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SolarWinds 101

Hello, 

I'm looking for a SolarWinds guide that covers the basics of the program as far as what it does and how to operate and navigate the UI. My goal is to create a training plan for future employees in my area. Can anyone point me in the right direction? 

  • Do you have access to the free training in the customer portal? I would start there

  • I have the same need, can you @ me

  • As asks - do you have access to the customer portal as there is a host of training supplied there,.

    But in terms of what you want then no, I don't believe there is one single course / document that does a basic overview. We created a bespoke internal knowledge transfer session, but it is not shareable, that took folks around the major aspects of the tool and how to navigate / drive it.

  • We occasionally will do 'Lunch and Learn' events at our company and the system owners will cover the basics of using the system. These are not just for Solarwinds but several of the systems in the company. We record them so any one that comes in new or anyone that needs a refresher can go back and watch them. That has worked well. In addition, we use the Custom Links resource on our main page and we put some 'how to' docs there for items such as add/delete/unmanage a node as well as other frequently used procedures.