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This is a significant enhancement, as alert fatigue is still the single most common pain point, so any and all features that help with this are important. Are there any plans to plumb AI into this to auto determine suppression rules on the fly? You gave an example above of a router going down, but there are many examples,…

The change of how IT teams respond to issues is upon us!

As more features get migrated to the new UI definition, functionality like this is important to improve. Some customers have dozens of Custom Properties and therefore the ability to efficiently manage these both in terms of structure and content is vital. Custom Properties are the foundation for all of the best…

Assuming you do not have many being generated, you could use the alerting engine to do this. Alternative options include creating a Trigger in SQL Server every time a new row is added to the events table that matches an IPAM event or creating a script that periodically retrieves events via the SW API and exports as Syslog.

So sad to hear the news. The few times we spoke it was clear he was a man you respected and his presence in the Labs videos will be sorely missed. I send my condolences to his family and the SolarWinds team he leaves behind. RIP

Such a a great format for getting people engaged with each other and the topics

Question 5 - while I do not want to give out answers to the questions for everyones benefit. The single click answer is not quite right.

I think I would need two pandemics (that is not a request) to be able to watch this list. Fleabag is a phenomenon and I went to see a live stream of the one woman play she did, which led on to the series. I fully recommend it, as so much is carried over and you can really see the talent this woman has. Also great to see…

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The countdown begins! Am fascination to see what SolarWinds thinks of the AI space.

Yes, I will be there and am happy to help out if you need anything.

Hi This was actually something I then created a PowerShell script to achieve. Thanks for sharing. Mark

I take a similar view to monitoring, while the age old question of 'Is there such a thing as too much monitoring/data' is not a black and white one, I am more in the camp of collecting more than you think you need, as there are many circumstances that having that additional PerfCounter in SAM or custom poller in Orion…

With the new release of SEM 2020.4 made yesterday, I see it is still not possible to have a centralised repository of saved searches. Mockup example, which would then be included within the name of the saved search in your library list, so you can see what is private and public searches. Still having to share such…

With the update within v5.2 to include the ability to collect the event message back into SAM, this now makes sense as a feature. Being able to log this as an internal Orion event message will expand the forensic and trending background for information from the Windows Event logs.

This is aligned with another FR for the ability to customise the IP Request Form - thwack.solarwinds.com/.../further-customization-on-ip-request-form This is an area which is ripe for the ability to tune the input form fields and workflow out the back, as in many organisations this feature is under utilised, as it is not…

It is ironic that the platform that has the most issues with data quality (CPU, Volumes, Traffic all common) and therefore would benefit from an agent (I am deliberately ignoring the fact that the NetSNMP is already an agent) is the *Nix platform.

At school in the 80's and therefore the early years of desktop computing I was always drawn to these amazing boxes that while the things they did were so simplistic compared to what they do now it was a revelation at the time. This continued this my schooling and after some health issues I got into a career in IT starting…

This challenge for me says everything about what Thwack is and has been turned into (shout out to DanielleH​ and her team). Thwack is not just a vendor forum provided to allow users to chat amongst themselves. In this challenge, the irrepressible adatole​ has put together something which is truly engaging for everyone. Not…

Hi Francois, Could you please provide some guidance on the impact of NCM running on a polling engine with NPM and other modules performing their own tasks. I would like to ensure we are planning appropriately for larger deployment customers and whether the capacity values for NPM, SAM etc. will be affected by NCM activity…

As is typical in large organisations and with the NHS in the UK being the largest of the large edicts from the top on first choice policy is OK, but probably only works in certain areas. The NHS has spent huge (HUUUGGEE) amounts of money on IT and a real danger exists of policies such as this overriding previous decisions…

Really looking forward to your involvement in Thwack. Pink hair you say? Had not noticed after all this time! 

I do completely agree. It makes utter sense for the monitoring solution to provide efficient visibility of the issues and events it detects. While there are very strong alert management platforms out there e.g. OpsGenie, these are going to be for the bigger/more complex user requirements. How would this work however..…

Huge congratulations for joining the esteemed Head Geek ranks. Many of your words above resonated with me. It is a challenge in any era to cut through the time sapping actions to focus on the truly beneficial ones, but for me it seems even more so now. Technologist are having to learn more and more and being taken across…

Happy Birthday Thwack you non sentient being you (although to be honest you are full of life!) Yet another reminder of time flying by

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I love learning about 'under the bonnet' mechanic/mechanisms, so this was fascinating to see that something which appears to be a straightforward system check is actually very challenging to accomplish. Thanks for the post.

The feature within Custom Properties to create a pre-defined drop down list will provide the requirement you seek. As designerfx​ has indicated there are many ways to populate custom property values; Edit Node, Custom Property Editor, Import, API. I would be interested to know if the method you seek is different.

Wow, after years of doing the monthly missions, I have finally won! Great prize too, my bum is very much looking forward to sitting in the chair.