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I don't do SQL, I have powershell that cleans it up for me. People always add these back in, so I have scheduled tasks to keep it clean. First install the SDK: https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK Then the powershell snippet below should get you started. Add-PSSnapin SwisSnapin…

This chart is pretty average for our DCs. We have seen high LSASS cpu usage in the past (15 years), and it can be hard to fix. We have had bad MS updates, file integrity issues, there was a 3rd party password sync service that raised LSASS artifically, and lastly, we had a few applications go nuts and pound on a specific…

@"the_ben_keen"We definitely had plans, for a lot of different disasters that mean work from home. A lot of those plans were/are being used, but when things really need to take effectits different. The biggest difference this time is that even though we are taking drastic measures, everyone wants to continue like its the…

Maybe? I haven't tried it but this is what I would do.

So I am also behind a proxy, and its just fine, I did nothing. However, your config may require more effort. The commandlet that calls the external urls is Invoke-WebRequest and it has 3 parameters that might help you -Proxy<Uri> -proxyCredential<PSCredential> -ProxyUseDefaultCredentials

Don't fear PowerShell it is your friend. But if you don't want to figure it out on your own, but think you could get Powershell to help you, just ask. I am sure that I won't be the only one will to assist.

Its there, but I don't know if you can set it, it might be read only SELECT TOP 1000 VirtualDiskID, VolumeID FROM Orion.VIM.VirtualDiskVolumeMapping

‌Good idea, general is shown to all so it may not be the best place, I think either will add a miscellaneous channel or send it to our operations team that gets staffed 24/7. I likely won't know a specific person to send to

Teamwork means I can slack off while you work right?

First, thanks Leon for the write up and mentioning it in the SWUG in Columbus. I am loving this so far, and brandon.blaze inspired me to post my tweak. So I loved the use of Slack, but sending all the alerts to one channel got a little noisy. I also wanted to get more granular in how Slack notifies me, which you can set by…

If you go to the "top 10" page under home, I assume the widgets work there when signed in as the NetOps user? If not possibly restart services. @"iqnetrocks" wrote:I am new to Orion NPM, so have some basic questions. I am in the process of creating custom views for our NetOps team. So, I am creating separate summary &…

I haven't seen a good way to do it as a Node, so I use a Custom SWQL when I need this type of alert. When you select that it starts you off with a query like this: Select Nodes.URI, Nodes.DisplayNameFrom Orion.Nodes as Nodes Then in the lower box I would add inner join Orion.ContainerMemberSnapshots CMS on CMS.EntityID =…

I use a SWQL query to make the report, like below. target=”_blank" makes it load in a new window. Don't forget to set the column to allow HTML tags in the report. SELECT '<A HREF=http://<your server>/Orion/NetPerfMon/NodeDetails.aspx?NetObject=N:'+ToString(N.NodeId)+' target=”_blank">'+N.Caption+'</a>' AS [Devices With…

You want the SQL Server User Experience Monitor You will need to write the query to output the values correctly, but this can get it done. http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/helpLoader.aspx?lang=en&topic=OrionAPMPHComponentTypesSqlQA.htm

What products in the Orion suite do you use? I would look to SAM, it has a built in monitor that does this: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/SAM/Content/SAM-AppInsight-for-AD-Intro.htm

This is the page that management teams review each morning. Links at the top on how to interpret it, right column is the application summary. Pie chart is standard, and the widget below is custom, but I hope to update it with an Orion map based "thing" before long. The idea is that the most critical services we offer show…

Great stuff, thanks for your hard work!

@"andrew.ellis" Love the dash! Can't wait until I can move production to this version.

I may be mistaken, but I think traffic starts with a container running on your DMZ server, that container gets the data from the others, and sends it to Orion. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/Content/Core-Container-Supported-Environments.htm

That stat in Orion is pull from the performance counter: \MSExchange Replication(_total)\CopyQueueLength What does it say there? If its zero, unmange and remanage the app, then poll again. Did that clear it?

In Orion my default is a cname alias that points to "stuff" but you may not like how complex it gets. We did this level of redundancy for other stuff, not Orion, but Orion obviously gets to benefit. The SMTP servers in house are treated a lot like a web instance for HA/DR. We have VIPs that control resources by location…

You can find them with most other Orion credentials at: SELECT ID, Name, Description, CredentialType, CredentialOwner, C.IncidentIntegration.DisplayName, C.IncidentIntegration.Type FROM Orion.Credential C Where C.IncidentIntegration.Type like 'ServiceNow' There are methods to update passwords, so I assume it can be…

Excellent walk through! Using the API to monitor O365 can be painful if you haven't done anything like it before.

I agree @"ChrystalT" its common enough that you should figure out how often you want to do clean up. I assume they don't remove the interfaces for you in case you want the data, but I find that one a week I need to do some clean up. The code below is similar to what I use. Add-PSSnapin SwisSnapin$SwisServer = Read-Host…

@"itengineer"I know what you mean. When I looked I needed to deal with this setting as well today on one of my domains. Its important that you tailor the out of box set up to meet your needs. AppInsight is a fast easy way to get a lot of data on the thing, in the case Active Directory monitored quickly. Some of it may not…

I would use 'dot sourcing' something like the code below will add in files as if they were in the script body themselves. I don't have a minute to try it in SAM and give you exact code right now but if you run into difficulties please @ me and I will see what I can do. Once you dot source a file it just like its in the…

OK, I think this is possible, tell me how you want to see it, columns are you hoping for? What grouping? FYI I am starting with https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/Discussions/Monthly-Quarterly-Business-hour-SLA-Report/m-p/220182 We can alter it based on your needs. Adding in the list of 8 routers and hard coding the buisness…

I can't do it all around here, and the help I get is not as dependable as I would like. Replace your co-workers with scripts whenever possible.

I pulled the meaty parts out. This gets it discovered and added, other clean up happens later. Most of it is the discovery (which I was wrong, I add and remove a discovery, not add to an existing) and just feed the unmanaged IPs into the XML. You will want to provide love the to credentials section too, I trimmed it down…

Absolutely, PowerShell. Its part of a bigger script that also checks IPAM and CMDB additions that would be too specific for others, but I can break it out if anyone cares to use it. Mostly its the API samples plus knowing where data is in a SWIS query, not really very fancy but its effective.