California), EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), South America (Sao Paulo), and AWS GovCloud. Rackspace…

Monitoring Disk I/O on Linux host is fairly trivial, provided your Linux distribution supports the UCD-DISKIO-MIB. Most Linux/Unix distributions do, including CentOS, Solaris, SUSE, and Debian. You should be able to use either SAM's SNMP Monitor or NPM's Universal Device Poller to monitor these metrics.

Have you tried using the "Component Monitor Wizard" under [Settings > SAM Settings]. This will allow you to browse the performance counters available on that node, select the ones you're interested in, and add these components to either a new or existing application template.

Have you tried enabling SNMP on the Cisco UCCE?

Ensure you're alerting off the component "Type of Property to Monitor: APM:Component" in the Advanced Alert, then try the two variables below. ${StatusOrErrorDescription} ${ComponentMessage}

Where are you seeing this error? Is this for SAM's SQL Server User Experience Monitors or elsewhere in Orion? A screenshot of where this error is appearing might help. The following blog post outlines all of the most common reasons why this error would be occurring. I recommend going through each of them. * SQL SERVER –…