borgan · SolarWinds Engineer - Service Delivery

Yeah, just right click in the device list field and choose "Select Fields and Grouping". Find Vendor Icon in the left hand list, move it to the right hand list and then move it to the top of the list. or at least above the Node Name.

You are already monitoring at least 900 elements (you didn't mention whether you are also monitoring any volumes), and if you are going to expand as much as you say, I would consider upgrading my license to SLX soon. Also, you will not be able to continue to use SQL Express due to the limits on the DB size. Of course,…

Roger, on the Edit Monitor page, under Monitor Status, is State Change (from the Admin guide) now called Duration, or is Duration shown somewhere else?

Thanks for your reply and patience Roger. One other question/rpoblem. I don't see a way to sort a list of monitors in the way described on page 61 either. If I click on the column headers, no sort options such as Name, Status, or Type appear. Is the sort option actually available anymore?

What happens when you test the email action in the alert?

That depends on what yo uare monitoring Someone else can correct me if necessary, but in general, WMI will tell you anything SNMP can tell you, plus performance related metrics related to Windows processes. I sometimes set up two applications, one using SNMP, the other using WMI, and compare the results.

Yeah that would be helpful. What is the plugin and where can I get it?

Ahhh, you are conspicuous in your silence my friend! :)

On each tab - the Devices, Interfaces, and Volumes tab, you get to uncheck a box next to any entity that you do not want to inport and monitor. Then, on the last screen there is a summary of the choices you have made for import with a check box next to each one again so you can change your mind. When you finally select the…

You have no doubt already found this, but the Import Node scheduled jobs type only allows you to filter by vendor or machine type as you import nodes from Orion. Looks like we need to request that any custom property be allowed as a filter for this type of job. Did I miss something anyone?

Ok, now I get it. Solarwinds does not allow the direct import of MIBs for the purpose of general SNMP polling. The process I am referring to allows you to download an updated file named "MIBs.cfg" in the form of a zip file from your customer portal. That file is ONLY used by the Universal Device Poller tool to allow you to…

Savell is correct. That is the OID that I use for my Cisco routers.

Have you contacted Dell to find the specific OID that you need?

Yes, that is correct. The only real rule is that you cannot install NTA before you install NPM. So, start with NPM and proceed with the others in any order.

Looks good to me. Did you test it yet?

In the Trigger Condition tab, select "Node" in the "Type of Property to Monitor" drop down. Then click on the ellipsis in the window, select Add a Simple Condition. Now click on the first asterisk in blue. select Network Nodes-->Node Details--> then NodeName. Set the middle field to "is equal to", and then type the name of…

To create the reports you could simply use the same custom property tyhat you use to create the account limitation that is applied to thew user account as a filter in the report. For example, say you create a custom property named "app1" to designate the servers that you want to assign to this user. You would then use the…

Here goes: 1. Click on "Add New View" on the Main Settings & Administration page. 2. Name the view and be sure the Type of View is "Summary". 3. Click the black "X" to delete one of the columns on the Customize page. Then, click the green "+" to add a resource. 4. Type the word "map" in the Search box and hit Enter. 5.…

Let me know if it solves the problem.

Sure. Of course, first log in to the Orion website using an account with admin priveleges. Click on Admin, then Manage Views. Select a view that you want to put the resource on and click Edit. Now, click on the "+" sign next to the column you want to place the resource in. Expand the Miscellaneous grouping and check…

Yes, I did. But I still get the error when I run the NCM installation. The error says something about the network object not being pointed to an object instance. Is thgis referring to some aspect of the SQL Express setup that I need to modify?

Calvin, Can I send you a private message or email to discuss advanced alerts further?

If I may interject... in addition to using the Microsoft SQL Server tools, you may use the Orion Database Manager (under Advanced Features) to test your SQL queries. You can query any table in the database and paste the query into the window and hit Refresh to see the results of the query.

Well, yes you can set up an alert on a Group, but it will be on trigger conditions related to the group. Good luck!

Anyone at SolarWinds? Can we still do this? i just tried it again with 9.5.1 and it no worky!

Thanks, Casey. One more clarification regarding the Universal Device Poller Status resource. I notice that it does not show table based poller results. Is that for aesthetic reasons alone, or is there a technical limitation there as well?

Pardon me for butting in, but if you are new to Orion I can point you in the direction of some very good help and support in learning to use Orion to it's fullest potential. May I contact you privately by email?

Open Database Manager. Expand the Orion database. Right click on the table named CustomPollerAssignment, and Query the table. Now, go to File-->Export, and choose an export option. You will be able to choose the fields from this table that you want to export.

Go to the Advanced Options for the poller. Under format type, choose Enumeration. Click on Map values. Here you can type a text equivalent for each numerical reponse. Now the text will show on the we site rather than the numerical output.

I think the option you have selected for Group by is messing you up. You should group by Node Name and Sort by one of the numerical fields such as peak CPU load. See if that works.