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I know this is only a couple weeks old so hoping it is already in the product :) I was primarily looking to backup the VLAN database

Do you have this same SQL process for updating "name" for al the interfaces? We change descriptions on switchports all the time and the name field does not update to reflect the new description. The only thing that changes is the Interface Alias. I would think you could do an update to the "Name" field with "Interface…

This is definitely a good step forward. What may be better is to have a variable with the alertdefid and we could build our own link with whatever verbiage and link we want to use. I too have a problem with the current variable because I use FQDN to access Solarwinds because I run it through a load balancer for SSL offload…

I don't have MRTG setup but noticed several of my links over utilized as displayed in Orion. Can anyone from Solarwinds comment on how the bandwidth is calculated? I would think that getting the data from the device would return actual data for that exact moment.

I have this same problem but only after I upgraded to 9.5. I have loaded all the latest service packs with same issue. There is a fundamental change to the application or something in the upgrade that causes this problem. I turned in two cases with no fix. Keep getting the lower your syslog retention policy (not an option)…

Is there any update on this functionality? I find this "feature" a real annoyance. I, like others, have thousands of interfaces that descriptions are updated. Along with the descriptions, having the node name automatically update (like Cirrus) is something that should also be fixed.

http://thwack.solarwinds.com/message/41723#41723 Sorry for the late response.

I've developed another way of doing the advanced alerts based on "interface status" or "interface operation status". This is a request I sent to Solarwinds support and my work around. I thought maybe I could setup an alert on "last changed" but when I try to setup the criteria, I don't have an option for "now" minus 10…

I would want to use the "has changed" function for interface status. For instance, Interface status has changed to down. This would trigger an alert e-mail. I currently do this (you can read through the exact steps in another post) using basic alert (it has the "has changed" for interface status) combined with a custom…

That is what I figured with the $CAPTION. Obviously if Solarwinds is doing the DB lookup now, it shouldn't be too difficult to add. I tested with the reverse DNS and it does seem to work. I am not thrilled with populating DNS with all the IP addresses for all my network devices. Thanks for the information.

Can someone answer this question? It looks like Orion is missing VeryBig buffers.

I've been asking Solarwinds to enable that feature for years. Ideally, you could use the "has changed" options but it only works for ios version change, last boot and something else that I can't remember now. I have another post where I described what I do to overcome this (definitely not ideal). Ironically, the "has…

I'm not an Orion owner yet but heading in that direction. I've worked with several people at Solarwinds and for what they are telling me only the basic alert will function for alerting on the "status" variable. I've gone through the advanced alert and selected "Interface status" and selected "has changed" but this doesn't…

How does the Kiwi Syslog Enterpise system handle it? I used that feature all the the time. It worked great in my environment. I haven't had to use it in Solarwinds syslog but that is a real negative if it can't use the original IP. I used Kiwi to forward all the syslogs to Cisco MARS (no longer have MARS so don't need this…

I've asked on numerous occassions that the "has changed" option be used for all data points. For other alerts (won't work with Universal Device Poller), i've combined the "has changed" in the basic alerts to change a custom field for the interface or device and then I base the advanced alert on that field along with what…

I just set this up on version 9.5sp2 and it appears to work ok on Curve. My World Edition phone doesn't work (time out). I can understand Solarwinds reluctance to add functionality to phones, but it is becoming a necessity.

I noticed the same problem but really the horrible part is all of the alerts go off so I get several thousand messages all at once. My BB can't keep up.

Where do I find the list of variables that can be used in the trap/syslog? I have V10 RC2.

Have there been any updates to the variables available in the syslog alerting mechanism? I notice in the Orion syslog viewer, there is a field called "CAPTION", but I can't seem to find any corresponding variable to use in an e-mail alert.

The syslog option is helpful but unfortunately NPM is limited to 1024 bytes in the message field (RFC 3164). If you have Kiwi, you can change the settings to accept larger than 1024. I was told by Solarwinds support that NPM (legacy) and likely OLV do not support larger than 1024. If someone knows differently, please…

This is a great feature. I had it working on my system, then I upgraded NCM and installed NCM integration and now it doesn't work. I am not sure which step broke it but now I only see "NPM Network Topology" on the node details page with no data. I verified the files in the zip were in the correct location on the server and…

So, I put in a trouble-ticket and the support staff simply stated to press "enter" and a new line will be created. Sorry for wasting your time if you are reading this.