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Use dynamically defined groups creatively. Nesting where appropriate. Leverage the group to define what should appear on the page to do most of your filtering. Should make it easier to display interfaces from what remains. Do keep in mind group status rollup functionality, which is where custom properties and groups differ…

in How would you create a data-center-only NPM resource to show ports with errors on various Machine Types, without using custom properties? Comment by d09h April 2018

Is this for a Brocade? Is this applicable? Interface ID to ifIndex lookup table See if you can find the tunnels in question via SNMPwalk either way though, so that you have confirmation that SNMP queries for this are worthwhile. Can you post the section of your SNMPwalk that seems to address the tunnels?

in Need assistance to add the below tunnels for monitoring. Comment by d09h June 2016

Glad that worked for you. Mind marking my answer correct pparsaie? (Looking at that sweet hammock in the Thwack store. I could really use that camping with the scouts, or to collapse in after yard work...)

in Domain Account logged in from ::1, everyday at the sametime Comment by d09h August 2017

No problem.

in Installation using evaluation license Comment by d09h November 2017

Looks like SolarWinds provides a workaround involving custom property: https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Network_Performance_Monitor_(NPM)/Unable_to_get_interface_statistic_reports_if_data_source_is_set_as_Groups Unable to get interface statistic reports if data source is set as Groups Overview Unable to get…

in Report For Interfaces in a Group Comment by d09h November 2017

I think it would be helpful to post any error messages you can find.

in NPM installation Comment by d09h August 2017

You're not looking for ICMP health monitors of load balanced servers are you? Seeing documentation for that, but not for IPSLA functionality proper. Not seeing anything analogous to Cisco IPSLA--and no personal experience with that use case.

in F5 IP-SLA like functions Comment by d09h August 2017

dgilliam28, Some of this might inspire you, or show what is possible: Alert Prioritising Dashboard (SWQL) with Alert Time and Acknowledge Status Have you seen this post?

in How to get icons in a custom query? Comment by d09h June 2015

SDK. Recommend you ask here: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/labs_tht/orion-sdk

in Enabling a common resource(C: Drive) for monitoring for many nodes Comment by d09h April 2017

Afraid I don't have any Juniper devices at my disposal. I won't really be able to help you along.

in NPM monitoring WAN links in Juniper device Comment by d09h July 2017

I would recommend this route to create a DirectLink account (in addition to your NOC View efforts): http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/ncm/content/orionncmagusingdirectlink.htm Using the DirectLink Account Enabling a DirectLink account allows you to make direct hyperlinks to specific web console views…

in How can I create a dashboard to display on a monitor (and not have it log out/time out)? Comment by d09h February 2015

jeffreyc, when I set this up on my server to check out how it would look, I kept coming to the conclusion that I would make two alerts. One for Node and one for Volume. I also don't see that group approach helping. I see custom properties helping here. Just my thoughts on how I would do it after mocking it up on one of my…

in Question about alert Comment by d09h May 2015

Always good to have open lines of communication with your DBAs. You may need them to help you make queries, for example. Think of the database editing as a nuclear option, for when the web interface or SDK are not viable options.

in Update all ip address nodes Comment by d09h October 2017

You want the Discovery Central option. You can see it here: http://www.oriondemo.solarwinds.com/Orion/Admin/default_orion.aspx

in How Often does Solarwinds Scan for New Nodes and Where can I modify the Scan time? Comment by d09h May 2018

No problem...don't see any reason why this wouldn't work.

in group status view at the tree list of groups Comment by d09h September 2015

IF you have VNQM AND your provider has SLA jobs configured AND they provide SNMP credentials for you, you could do this: Adding existing operations to VoIP and Network Quality Manager - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support Here is a description of NPM fast polling functionality. Note that it is not customizable: NPM…

in ping node from NPM Comment by d09h October 2016

If using IE, have you tried the Developer's Tools (F12) for visibility into what is happening? Might be worthwhile to do so and to compare what you get on a successful login against what you get when login is not successful.

in SolarWinds web interface issues for Active Directory login Comment by d09h June 2015

I can kind of empathize. In previous employment AD group membership seemed to have been designed mainly for the monitoring tools visibility that each team needed. I didn't realize that early on, but eventually that seemed like the predominant reason for AD groups looking the way they did. Yet I had users who needed to…

in Find out who users are and what department they are in Comment by d09h October 2017

If you monitor BGP on each router in the BGP relationship, they may each report the same incident. Wouldn't surprise me if it was multiple routers reporting the same peering issue. I used to support a large fully meshed network. If one router became unreachable, we would also expect BGP state change for that peer on all…

in Is there a way to suppress individual bgp alerts on a single node WITHOUT disabling BGP Monitoring All together for that Node? Comment by d09h July 2016

At least there's an upside to my insomnia. Now if slashdot, arstechnica, and other cool websites could stop putting up new content between 10 PM and 5 AM Central, perhaps I would go back to sleep earlier.

in Report on TCAM utilization Comment by d09h April 2019

Have you used the Universal Device Poller Map Values --> Enumeration Map in the advanced options? Using it here for converting Cisco power supply values 1-5 so that they become Normal State, warning/non-critical, critical, shutdown, not present (basically the way the MIB is documented). When you say "friendly…

in Linking outputs from two UDPs & MIBs together Comment by d09h May 2012

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/content/core-how-orion-works-sw1625.htm relevant part: The polling engine requests real-time statistics (through the selected polling method, such as SNMP or WMI) from monitored devices in your environment. Polled data is further processed and stored in the…

in Second Polling Engine and a Fallback Comment by d09h November 2017

If you want to alert based on traps that SolarWinds NPM receives, refer to this document: Configure Trap Viewer filters and alerts in NPM - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

in Miraki VPN Tunnel Monitoring Comment by d09h April 2017

Can you create the query like this: https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Network_Performance_Monitor_(NPM)/Use_the_Custom_Query_(SWQL)_resource

in showing the Custom Field next to each Down Nodes Comment by d09h February 2017

If you know the OID, you can use SAM via a component monitor (type SNMP Monitor). You specify OID/ Get vs GetNext. If you specify thresholds too, you can have yellow icon if over warning temperature and red if over critical temperature (substitute voltage or whatever units for the metric involved). One other advantage to…

in Universal Device Poller Comment by d09h June 2015

Probably doable via SWQL, but try Report Writer as I suggested. Current Status of Nodes, Interfaces, etc. When you right click anywhere in the filter results tab, choose Custom Pollers --> Custom Node Pollers --> Group Name. Choose the group you created in your UDP. Does that work for you? Disclaimer--I usually force…

in Universal Device Poller Comment by d09h June 2015

Multiple graphs on one page: https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Network_Performance_Monitor_(NPM)/Display_multiple_Interface_resources_in_one_page

in Custom Dashboard Comment by d09h May 2018

https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Filter-the-group-for-web-based-report_

in SWQL Code HELP!!!!!!!!! Comment by d09h May 2019

Check out native functionality of groups:

in SWQL Code HELP!!!!!!!!! Comment by d09h May 2019

I would suggest creating a group populated by custom properties. Then copy a group summary page and add the resources you want. Note the URLs which reference the group with netobject=C (some integer) where that is the group number for a particular group. Example:…

in SWQL Code HELP!!!!!!!!! Comment by d09h May 2019

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