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Really no different than any other server. You can monitor that machine via WMI, SNMP, or the Agent. Note however, that if you monitor the node via WMI you will probably need to ensure you specify the machine name or period in the username to inherit the machine name. E.G. '.\Administrator' or 'machinename\administrator'.

Have you tried removing or adjusting the thresholds for that component?

Would this not essentially equate to a SolarWinds branded load balancer that would compete directly with BigIP F5, Citrix NetScaler, and AWS ELB?

If the script runs normally outside of SAM but doesn't run correctly as a PowerShell script monitor within SAM it's most likely one of two possible reasons. The first is bitness. When running the PowerShell script on the server it's likely using 64bit PowerShell. When PowerShell scripts are run in SAM it uses 32bit…

Event Trace Logs are stored as binary files on the local file system. To the best of my knowledge the only application that can read these files are perfmon.exe. Unfortunately I'm not aware of any way to read the content of these files or gather the same type of information with SAM, or any other product for that matter.

It sounds like you may be experiencing the problem described in the KB article below. * SolarWinds Knowledge Base :: SNMP Process monitors sometimes cause false alerts (process reported as Down when it is not…

You can use your cell phone operators email to SMS gateway by sending alerts to your cell phones email address. E.G. for AT&T wireless that would look something like 9785551212@txt.att.net, obviously replacing the phone number with your own. For a complete list of cellular providers email gateway address formats see The…

It's not possible to exclude usage from volume monitoring, but SAM 6.2 (currently in beta) allows you define independent thresholds on an individual volume by volume basis if so desired. Alternatively, you can define custom properties for the volumes you wish to exclude

You must connect to the SQL database server as "sa" or equivalent to create this new user account. This script assumes you have adequate permissions to create a new user account and assign appropriate permissions. Running the SQL query is not required if you prefer to manually assign the appropriate permissions or use an…

Close the Advanced Alert Manager. Then locate the following directory C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\Schemas and remove the read-only attribute on that folder. Finally, give the system account full Read/write permissions to that folder and try again please.

This doesn't impact the alert definition as the related entity never goes into a 'Down' state when its parent is down. Instead, the entity goes into an 'Unreachable' status. So unless you've configured your alerts to trigger when the status is anything other than 'up', you won't be alerted when an entity is 'unreachable'…

You don't need to add the error code to the search string. The HTTP Monitor already looks for 200 success codes, or 400 errors, etc. as part of the monitor. The "Search" is optional and used only to validate text strings on the page if so desired. The reason you're receiving an error is that there is likely no instance of…

Ok that was easy. I must have accidentally done a move instead of a copy. Moving a file takes the NTFS permissions with the file from it's original source. Copying a file inherits the permissions from the folder it's placed into. Hopefully this might help someone else who makes the same mistake.

There's a few different ways to handle this. You could.. * Disable the other components within the template * Delete the components you don't need from the application * Remove the warning/critical thresholds from those components * Write an alert specifically just for the items you care about (example below)

* Download the application template file to your desktop. * Open the Orion web console and navigate to [Settings -> SAM Settings -> Manage Application Monitor Templates] * Click [Import/Export] from the top menu and select [Import] 4. Browse to the file you saved in step #1 and click "Submit" If that doesn't work, I would…

I would recommend using the 32bit ODBC Driver, as Orion's Job Engine is a by default a 32bit Process. You would need to make additional changes to the template to get it to work in a 64Bit process, and utilize the 64bit driver. One of those settings is shown below, but additional changes to the ODBC driver Connection…

HIgh Availability 2.0 Release Candidate is available now and can be downloaded from your customer portal. It's incorporated into the NPM 12.2 Release Candidate. High Availability 2.0 supports multi-subnet failover, and no longer requires both members in a pool to be on the same subnet.

Based on the information available for IBM's z/OS SNMP MIB there does not appear to be much information available beyond basic interface statistics. You may want to consult with IBM support to ask if there is additional information available from Z/OS via SNMP. SAM's Linux/Unix script monitors do not support TN3270…

Most of these are available through Macros. You can select which macros you'd like included inline with your message text (and subject line) through when editing email notification trigger action. You will see this as a button below the message body called "Insert Variable" Different Macros are available depending upon the…

Yes, SAM's HTTP and HTTPS User Experience Monitors support content validation. Simply enter in the text which should (or should not) be included in the request response into the "Search String" field.

How is the Node Managed in Orion? Is this an SNMP managed node or WMI Managed Node? If it's SNMP, was SNMP enabled/configured before HP's Insight Manager Agent was installed, or after? Also, have you ensured all required vendor components are installed? In your case you should double check that the HP Insight Management…

What template and components are you having a problem with specifically? Some components can use RPC or WMI depending upon what information is being collected. As a starting point I would recommend restarting the Remote Registry service on the host you're having trouble with to see if that resolves the issue. If it does…

The APM SQL User Experience Monitor currently only supports Named Pipes. There is no way to switch this to use TCP/IP sockets. I will however log this as a feature request.

The rights depend upon the application but generally root or sa equivalent are typically required, but not in all cases. It's also possible in many instances to create least privilege accounts for monitoring purposes, but this as you can imagine requires a good understanding of the application and/or operating system to…

The easiest way to accomplish this would be to create a new report using the Report Writer that shows the information you're looking for, then adding this as a report resource on the view you want the information displayed.

Thanks for your feedback. This is definitely something we've heard from other customers as well. We're currently tracking this feature internally under FB87974. Other users who are looking for similar functionality are still encouraged to post their feedback here. "Me Too" posts are also welcome. 

If you don't want to be alerted during a maintenance window, overnight, or whenever then I recommend unmanaging the node. You can do this in a one-off fashion though the web interface by clicking the "unmanage" button and entering when you want the node or application unmanaged and remanaged. You can also do this for…

The following thread might help give you some inspiration. Show us a NOC view and get 500 thwack points!

Yes, most SAM users monitor their High Available Oracle clusters via the VIP. You would in such cases use the same connection information in SAM that you would use for any client or application that utilizes the cluster VIP.

A TCP Port Monitor is probably the single lightest weight monitoring job you can run short of ping. I would expect zero impact on the servers being monitored, even at that frequency.