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quote:Originally posted by clerum How about remaping an interface to a new node, or new interface on the same node. While not done with the click of a button, this is possible: www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp

Wildcards are not supported, at least not by using the asterisk. What you are looking for is: Match all - Node Status is Down - Node Ticketnumber is empty However, I've found some inconsistencies with "is empty" and records that are null. I can't remember off the top of my head how "NULL" is interpreted by report writer,…

 Just out of curiosity, why do you use individual Hour, Minute, and Second variables as opposed to ${DateTime}?

quote:Originally posted by RyanJett The Windows Event Log Forwarder is an add-on for Orion only. The Syslog messages are designed to be sent to an Orion Syslog Server. Because the Syslog messages are scrambled, point the Windows Event Log Forwarder to the Orion server and you should be able to read the messages using the…

Is there any simple way to moniter the status of multiple IP addresses for a single node short of defining a separate node for each IP address? For instance, for a VPN router at a remote site I'd like to be able to watch the status (reachability) of both the external ISP facing IP address and the internal VPN address. Paul…

With Orion, you monitor an IP address on the device and that IP will give you access to all interfaces on that router. When you right-click on a router in System Manager and go to 'List Resources', you should see a list of all the interfaces on that router - both 'inside' and 'outside'. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding what…

Actually, this is not what I was looking for, but is a good tip. You did however, provide an answer in the following post: www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp This post is exactly what I was looking for. I'll try it out! eric

First off, the Report Scheduler is a huge pain in the a**. There, I said it. Much more work needs to be put into this application to make it functional as well as *supported*. Second, do you use NT authentication for login to your Orion web server or do you use the built-in authentication? One thing I've noticed with…

Have you applied all the hotfixes, as posted here: thwack.com/.../8.aspx I believe Hotfix 6 fixes problems with gaps in data for Orion 8.1.

quote:Also, when I view active alerts in the new Alert manager nothing shows up in there. So I don't think the alert is even getting triggered, much less getting e-mailed out. May be a stupid suggestion, but make sure that you have "Triggered Alerts" set in the view. I had a similar issue and found out that the alerts were…

While it may not be the dumbest, I had an end user ask me if she was going to be electrocuted after I told her to re-seat the Ethernet cable on her computer. Uhhh, yes, ma'am, I am advising you to do something that would cause you to be electrocuted. *rollseyes*

quote:Originally posted by Josh Stephens The Additional Components like the Account Manager are still being updated for v8 and aren't currently available for download. Wouldn't it make more sense to have 2 areas on the Customer site; one with v7 components and one with v8 components? Those of us who haven't made the…

You can change the display of the page by going to Admin/Manage Views. Edit the view you want and move the network map to column one and your reports/other stuff to columns two and three. You can also change the width of the columns on that same page. EDIT: Even easier, just click 'Customize Page' in the upper right-hand…

Try changing the size of the data packet that gets sent. You can do this under the NPM Polling Settings/ICMP Data. I've seen odd issues before where the default text is either not big enough or is too large. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but it happens. Mess around with smaller and larger sizes of text data to…

 I agree with #1. As for #2, I think this is a good idea, but would probably better be realized by integrating Windows accounts and groups via AD or the local machine. Or, it could work in conjunction with that. Making the permissions much more granular is A-OK in my book.

No way to create permissions groups for non-AD/non-local users. Orion web users need to be assigned permissions individually every time a new account is created. No, AD or Windows local users will not work/are not scalable in my environment. Also, every time new features are added new permissions are automatically granted…

Is this what you're looking for? www4.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp

I should have waited awhile before i upgraded. There's a lot of us having somewhat similar issues and I thought the same thing. However, I think with the diverse amount of installations out there, we'd all be running into these strange issues no matter how long we wait to upgrade. SW *did* do extensive beta testing with…

quote:Originally posted by ahamino Is there a way the the setup on the network cards affect the accuracy of the poller? in other words, it uses randomly NIC cards to poll the nodes in the network! If so, is there a way to limit the poller to use a specific network cards or specific IPs. I had the same issue. There is a way…

The alerts are for just that - alerting you of a problem and taking some sort of action. The thresholds are a setting for the web console that tells the web engine to color things differently or mark something as a "problem" when it reaches a certain threshold. There is no action taken for over-threshold beyond a special…

I use VNC for the initial creation of any maps. Subsequent saves of the map files after that through RDP work just fine. I use RDP for most modifications of the maps because VNC is sloooow.

If what I understand you are trying to do is correct, then there are at least a couple of ways you could do this. 1) Use Report Writer to create an inventory of all your nodes, listed in order of IP address. Add the appropriate matching criteria for SNMP in the report. Compare your report to the scanned subnet. 2) Use the…

First off, are you using Cisco equipment? If so, you might want to check and see if your version of IOS supports EEM or IP SLA. EEM will let you do some scripting within the router, such as monitor the status of a particular route, and send an email if that status changes. Second, if you have Orion NCM, you can set up a…

Thanks, Don - that did the trick. I appreciate the weekend help! -eric

Which version are you running? I recall that I had a similar issue in 8.5, I believe, but it was fixed in a service pack.

Yes, better importing of subnets. As I've already mentioned in a previous post, we are trying to migrate from our current in-house developed IP manager. I have lots of information assigned to *subnets* (not individual IPs) that needs to accompany the subnets upon import into IPAM. The problem is, IPAM does not support…

Definitely not the answer you are looking for, but I noticed a dramatic increase in speed on my web console after upgrading to 8.1. What's the CPU like on your Orion server and/or database? 

The Excel solution is a crafty one, but I imagine what you are looking for is something web-enabled. Unfortunately, the only way to do this today is to create a Summary page in the web console and use the "Custom HTML" resource to put all your interface graphs into a single table. I've asked for this feature for some time,…

I had this problem with 6.x, I believe. Do you configure the maps using Remote Desktop? If so, can you try configuring a map from the console of the Orion server? If that does not solve the problem, I remember that when I was having the issue, the problem was with the icons that Solarwinds packaged with the older versions…

quote:Originally posted by dclecompte Same answer there, although we will test and fix the modules first. Once the modules are done, we will test the "additional components" against 8.0, make any fixes necessary for compatibility, and re-post them. Denny LeCompte Sr. Product Manager, Orion SolarWinds Is there any way you…