borgan · SolarWinds Engineer - Service Delivery

This thread is very interesting and brings to mind a question regarding good alert design. Specifically, as the number of advanced alerts grows on your Orion system, what do you think are some good practices regarding advanced alert design with respect to the setting for Alert Evaluation frequency? I'm hearing here that if…

That pointed me in the right direction. I was actually looking to edit the colors in the "// NOC view" section of this file. I was abel to determine which line referes to the background of the NOC view, but I could not figure out what parts of the file correspond to other parts of the web page. Do you know of a reference…

I see from the following thread (Monitor PRI trunk status) that you have received some good advice on getting this done. The only thing I might add is that you could start by performing a MIB walk using the tool(s) in the Engineers Toolset or some other MIB walking or browsing tool to identify what OIDs you are looking…

Keep in mind that, regardless of which option you choose, the user will still not be able to drill into the details of any node that they are restricted from seeing. This setting only allows the admin to determine if restricted nodes are visible on the map.

Hi alterego, I'm re-visiting this thread. Let me ask my original question in a different way. What would the SQL look like to display a report showing a list of each application with its list of components, but include a filter to show only those applications that have at least one component that has "override template"…

That makes sense, so I tested this on my system. In the screenshot, the components with a Value=10 are those in an application that did not have credentials embedded in the template before the application was created. The components with Value= -3 were created using an IIS template that first had the credential embedded…

My understanding of reset conditions has also always been that they go hand in hand with the trigger conditions from the same alert. I suppose a way to test that would be to have two alerts with identical trigger conditions, but different reset conditions. Include the alert ID number in the notification and then see which…

Thanks Byron. That is a pic of my grandson! Back to the subject at hand. So, lets try a simple example to see if we are on the same page. Say you have a network of one switch with ten attached nodes. You also have 10 other nodes that are not attached to that switch. Then you construct a node down alert for all 21 nodes but…

Thanks for the help. I was able to add properties for City and Country via the Cirrus Settings menu, but when I tried to add one for State, an error told me that it already existed. So, when I performed the import, there was still no opportunity to import a custom property for State. Why did the process work for City and…

Here it is: I find it particularly interesting that it shows the warning triangle AND it shows values. Never encountered this before.

OK, try this. It takes a few steps, but let me know if this works: (1) Create a new group (if not done already) (2) click on the Groups link in a menu bar, then click on the Group in question. You should go to the generic Group Details view. (3) Look at the URL and note the NetObject "C" number for your Group. (4) Now…

It certainly looks like it should work, but you could simplify it by removing all of the "any" conditions and replace them with a single condition that says Vendor not equal to Cisco. See if that works.

Here is an example. I configured a custom poller using the OID of 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.5. This is indeed a table based OID. I tested it against a Cisco 2811 router that has several fast ethernet interfaces and the OID returns data. When I look at web display options, I can choose chart or gauge, neither of which are…

alterego, Is my interpretation of the following incorrect? It seems to suggest that node baselines are calculated automatically, but that the schedule cannot be changed like it can for interfaces:

gobsmacked? Is that a Cajun word I somehow missed growing up?

If I may interject... I think he is saying to use"ANY" and "does not contain". Using the "none" or "not all" are typically problematic for us mortals. It is best to stick with "all" and "any" where possible. Let us know if that does the trick.

No problem. I wonder if someone at SW would like to comment on whether the new version 10.1 will be avle to accomplish this using the new Group capability?

No good. Anything I put in the Configure Limitation box results in nothing being displayed in the All Groups resourcfe and the other resulrces on the view having an error:

I see what you mean, but I was specifically stating that I had not ever seen the referenced alert that was being tested at the time be incorrect. Yes, the node, interface, or volume selected against which to test the alert is random and does not matter (though something must be selected), but all tests I have run in the…

Well, I was partly right. Actually, one can schedule future unmanage intervals in System Manager. But, you are also right that the first query is not quite right. Sorry if I confused you.

You can remove the historical chart from the view and add the resource, "Universal Device Poller Status". It will display a list of all assigned pollers for the node you are viewing. This is a good resource for single result (not table-based) pollers and enumerated values. Hope this is what you need.

If the user needs to perform Admin functions, but you still want to keep them away from Manage Nodes, you could create a custom menu bar with links to specific admin functions from the Orion Website Administration. For example, you Add a menu item with a link to the URL for Account Manager. That way they never have to see…

Under Admin-->Polling Settings-->Calculations and Thresholds--> Node Warning Level.

This is the Node Warning Interval, and it is set under Admin-->Polling Settings-->Calculations and Thresholds.

You can add any alert (i.e. SQL) variable to the information field in a label on a map. For instance, you could right click on the node label and use the ${Status} variable to indicate the status of the node on the map. The possibiolities are many. The alert variables are listed in an Appendix at the end of the Orion admin…

Yes, you can. If you use a Basic Alert (the simplest kind) , then you can pick from the list of all nodes in your database which one(s) you want the alert to apply to. If you use an Advanced Alert, then there are even more ways to limit the alert to one or more specific nodes.

Nice resource. But, how would on add the "Poll" button to the list?

Thanks, Denny. Do you think I would be able to transfer the elements to the primary poller before I delete Orion?

Glad I happened upon this message thread. So, Denny, if I have NCM and NTA also installed should I remove resources for those apps fom any NPM views as well, or will the Hot Standy play nice with them?

My understanding is that an "unmonitored port" is one that is not mapped to a named netflow application on the Applications and Service Ports page. You may have noted that one can always view the list of ports in the chart and then click the Monitor Port button to then create an application related to that port(s). Does…