dave.stafford

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  • There are a number of problems with SolarWinds Availability reporting. Your problem with the rounding is due to the database design. The Group Percent Availability values are stored as integers, and when you perform integer arithmetic you get integer results. So even if your actual availability is 99.9999999% the report…
    in Issue or bug with Group Availability (with members) - Last Month Comment by dave.stafford April 2014
  • Be very careful about Group Availability reports as they will almost certainly be wrong. The Percentage availability for groups is stored as an integer in the database, and so any averages calculated will be returned as an integer. This is why you always see round numbers no matter how many decimal places you try to format…
    in Group Availability Reports Comment by dave.stafford April 2014
  • I see a bigger issue here, and IMO one of Orion's biggest failings. Whilst creating a ticket in an external system is one thing, showing that an outage or incident is being handled in Orion seems very difficult, and makes the tool much less useful than it could be. Ideally the process should be: 1. Orion detects a state…
    in Who integrates Orion with ticketing systems? How do you do it? --Feedback requested Comment by dave.stafford December 2013
  • There are a number of issues with SolarWinds Availability reporting that you should be aware of. Group availability reporting averages will usually be incorrect due to the database design. The Group Percent Availability values are stored as integers, and when you perform integer arithmetic you get integer results. So even…
    in Monthly Availability Business Hours Report Comment by dave.stafford April 2014
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