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I'm not sure if this is EXACTLY what you want, but it may get you going in the right direction - LPAR disk-based and non-disk templates: AIX_LPAR-disk AIX_LPAR_non-disk

The Topology reports will give you some of this, if all the ports are monitorred and the devices at the end of those ports are monitored. However, the UDT product is designed for EXACTLY this purpose.

Out of curiosity, why not build a report that shows the down nodes - then you can use it as a screen AND you can have that report run and email hourly. No alerts to fuss and muss with.

I have a couple of thoughts about this: * the alert works equally well for VMWare systems, so you could tune the ESX alert to have a shorter window than the guest alert. * I have to believe there's a way to alert for guests that are consuming too many host resources. It's not a canned alert, but I'm going to look into this…

In your case, you will get an alert when ANY 3 traps come in. The system doesn't aggregate on it's own. It uses your criteria (incoming IP, OID, etc) to identify alerts that match and those that don't. THEN the quantity comes into play.

if this is a network device, then the bandwidth statement on the box may be incorrect. This often happens when a WIC is initially set up for 1Mbps and the circut is subsequently upgraded to 10 or whatever. SolarWinds reads in teh bandwidth statement and uses that as the "100%" value for bandwidth metrics.

I'm assuming you mean the account used by NPM for WMI nodes, right? In any case, you can do this, but you'll have to be fast about it: 1) in your web portal, open the "credentials library" pages for both NPM (admin page, left side, near the bottom) and APM/SAM (Sam settings, right side in the middle) 2) open the credential…

Appreciate all the love I'm getting here. Some other things to know about this alert: For whatever reason (and I've logged a bug report for it), there's a character limit on the alert trigger, so your pool names have to be short - I believe 16 characters, but Josh can confirm that for me. Also, because of the nature of the…

Can you post your alert logic or a screengrab of the alert trigger tab?

A few clarifying questions: * In the message center, NONE of the variables are populating? Or some are but some aren't? * Have you tried outputting to a log file? What I'm getting at is the html translation MIGHT be the issue here, or it might be something else. Also, if you have a chance, can you screen shot the alert…

Just FYI, I passed this along to the inimitable Dez‌ and she's pretty sure NCM *can* do this - NCM supports TACACS and other "in the middle" systems. Look for more info coming soon.

Short answer is "no". Viewing visio files (irrespectivd of SolarWinds) is a function of a viewer being present on the client computer. Unless you obtain a server-side viewer option (if you do an internet search for "server side visio viewer" you will find what you are looking for). Visio does (or did, last time I looked)…

It should be easy enough to * set up a custom field "night_mute" (a yes/no) field * mark the servers you want quiet at night as "yes" for that field * Create two alerts* AlertA has a time limitation 7am to 20pm M-F, and otherwise triggers for all devices * AlertB has a time limitation of 20pm (or 20:01pm) to 7am (or…

It looks like you've narrowed it down and eliminated SolarWinds and the browser, so it's really down to the graphics card itself, the driver, or some interaction around those two. For grins and giggles, try the following: * Change display resolution * Change screens - attach a separate monitor (or remove it and use the…

The latest release of NPM, just over a week old, has support for Cisco ACI devices. You can read all about it (plus a nice primer on SDN in general) here: NPM 12.4 Is Now Generally Available!

I want to clarify which servers you are using before forging ahead: The database (ie MS-SQL schema, tables, etc run on the database server The polling engine performs the requests for data from the nodes the web server displays the SolarWinds portal All 3 can be running on the same machine, or you can actually separate all…

Just a small correction: Interface up/down is NOT calculated via ICMP. It's calculated using SNMP for the interface. The is an OID for just that item - usually .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.<ifnumber>.8 (ifOperstatus) which can be up, down, testing, unknown, etc. This *and only this* value is collected for the interface every 120…

When you talk about a maintenance window, you are really just talking about suppressing alerts. Starting in NPM 11.5 with web-based alerting, you can set up comprehensive schedules either for the alert or an action. that means that if your maint window is the 3rd Sunday of the month, you can set alerts which must obey that…

Short answer: I don't think you can do it this way. Checking with aLTeReGo‌ and patrick.hubbard for confirmation. The reason is that when you change a node from SNMP to WMI through the GUI, several other things get tested immediately and then change along with it. It's not just a simple field switch. Also note that some…

Then the Poller settings page under admin. The settings you care about (for purpose of this discussion) * Default Node Poll interval - this is ping. * Default interface poll interval - this is SNMP, but it only grabs the up/down status of the interface * Default volume poll interval - ditto for disks * Default rediscovery…

Not to dishonor the good name of ecklerwr1​ but I would NOT use groups for this purpose (I think Dez​ will back me up on this). Instead, I would use custom properties. I would create a property called "DeviceGroup" and then populate it for ALL your devices. THEN your alert can be coded so: DeviceGroup = "blahblah" (that…

Looks good so far, but without the actual report file (ends in .orionreport, usually located in C:\program files(x86)\solarwinds\orion\reports unless you installed somewhere else) it's going to be hard to troubleshoot. Alternatively, a screencap of the field list and filter list in the reportWriter.

If you can show a screencap or upload the report, it would be easier to troubleshoot. What you are describing should be pretty easy.

Did you add the nodes by name or by IP? First thing is to get all 3 nodes into the system as separate nodes. You may have to take whatever you have out, add the two physicals first, and then add the cluster individually. I'm not saying you'll have to do this all the time. I just want to take it step by step and see where…

While the (much beloved) custom property editor is gone, the account limitation builder utility lives on. Check your polling engine under Start, Programs, SolarWinds Orion, Grouping and Access Control, Account Limitation Builder. It's still there, and works the same as ever.

Short answer: yes. Medium answer: Forwarding traps is effectively the same as if the original source device sent the trap directly to your DPS system. So whatever you would have to doto receive traps on the DPS, you have to do when they come from Solarwinds. NOW... one thing to be clear on is that traps are not always…

I might take a different tack. Assuming you have a good relationship with the server team (meaning you guys can sit around and shoot the sh..tuff), ask them about their nagging issues. The errors or issues they just can't get a bead on; or the ones that are so persistent that it overwhelms them. It might be something…

You're close, but not quite there. There are a few timing loops to consider: * polling interval * alert evaluation frequency * alert trigger delay (if any) The upshot is that #2 can be as often as you like (within reason) because it's not doing anything but seeing if the trigger condition is true. NOW.. there's a limit,…

My first thought - when you bounced this off me in email - was that it could be further improved by taking the "Count the CPU" piece offline. But I'm curious about people's thoughts. Briefly, I'm thinking about: * Creating a query that creates a table from the query that pulls NodeID and MAX(CPUMultiLoad.CPUIndex)+1. * Set…

You don't need to run a batch job. You create a scheduled job (the Report Scheduler, under the SolarWinds Orion tools) that prints the report you want, Then you just specify the location.