rschroeder

Congratulations! Nicely done! I've already been able to use NetPath to prove to intermediary providers they have a latency and packet loss issue between two routers that were previously invisible to me, when I didn't have NetPath. Both providers had been passing the buck, pointing their finger at the other one. NetPath…

in Diagnosing a Transient Network Issue via VPN Comment by rschroeder June 2016

Does Hotfix 4 cover upgrades for NAM licensed setups? Or do I need to wait for a NAM-flavored Hotfix 4?

in Let's talk about Solarwinds High Availability. Do you want HA? Why? Do you have it? Why'd you get it? Does it work well? Comment by rschroeder February 2018

Wow. If only I could go back and delete that last comment. Please disregard it. I was thinking of another task on my front burner--keeping track of five specific C drive volumes for some APE's. Sigh.

in Show us a NOC view and (don't ) get 500 thwack points (we still want to see, points no longer awarded) Comment by rschroeder December 2017

There you go. This is what I was wondering--I took the wrong direction right at the start, assuming "chart" instead of "table". This helps!

in How would you create a data-center-only NPM resource to show ports with errors on various Machine Types, without using custom properties? Comment by rschroeder April 2018

serena, thank you for the response. I don't see something literally called "NPM 12.2 HF2" or "Orion Platform HF2" loaded, but I see some things that look similar: Doe either of the first two items above contain the fix you reference? Or am I still missing a Hotfix?

in Remove Customize Page menu in NPM 12.2 Comment by rschroeder December 2017

Truly, I've seen ISE shut down flows. But on the other hand, we're getting control of flows & devices now, where we had no idea of many of them prior to ISE. The challenges I've seen with its implementation: * Properly identifying authorized devices on the network and grouping them intuitively. It's one thing to say "all…

in Can Netflow data sent to Orion NTA be offloaded / redirected to other destinations? If so, how? Comment by rschroeder March 2017

The root cause appears to be number of devices being polled by UDT versus the number of pollers. Using the default polling interval, a poller can monitor only 3000 UDT devices/IP addresses. My confusion came from that number--I was thinking it was referencing "nodes", not UDT-polled-devices. Since I have five pollers and…

in Three questions about UDT polling intervals and pollers Comment by rschroeder December 2017

Yes.

in Three questions about UDT polling intervals and pollers Comment by rschroeder December 2017

("Simultaneously" and "at the same time" are brought to you by the Department for Redundancy Department)

in Offline orion installation...really? Comment by rschroeder January 2018

I'd expect the output to be rather like an interface bandwidth utilization graph. Start it up, set it to show the Last 30 Days, then look at it. You'd get a little bit of information on the right side of the graph the first day, and more thereafter. Notes I've read, stories I've heard, led me to believe UDT reports would…

in How long does a port have to be down before UDT reports it as "available" or "unavailable"? Comment by rschroeder October 2017

Got it! I added one more line to your query and now it displays all I need: SELECT N.Caption AS [Local Device], CDP.IPAddress AS [IP Address], CDP.DevicePort AS [Local Interface], CDP.DeviceId AS Device, CDP.DevicePort AS [Remote Interface] FROM Orion.NodeCdpEntry CDP INNER JOIN Orion.Nodes n ON CDP.NodeID = N.NodeID

in Is there a canned SDK query to discover CDP neighbor info? If so, what's it called / where do I find it? If NOT, what query should I try? Comment by rschroeder July 2018

This is VERY close! The output is missing the Local Device's Interface on which it sees the CDP neighbor: I'm trying to understand what the one more line to accomplish displaying the Local Device's interface would look like . . . And I remain ignorant. Hmph!

in Is there a canned SDK query to discover CDP neighbor info? If so, what's it called / where do I find it? If NOT, what query should I try? Comment by rschroeder July 2018

Your theory sounds good. On the other hand, I've been burned by going with the newest deployments by various vendors. Sometimes they end that deployment's life, sometimes they seem to spend more resources fixing the previous version, sometimes they just skip ahead another version number or two and start from scratch. I'd…

in Worried about deprecation notice in 12.6 release notes Comment by rschroeder September 2018

Sadness. Have you had any updates from SW on the compatibility issue, or suggestions about alternate solutions?

in Connecting SolarWinds to Cisco FirePOWER using eStreamer Comment by rschroeder August 2017

