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adatole​ unfortunately we also have not taken the time to quantify the $$$ that the monitoring system has saves us. Monitoring is core to our business so there is never really a question if we need it or not. After a single IOPS related outage with a client I was able to convince our VP team to let me purchase VMAN as I…

I completely understand what you are looking for as it's something that we would really like as well. Having the ability to create organizations (logical grouping of nodes and users) and assign an administrator within that organization allowing them the full node/application management functions for all of the objects in…

I agree that better integration would be really nice. Currently I have a Last 25 Logs resource on each node page in Orion which can really help with troubleshooting; if I move to LEM I will loose this.

We are a service provider so I guess my thoughts on this are a bit different. We have virtualized a lot of databases for customers and many of them were very hesitant to make the plunge, we had to commit to them that we would make sure the performance was as good if not better after we virtualized it for them. Needless to…

Jiri Cvachovec I see that v7.3.1 is now available. Can I upgrade my entire environment directly to that from 7.2.2 while also running NPM 10.7? Also, can you point me to some documentation or let me know what the steps for this upgrade process look like since there is the additional bit of merging the databases? Thanks in…

I couldn't agree with this more. Often improving database performance isn't any one big change but a lot of little optimization changes that need to be made. I know I have mentioned this before but we have helped a lot of clients significantly increase their database performance by making minor tweaks to the…

Thanks for this, now I need to figure out how to catch up on the stuff I didn't get done. LOL

Jfrazier​ I feel like there is a SolarWinds t-shirt idea in there somewhere!

Congrats and welcome! It's nice to have some fresh new meat....er... I mean members! 

I also agree, I absolutely love LEM but we are now moving toward Splunk due to the limitations of both log sources and scalability with LEM.

It's probably needless to say that I am super excited about this feature since I opened one of the original feature requests for Threat Intelligence Feed integration! I am curious, where is the IP Reputation feed being sourced from? I apologize if this details was covered and I missed it; it's been a long day..er make that…

I have been waiting a long time for this so I am very happy to hear that its coming!

ecklerwr1​ do you know if there are any good reference architectures out there for a good Skype implementation as a phone replacement solution?

I really like the note in this post about: Where appropriate, consider using the "Condition must exist for more than <x> minutes" option within Trigger Conditions to avoid getting an alert for every little blip in a system. This theoretically slows down your notification time, but can help clear out transient problems…

I have to start by saying how jealous I am of you having spring like weather, I am tired of Ice, snow and rain and can't wait for summer, patio weather and grilling season! As far as the articles about Microsoft is concerned; they are certainly not the company they used to be. We are tightly aligned and work with MS…

Seriously, somebody needs to make a modern version of the spy-vs-spy game!

Its funny because over the years I have watched as one technology after another comes along suggesting that it will reduce management time and solve your stability problems; however, year after year there always seems to be plenty of stuff to manage and plenty of stability problems to solve. The only thing that changes is…

Done! I really love LEM and am always willing to support SolarWinds! Hope you guys win!

I work for Atmosera and we specialize in managed hybrid cloud solutions; we also work with government agencies to design, build and manage their solutions including compliant solutions for HIPAA, PCI and IRS1075. We have found that the hybrid model provides the level of flexibility that companies are looking for both…

In my experience working with government in IT I have found them to have a lot if silos. By breaking down the silos and unifying on a single cross-functional toolset they would gain better overall visibility and control.

If you are looking at moving to Shavlik, you might check out BMC Client Management. We use it for patching; it woks well and uses Shavlik as it's clearinghouse for patches. It's also very robust and relatively simple to manage.

designerfx​ I completely agree with your point; however, when you are talking about large enterprise environments even after being careful about what you log you still end up with a LOT of logs to manage. On the flip side, I have also been involved in a lot of conversations and I see a trend where the thought process on…

sqlrockstar​ Maybe you could get an Amazon Dash Button for bacon?

I I have already written a review here previously do I need to do another one?

Trump's cyber-guru Giuliani runs ancient 'easily hackable website' Maybe he is just a secret genius and the website is a honeypot? A few nights ago, over a liberal quantity of beers, my friends and I came up wit... ​Wow, I just don't know what to say about that!

I find it a bit crazy that there are still folks that don't think you can virtualize SQL Server. We have been doing it for years without any issues. It certainly takes a bit of optimization for the more active databases but it certainly isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

I am really torn on the driverless car thing. The logical part of me says that while it may take a while to get there, it makes sense that they will make less errors than humans. The more emotional part of me tells me that I don't like it because I actually enjoy driving and don't want to give that up.

network defender​ the security bit is the part I find most intriguing as well. 

When talking about government and changing the culture the problem has pretty much become too big to solve without just tearing it down and starting over. The problem is that it's so big it has taken on a life of it's own with goals of self preservation; much of the system exists only for the purpose of making sure it…

While there is a lot of more complexity (custom properties, specific criteria, etc) to our alerts; at the most basic level some of our most useful alerts have been the following... * Upstream interface down * Volume filling up * Service down