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Create an Advanced Alert and on the Trigger tab you will simply need to create 2 filters: 1. Select Custom Node Poller from the top drop down first then click on the ... box to add a Simple Condition 2. From the Custom Node Poller section choose 'Poller Name' and then 'equals' select the 'hrProcessorLoad' 3. Enter a new…

Concentrating solely on the interaction between NPM and NCM, we steer customers to think of NCM as a source of monitoring data. For example, using the NCM inventory tasks and NCM jobs to collect information which is useful to analyse from a monitoring perspective. Just this in itself can allow users to determine if there…

Hi, The following KB's have what you are asking for: List of NPM, NTA, VNQM MIBs and OIDs used for Polling - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Suppor CPU and memory utilization Object IDs (OIDs) NPM can poll - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support Mark Roberts Prosperon - UK SolarWinds Partners Installation |…

I know this is an old thread, but I am trying to find the data source which maps the SNMP provided sysObjectID to the Machine Type value used by Orion. I am not looking at changing this, but adding to it, as we have a customer with bespoke hardware they would like to have displayed as something other than Unknown in Orion…

Hi There are a number of things to consider and implement: * You can utilise the Group feature in Orion to put all related objects together to create a 'service' group where Interfaces that connect the hosts to the network, the hosts and other KPI metrics etc. * Create a map within a filtered Summary view page to display…

There is already a How to document on migrating servers http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/orion/docs/OrionServerMigration.pdf This has everything you need to know and do.

Hi This is the approach we would take: 1. Identify which of the merge instances have the most important historical data. For example you may say that Instance 2 is more important that instance 4 2. Upgrade and migrate instance 2 to new servers if necessary 3. Either using API methods (more involved but more complete and…

This is definitely something you need to run through very thoroughly. As vinay.by​ has already highlighted, there are a number of options available; central polling, remote APE's, multi-instance with Enterprise Operations Console. APE's can be stacked whereby up to 3 polling engines are installed on a single server, but…

Hi, You will need to use a custom query resource which will allow you to include filters for such things. Obviously you would create this three times with the appropriate filter in each. The following post will give you guidance on how to list the alert data in such a resource - Active Alerts View for NPM 11.5 Mark Roberts…

Hi Does this work in a situation where the report URL should address to an Additional Web Server? I want my reports to go to an FQDN, which is that of one of the AWS, as this is the server that is used for primary access to the Orion web interface. The primary server has had its web presentation disabled, so it can…

 As far as the APM module is concerned, you can buy the license size you require for the number of monitors you are going to put into place. It is therefore not a requirement to purchase the unlimited ALX with your Orion SLX. If you only need a few monitors you can happily go ahead with the AL100.

Hi, The report you are referring to only displays devices for which SNMP data exists, which is why you will not get everything. You could create a report which shows the columns you require and ensure you do not put a filter in place. I have also shared a couple of reports from our library which together probably give you…

The sync time does not need to be spot on time synch'd between each poller, but you shouldnt get a DB sync of over 10 seconds without it affecting data quality, which this is moving towards and demonstrated by your statement of gaps appearing in your charts. The following KB article will assist with determining the cause…

I see this is old, but that you never got it resolved. In this situation I would first of all check the database (use the Orion Database Manager if you havent got SQL Studio) and check the table (Sorry not got the DB table names to hand) with the Poller Status and see what column the value you are looking for (% from the…

If you are using Web based reports, when you view the report, you already have the option to save as Excel file (as well as PDF). If the report is based on the Report Writer reporting engine you can log on to the Orion server, launch the Report Writer application, click on the report to run it and then export to Excel (and…

Mirroing SQL is something separate to Orion in the fact that the mirroing is done at the database level. Whether this is using log shipping, DBsnapshots or the various 3rd party apps available. You dont give your reasons for mirroring, but in most situations mirroring is performed to place an instance of the SQL database…

It was interesting to see SW add a Volume forecast threshold value, but not a Utilised threshold value (Edit a volume and at the bottom you will see the threshold). Volume threshold is the most obvious method, with the ability to select a value in % OR MB being suggested.

I agree with everything posted here and have the following pointers: 1. If the latency periodically exceeds the 200ms threshold as outlined in the docs, the likelihood is the MSMQ will simply backup, queue a little and continue with limited impact. If however it is always above that you are likely to experience data not…

When doing the synchronisation a couple of other things to think about: 1. Do you do a complete bulk update and update all rows or do you perform data validation and only update new/changed records 2. Is there a trigger point you can use, for example, is there a datetime field in the CMDB which can be used as the…

Check the account you are logged in is an Admin, as this account permission is necessary to see audit events. If you are not, then this is probably why.

If you go to Message Centre and select Audit, you will find an entry for Group member deleted/changed/added, which should help. General piece of advice - use Dynamic queries in groups wherever possible and where I say where ever possible, I actually mean rarely should you use static selection.

Is there any news on the default Netflow pages fully adhering to account limitations. It can get complicated, where shared resources i.e. interfaces are used, but for circumstances where an account or page limitation states that only certain Netflow source interfaces can be shown, this limitation should work. Currently Top…

You do not need to create a custom query method to achieve this. Simpy identify the correct method to filter to the devices you wish and apply this as a new filter within the rule. I would suggest this could either use MachineType or and my preference would be to create a Custom Property called something along the lines of…

I have not tested whether wildcards can be used in the text string in that way, but I am guessing that you already have using * or %, hence the question. As there is not a 'Does not Contain', simply reverse it. In the 'Trigger alert when' use a reverse condition such as 'None' and then in the filter: field status contains…

Hi, There are two methods in NCM available: 1. Config Management > Execute Script Select the devices you wish to make the change against (use the grouping filter methods to make this easier), write the script out into the script window (save it to the template library for future use) and submit. Major caveat - make sure…

I am intrigued as to why running a sonar discovery works, as this would imply that Interface Index values are changing, but unless you only have 1 device source within NTA I would be surprised if this is happening across multiple devices at the same time. Things to review: 1. What does the Netflow Events resource show -…

IF the MIB is structured as a Get Table, then this is straightforward to accomplish and using your own analogy if a PC had 4 volumes, then Orion polls the HRStorage MIB and retrieves each row for each volume entry. If one breaches a defined alert threshold an alert notification can be sent detailing exactly which volume…

For Checkpoint monitoring you need to fully enable the SNMP to include the Checkpoint extension. The following site gives details on how to do this: knowurtech.com/.../enabling_snmp_in_checkpoint.html Hope this helps

Could you deploy Putty and configure to act as an SSH Tunnel solution to proxy your connections? Other SSH tunnelling options exist, but Putty is free and includes this functionality. Each device would just need a specific port assigned to determine which destination address is used to connect on to

You are best to refer to the Windows Application, System and the SolarWinds Event logs to see what the reason is for the service to be failing is. You may also need to review the SolarWinds text log files as well. Once you know why it is failing (dependancy, authentication etc.) you can then move in the right direction. If…