Thanks. I forwarded that to my DBA, who's trying to work with Solarwinds Orion database queries via SDK. He can't log in, thinks perhaps he has to have an account in NPM. What say you, tdanner? He has an AD account, but I've not added it to Solarwinds anywhere yet. Do I need to do that to get him access into the database…

in Invalid username or password when connecting to Orion SDK via Powershell Comment by rschroeder October 2017

Yep, you're right. My bad. I'm dealing with Security Teams steadily, and I'm sidetracked by that. I should've remained silent. I'm sorry. I focused on your mentioning that your security team wants to know who's going where, and for what content, and to me that means AD user names and URL destinations--which are captured by…

in Reporting on NetFlow data Comment by rschroeder November 2016

I bet if you opened a TAC case, Cisco would tell you to upgrade the IOS. A pretty standard response . . .

in NPM 12 Stack Data Ring error Comment by rschroeder July 2016

Yes, from January of 2016. You can find the documentation here: Cisco Catalyst 2960-S, 2960-X, and 2960-XR Stacking with FlexStack and FlexStack-Plus Technology: Description, Usage, an…

in NPM 12 Stack Data Ring error Comment by rschroeder July 2016

I built this in Report Writer exactly as described; it worked perfectly. Now I have a complete count of total ports, used ports, available ports, and percentage of available ports on every device. Tony, you are the wind beneath my wings! Now, to figure out how to modify the Report to not only sort on the Caption, but so…

in port count Comment by rschroeder November 2015

Nicely put! Thanks for the info. Maybe there's hope for my environment yet.

in After upgrading NPM from 12.0.1 to 12.2, one e-mailed Alert works fine, but its view in the GUI of the node does not. Why? Comment by rschroeder February 2019

I've never tried setting up NetFlow on a 5520, Jessica. I DO have it running on a bunch of 5508's and a pair of 8540's, though, so I believe you'll be able to get it going. Check out the folks at Solarwinds Support via telephone after confirming the process to set up your 5520's to send NetFlow data to NTA. You may need a…

in NTA wireless lan controller problem Comment by rschroeder January 2017

Thank you, Laurin. I appreciated and enjoyed your humorous lament for improved coordination and documentation. Too often installation or upgrade instructions are written from a specialist's point of view, not from that of one who has to wear a hundred different hats. Having the luxury of focusing primarily on one product,…

in NTA wireless lan controller problem Comment by rschroeder May 2016

Uff da! That's REALLY unfortunate! Is there any chance you're not running the latest releases of Orion modules, or have not installed all the latest hotfixes / patches?

in How might I change UDT so switches' unmonitored ports are monitored? Comment by rschroeder January 2018

There've been too many of those "more traumatic times" to count. Letting go of them is critical, and I find I have trouble doing so. The result is sleepless nights & dark marks beneath one's eyes.

in How can I leverage Solarwinds' resources to generate a report that lists network subnets per location and per network switch? Comment by rschroeder November 2019

(wry smile and silent laughter in commiserating appreciation)

in How can I leverage Solarwinds' resources to generate a report that lists network subnets per location and per network switch? Comment by rschroeder January 2018

It sounds entertaining and beautiful. I think . . . ;^)

in How can I leverage Solarwinds' resources to generate a report that lists network subnets per location and per network switch? Comment by rschroeder January 2018

Nice--you made me smile with your Thwack mug! Thank you.

in THWACK Store Product Reviews Comment by rschroeder October 2017

I like your thoughts there. I've just run a MIB walk on one of my 4510's; I'll see it comes up with for interfaces in port-channels. Perhaps I'll have to do the same with all my hardware. It seems that's the only way to know for certain what OID's are available to use. If I find the right OID's and they successfully show…

in Is there a way to dynamically discover, list, and monitor only ports that are members of port-channels, so down ports are displayed in a dedicated Widget or Resource window? Comment by rschroeder May 2018

I've discovered this Report fails to show useful information, perhaps due to the data aging out of the Solarwinds database. I believed that correcting the issue might have to be done forever on an as-needed basis. I thought that creating a Job that polls the 4510's with this command would fix the problem by populating the…

in What method can I use to have Solarwinds NPM/NCM show me the output of "show license in-use" for only my Cisco 4510's? Comment by rschroeder January 2020

jeilers Your suggestion did the trick--now I only see nodes that have Enterprise Services enabled on them. This was the perfect solution--thank you for your expertise AND for your fast responses! Rick Schroeder

in What method can I use to have Solarwinds NPM/NCM show me the output of "show license in-use" for only my Cisco 4510's? Comment by rschroeder June 2018

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