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What error are you getting when you test the alert using the alert manager? Unfortunately, there are no errors - Orion thinks everything is going fine. Have you tried enclosing the command in quotes? Example: "D:\Progra~1\Solarwinds\Orion\CustomAlerts\SNMPRS\runme.bat" ${NodeName} Note the NodeName variable is outside of…

Great. "Get Table" is a key feature for Orion 9.0, due in Q2. We literally won't ship without it. Great! Again, I think there are a lot of devices that will benefit from this feature, especially the Brocade switches. I can't promise that we'll be able to pre-build the MIBs for any specific Brocade devices. Our first…

If the emails are destined for users on that exchange server then they will be delivered. If you are trying to send to an external domain through the exchange server then you have to configure Exchange to allow relay for the Solarwinds server. Excellent point! I would wager that the emails that do work are going to users…

come to think, have you tried accessing these devices using another SNMP program other than Orion when they fail? Ok, well using another SNMP browser I was unable to connect to an "unknown state" device. Not a big suprise, but would have been nice.

If we could monitor custom MIBs stored in table form, would that help? Hi Denny, The "get table" feature will be helpful. I'm sure you're aware, there have been many references to the Brocade (http://thwack.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=brocade+AND+sectionid%3a9&o=Relevance) Silkworm series switches because they are…

 You need to leverage the features in the new APM modules in order to do WMI monitoring. The new version, which was just recently released, adds a lot of functionality for monitoring a number of application features, not just Up / Down.

Perhaps your new Exchange server is not allowing your Solarwinds server to relay through it? What's odd though is that some emails do work, whereas only the text messages do not.

The devices I have the most problems with are behind additional firewalls. Usually, it's a Windows Server (Domain Controller, specifically Dell 2850 / 2950) at a remote location. Again, the cause I've never been able to determine, but a drop in connectivity could certainly be the related issue. Like you, not all of the…

I suppose I'll reply, since I don't think anyone else has really hit the nail on the head. :-) The ability to complete mathematical functions for custom poller graphs is not available in Orion 8.5. Denny might be able to shed some light on whether of not this feature will be available in 9, as I cannot recall a previous…

Not that I wouldn't love to see some of these features integrated into Solarwinds, but I as well can testify to IxChariot. I've been very impressed at the accuracy of the reports. It's commonly used and trusted around many Government entities as well.

I've been using Tembria SNMP Browser (great free tool by the way - www.tembria.com) to scan new devices. I just tried this on a local server that has lost SNMP - response timed out. I do have my devices locked down to a specific management machine - is anyone else configured this way? It seems like the system has just…

The trap service is an optional part of the install. If you go to Add and Remove Programs, you can modify the Orion install and add it in.

Thanks for the doc fix. I've updated the Release Notes and they should be posted this evening. I'm guessing your rebuild fixed the rest of the issue? Pretty much, thanks. I think the uninstaller is a little incomplete in that if an APM module is associated with a particular view, that view will fail with the error I…

I don't believe (unless 9.0 now has some new feature set for this) that there is anything built in to NPM to allow a roll-up from servers. This would require custom queries, and probably a call to Solarwinds support. I run single server / single poller here, so I don't think I'll be of much help, though you're problem…

Okay, we're getting somewhere now :-) Do you see any failure logs in your Exchange server? Anything stuck in the queue?

Yes! That looks like the same thing I get... that is when the node itself is up, but the interface has gone into an "Unknown State". I have about 6 nodes of multiple types that show up this way right now (a combination of firewalls, appliances, and servers) that suspend collection and do not respond to SNMP requests until…

And... right after my post I was checking for this - I figured it had to be something along the lines of Scheduled Tasks, but I don't actively use the reporting tool yet. I still think it couldn't hurt to have the same options from Scheduled Tasks in the Report Scheduler. Would definetely take the middle-man out.

I seem to be having the same issue. I'm monitoring some Barracuda appliances (spam and content firewalls) and they are registering 150% + CPU usage. These really aren't critical for me to monitor, so I chalked this one up to an anomaly and ignored it. Does this explain the problem though? I can understand with memory, but…

...with what what so far I'm calling JumpLinks. Note the market-y cammelcase compound word provided at no additional charge. Haha! Nice to know it's included. Careful though, inventing words like that is what gets you promoted - or worse yet, stuck in mindless meetings all day. Thanks again, Patrick. This resource is…

I did end up finding the Output Load MIB. If it helps anyone else, I've uploaded my custom MIB to the CSZ. TrippLite UPS Systems Thanks again for all the help.

Also, here's my alert code, if that helps too: The ${Caption} volume on ${Node.Caption} is using ${VolumePercentUsed}% of it's total size. There is ${SQL:Select round((VolumeSpaceAvailable / 1024 / 1024 / 1024),1) from Volumes WHERE VolumeID='${VolumeID}'} GB of space remaining. If you want MB, just take out one of the "/…

I ended up using this image from Air Force Link: http://www.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/hires/afg_021217_001.jpg It's nice and large, and easy to add color and other info.

Since it supports HTML, you might try inserting your disclaimer as an iframe that loads another page. Actually, that's exactly what I did. A workaround to something I don't think I should have to do necessarily, but I'm okay with it. I understand both sides of the situation, just depressed that a feature I've wanted in the…

Yup - I assume this is why I'm getting the new error saying that it can't find that file. It seems like Orion still thinks APM is installed.

I would also like to have a client for the Orion Systems Manager. This way I could manage my different Orion boxes without having to use remote desktop. I agree on a Systems Manager client. It's a pain when I'm trying to do customizations to always have to be remoted into my server. Having dual monitors makes this easier…

It sounds like you're wanting to rollup data from another polling engine. Although Solarwinds doesn't support a polling engine connecting to a SQL Server across a WAN link, it could have it's own SQL Server and rollup the data. Then again, if you're not going across a WAN link you won't have this problem anyways. :-) This…

yah Volumes.Caption not like '%Memory' worked... using VolumeType="Fixed Disk" invaild column fixed disk. My bad - that's what I get for posting before verifying. The correct syntax should be: VolumeType='Fixed Disk' The problem was in the double quotations - should be single. That will work properly. It's probably best to…

Well, even with SNMP traps, you should be able to send text messages via email to your PDA's. Here are the formats for the major providers: T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com…

Check this post - I created similar alerts and it worked flawlessly for me.

I just downloaded it the other day - it's in the customer area, under Additional Components > Windows Event Forwarder Here's a direct link to the page if you're logged in already: http://support.solarwinds.net/support/Unsupported.cfm?Option=Orion