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If you want more Netpath monitors you can deploy another NetPath Probe to a windows computer. Current Scaleability - NetPath requirements for NPM (solarwinds.com) * You can add up to 100 paths per polling engine. * You can add up to 1,000 paths per SolarWinds Platform instance. * You can add 10 - 20 paths per probe.

The SAM module gives you the ability to run custom PowerShell scripts. There are example scripts on thwack that will check a URL, verify it is up, and optionally verify that there is an expected result in the result. It can also measure how long the request took for baselining. There is incredible versatility in what you…

It is never a good idea to add directly to the database, we have no idea if that method is populating all the tables needed. The supported way would be to add in new nodes with the Orion SDK and PowerShell to make sure all the relevant tables are populated. Releases · solarwinds/OrionSDK (github.com) Here is an example I…

The advantage to using SWQL over SQL is that SolarWinds maintains that SWQL scripts will continue to work with SQL schema changes over time. SQL tables can and do change with releases, which can break scripts. The other main advantage of SWQL is the ability to skip JOINS using navigation properties. Decreasing JOINs - the…

Support confirmed the issue was with MapQuest and is resolved. 

Here is a tutorial on how to add UnDP pollers to get the custom OIDs. How to Create a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) in NPM (solarwinds.com)

Same issue here. Opened case to raise visibility.

Check to see if there are limitations on that user. There are account limitations and report limitations in the User settings that may be restricting what that user can see / report on.

NetFlow sources are setup from the network device. That sends the flows and will identify the endpoints. SolarWinds will match the monitored endpoint to the flow collected automatically and you can see the conversation details on the node pages and the NTA dashboards. Set up NetFlow sources for NTA (solarwinds.com)

Another method would be to use the Thresholds from each node instead of setting a static threshold in the alert, the majority of nodes will use the Globally set threshold value, and the nodes that you specifically set up will use the threshold that you specify in the Node Properties. This way you can change nodes like SQL…

Can you post what your alert trigger conditions look like? One method would be to add a custom property that is referenced in the alert, that way when you encounter the same issue with another node, you just change the custom property and leave the alert alone.

Have those triggered in the last 24 hours?, you can try a test to extend that by more time to see if they show up. Another thought would be to try using the alertIDs instead of the display names in case the syntax is causing problems. 

Here is another query. I commented the AlertID out, it may be easier to use that in the future. SELECT COUNT([AH].AlertHistoryID) AS [Alerts Triggered] , [AH].AlertObjects.AlertConfigurations.DisplayName as [Alert Name] -- , [AH].AlertObjects.AlertConfigurations.AlertID , [AH].EventType , [AH].Message , [AH].TimeStamp ,…

Try adding the Count as another property. SELECT AH.AlertObjects.AlertConfigurations.DisplayName as [Alert Name], Count (AH.AlertHistoryID) as [Alerts Triggered], AH.AlertHistoryID, AH.EventType, AH.Message, AH.TimeStamp, AH.AlertObjects.EntityCaption, AH.AlertObjects.EntityDetailsUrl, AH.AlertObjects.RelatedNodeCaption,…

Custom properties have their own table because different elements can have their own custom properties. In the SDK you can see the table is called Orion.CustomProperities. If you are making a query you can use the linked values to automatically grab the associated data. This is a quick example to pull up a custom property…

For the NCM backup failing, you see that with the built-in Notification Details for the job. It will send you a summary of the job with failures at the top as an email. If you want only the failures, check the box. Here are two SWQL Query widgets I have on my NCM Summary page, that work for us. NCM Not Backed Up - Shows…

As long as your email vendor allows it many carriers support sending emails as SMS text. For example for Telus in Canada you would send the email to PhoneNumber@msg.telus.com. (5551234567@msg.telus.com). ProviderEmail…

Does something like this work? #!/bin/bash count=`ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep apache2 | wc -l` echo Statistic: $count echo Message: $count apache2 process running Then use the number returned to classify the criticality and alert based on that threshold. 

Try - NetPath Custom Query Widget - Forum - Network Performance Monitor (NPM) - THWACK (solarwinds.com)

Use the Manage Nodes Screen (Settings, Manage Nodes) and choose all the nodes you want to change the Polling Interval / Stat Collection for and do a bulk change. Bonus points if you already have Priority as a Custom Property, then you can sort by that priority level in the Manage Nodes screen and select all by Priority.

Yes, VMAN will have all the Virtual Machines in the database, not just the ones you decide to monitor. Create a custom report calling the Virtual Machine Table

Another Option may be to change an individual dashboard to a NOC view.

Thank you!

Do you have the case number for that support case open for six months? I'd like to share it with my support person to see if it would assist in my environment. 

VMan ties into vSphere and gets much more data.

If you do not want that 10-link limit, you can add as many as you like with a custom HTML widget. I prefer this method as it looks cleaner, and you can put whatever you like using HTML. * <a href="www.google.com" target="_blank"> Google Search</a> * <a href="/Orion/APM/Summary.aspx?viewid=61" target="_blank"> Active…

Knowledge: SNMP for Monitoring Palo Alto Networks Devices Looks like the Dataplane utilization OID is the avg over the last 60 seconds if that helps.

Sorry to hear that. You may need to open a case with Palo Alto to ask what OID you should be pulling. It may change depending on your version. 

Dataplane CPU and Management CPU metrics are different OIDs. You can use a Universal Device Poller or a SAM template to grab these metrics. CPU Management Plane - SNMP Monitor - 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.3.1.2.1 CPU Dataplane System Function - SNMP Monitor - 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.3.1.2.2 Percent Session Utilization - SNMP Monitor -…

This uses linked properties for the IPAddresses Table and Nodes table and one join to the NodeMACTable SELECT TOP 100 IPV6.node.NodeID, IPV6.IPAddressN as IPV6, m.MAC, m.DateTime, IPV6.Node.DisplayName, IPV6.node.IPAddress, IPV6.node.NodeDescription, IPV6.node.Description, IPV6.node.Vendor, IPV6.node.Location,…