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rmiller, Please review the procedures provided in the SolarWinds Technical Reference, "Moving Your Orion NPM Database", paying specific attention to the sections titled "Creating a Database Backup File with SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager", "Restoring a Database Backup File for SQL Server 2008", and "Updating Orion NPM to Use…

Daniele, I'll make sure this requirement is more clearly stated both in the NPM Administrator Guide and in the NPM release notes. Thanks,

Have you looked at Report Writer? You can use it to pretty easily create CPU and Memory Usage reports. For more information about Report Writer, see "Creating and Viewing Reports - Core" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Admininistrator Guide.

Is there a specific reason you need to use basic alerts? Generally, we recommend Advanced Alerts, as they are more flexible. What kind of alert are you trying to configure?

More information about this issue may be found in this SolarWinds KB article.

Editing tooltips in the web console is not currently a supported feature. The following thread does, however, provide more, related information to customize tooltips in an unsupported way:

Since NPM 8.X is no longer officially supported, I can try to provide some possible answers or directions for further investigation. Perhaps the community will jump in to assist, as well. * Are you near your total element count for your license? You may be seeing a bug, but the best recommendation would be to upgrade to…

mikeyjay, It looks like you have introduced an extra directory layer. If you want the Help Server URL to be http://server/OrionLocalHelp, can you confirm that you have extracted the OrionLocalHelp folder to \\server\Inetpub\wwwroot\? Alternatively, if you want the Help Server URL to be http://server, you should copy all…

PeterLyttle, Try reformulating your conditions DEVUATLIVE IS NULL OR KeySystem IS NULL OR Region IS NULL OR Segment IS NULL into an alert suppression. Conditions on the Alert Suppression tab of the Advanced Alert Manager function the same way they do on the Trigger condition tab. HTH, Andrew

From "Requirements for the Orion Database Server (SQL Server)" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide: SQL Server 2005 Express, Standard, or EnterpriseSQL Server 2008 Express, Standard, or EnterpriseSQL Server 2008 R2 Express, Standard, or EnterpriseNotes: • SolarWinds strongly recommends maintaining SolarWinds…

The next version of Orion NPM offers both the ability to group objects (nodes and interfaces) and a resource that allows you to chart multiple interfaces, from separate devices, in the same resource. In the meantime, you can create a response time report, filtered to show the devices you want, and then add that report as a…

Delgee, The upgrade instructions in your customer portal address your situation. After you log in, click License Management on the right, and then scroll down to any licensed Orion product. In any Orion product listing, click Upgrade Instructions to download the documents. You should find specific instructions for moving…

Swine, You might want to review the Knowledge Base article, "Enabling SSL (https) for the Orion Web Console." Let me know if this is not helpful.

What kind of a network link are you trying to create? If you are trying to create a map, see the Network Atlas Administrator Guide for instructions. In general, network links, in both NPM and Network Atlas, are determined automatically, using a combination of the following: * ARP tables on discovered devices * Bridge…

ramytwo, The following procedure should help you. Please post back if you encounter any difficulties. * Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping > Report Writer. * In the report tree on the left, select Historical Volume Usage Reports > Average Disk Space Used - Last 12 Months. * On…

apscherz, Do you have any idea how large your monitored network is? What kind of objects are you looking to monitor? Generally: * we recommend using a full SQL Server installation, due to the 4GB limit on SQL Express DBs. * a single NPM polling engine, deployed as outlined in the System Requirements can handle up to ~8000…

Does the report you are trying to add have a name? It looks like you might be trying to locate a report that has no defined name.

You can create a report using Report Writer, and then add the Report from Report Writer resource to any new or existing view. For more information about creating reports with Report Writer, see "Creating and Viewing Reports – Core" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide. For more information about creating views,…

This sounds like you might want to use the bulk upload feature of Network Sonar Discovery. For more information, see "Importing a List of Nodes Using a Seed File" in the Orion NPM Administrator Guide.

For a number of reasons, Advanced Alerts are recommended, so using one in this situation may help. For more information, see "Creating and Configuring Advanced Alerts" in the Orion NPM Administrator Guide.

jb67, You'll need to create a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) for the specific OIDs in the Cisco MIB for the devices you are monitoring. For more information about UnDPs, see "Monitoring MIBs with Universal Device Pollers" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide. For more information about Cisco MIBs, see…

If he does not want to make you an admin, your boss will need to give you the ability to customize views, as follows: * Log into the web console as an admin. * Click Settings in the top right corner. * Click Manage Accounts in the Accounts grouping. * Check your account, and then click Edit. * For Allow Account to…

ts_tech Yes, if you are currently licensed, there are instructions. To acquire upgrade instructions: * Log in to your Customer Portal. * On the left, click License Management. * Under Orion Network Performance Monitor v10.0 for your license level, click Upgrade Instructions. * Extract the compressed file, and then open…

ahthomas, This SolarWinds KB article should be helpful: "Moving Older Map Maker Maps" (http://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/2676/). HTH,

josephn, I went into the Advanced Alert in trying to setup the alert for these two parameters but not sure what threshold value to be used for discard and error on an interface as shown below. Did you have an attachment you wanted to show? I don't think it came through.

jahanzaibamin, If you are merely looking to add a thwack resource to an existing web console view, do the following: * Click Customize Page in the top right corner of the view to which you want to add the thwack resource. * Click + next to the appropriate column. * Select the thwack resource you want to add. * Click…

papaotter, Have you looked into the Orion Report Scheduler? For more information, see "Using Orion Report Scheduler" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide. HTH,

n8banker, If you know the OIDs you are polling, you can pretty easily create a Universal Device poller transform that will give you the average values. For more information, see "Transforming Poller Results" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide. HTH,

Thanks, Donald. The "Working with Temporary Directories" section of the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide has some more information about manipulating temporary directories to conserve space.

lchance, I believe you will find the Status value you need in the NPM_FCSensors table of your SolarWinds database. HTH,