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Yes, its much easier that way, i have been doing this on quite a lot of projects (clean up). Most of the alerts in my environment are generic and i play around with custom attributes. Nerveless i do not like too many individual alerts and have managed to make them as generic as possible. It isn't that simple to get into a…

NP, do let me know how it goes and if the post helps you at the end mark it as a helpful or correct solution

I could give you a few tips which has import / export within solarwinds (I am assuming you have the latest version atleast the latest core or N-1): NPM (considering this is your base - ideally but never mind you could have any core module as the base) 1. Users/Account - cannot be done 2. Reports - can be imported and…

Depends on the versions you are running on, just go through the below links - this explains everything that you need. It depends on what versions you are running on, if it isn't a very old module version then you do not have to do anything as complete data is stored on the database. I am assuming you are just migrating the…

Thank you, but I am trying to understand what is stored on Netperfmon DB and what data is stored on FSDB. If FSDB is down would NTA stop completely or would it still show the details of last flow data on Solarwinds Web Page ? (When FSDB goes down would it only affect the historic data that's being moved from NTA to FSDB ?)

LadaVarga​, I truly owe you one. This is what happens when we think we know SolarWinds Orion , I have been so used to the tool and functionality that I have stopped looking for things which are bare minimum, I am loosing on my basics - thanks a ton for guiding me on this, that was the exact issue and you nailed it.

Hi aLTeReGo , yes indeed there was an error on my script fixed the issue. Thanks for helping me with it.

If you are talking about node down , modify your existing alert and add insert Node Name variable on the subject of the alert if its an email. Do you have any existing alerts or it is a new one that you want to create. If yes for what Node down, Component or Application?

Hi aLTeReGo​ But to generate the certificate many of the vendors ask for a CSR file, is it any different in the above case, if yes can you please guide me further on this ? I understand we can install the cert using Windows Cert Manager, but if an SSL cert needs to be generated dont we have to provide a CSR file ?

Do we even have something like alert retention ? As far as I understand we do not, please correct me if I am wrong.....

Thanks Richard - this is a good solution, I was looking for this

I will have to give it a try myself, but why is the alert configured so, its just a basic question, you would know your system better than me for sure , why aren't you actually monitoring the process or service or event logs for cluster failover? Do you have SAM in your environment ? If you don't then it makes sense. As…

I shall give it a try too, thanks HolyGuacamole

Is this is existing monitor or you just created it ? If you have just created it did you test if your match criteria is correct ? (Include events search criteria) In case its new (i mean in case you just created it now): How can i test that ? I can see the Event in my ASP log but how do i check if my monitor is fine ?…

To the best of my knowledge we do not have 'action name' variable, i generally keep my alert name and action name the same (the only modification to the action name that i define would be with a postfix as - trigger or - reset) If the AlertName is: Node Down Trigger ActionName that i define would be: Node Down - trigger…

https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/NPM-Discussions/WHEN-USING-GROUP-MONITORING-HOW-CAN-I-ENSURE-GROUPS-DISREGARD/td-p/609869

Polling and Alerting are two different concepts. Polling happens based on what polling interval you have set for your Node/Device (BGP neighbors are anyways enabled through your List resources). Alerts directly check the data/metrics stored on your SolarWinds Database. If your ask is to fire a new email alert or send some…

To the best of my knowledge running it on Solarwinds Orion core server is the only option.

Are there any SAM options to control the down state of applications and/or component monitors in such a way that the component will not switch to down unless it's met the down criteria for multiple polls? But then we can control this on our alert trigger condition, down state of application and/or component monitor is…

Try 'Node Status' -> 'is not'-> 'Unmanaged', this would work provided you Unmanage the node during Maintenance Window rather than mute alert. Plus apply a 5 mins wait period on your alert, so that this status is reflected on the Group accordingly. I haven't tried this but it should work :), let me know if it helps.

@"sunvad" What sort of impact are we talking about here ? I don't think restarting services from Orion Service Manager will affect this particular service (SFTP/SCP) unless the server is rebooted and this particular service didn't come up as expected, check from services.msc if this service is set to automatic and is up…

Here you go, start with the below pointers: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/NPM/Content/Onboarding/Custom_Views_Maps/Core-OB_Create_a_view.htm https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/NPM/Content/Onboarding/Custom_Views_Maps/Core-OB_Modify_menu_bars.htm…

Is Eval license expired ? If license is still active i don't see any issue in doing so, it should be as good as a normal upgrade.

Most of the DCOM Errors will not affect your Orion application - maybe polling issues once in a while here and there by JobEngine but then i don't see a major impact there and for sure i dont think thats the reason for issues that you see on your Orion. We've noticed that we have 2 of our admin's that experience missing…

Do we need to add the node through SNMP V2/V3 to receive the SNMP traps from the device or it's not required, we can receive traps if everything configured properly on the device end? - No, this is not linked (this has nothing to do with your node addition). You can as well add a node as ICMP and you should still be able…

Search for 'Orion Template' under Managed Templates, that will list down all the metrics and services that you need to monitor, use that as a starting point. https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/SAM-Documents/Orion-Server-2020-2-templates/ta-p/594548 https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/SAM-Documents/Orion-Server-2017-3/ta-p/516606

Create your own script and pull the metrics out. Refer to the below links: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/SAM/Content/SAM-Templates-LinuxUnix-create-monitor.htm https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/SAM/Content/SAM-Linux-Unix-Script-Monitor-sw3260.htm

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/Content/Orion_Platform_Migration_Guide.htm

Hi @"mikef1" Looks like a known error, go through the below link for details. https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Running-config-Failed-to-save-a-copy-of-the-config-on-the-file-system-mirror-copy-during-config-backup-job?language=en_US

Hi @"dhinagar_j" I am assuming you are talking about LA which was LM in the past https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/LA/Content/Release_Notes/LA_2020-2-1_release_notes.htm https://www.solarwinds.com/log-analyzer 1. They state it can take upto 1000 events per second and it can be retained upto an year…