I benefit from the expertise and training and ideas of others, and I'm hoping this page can be a starting place for folks to share their tips and tricks that make their lives easier.
No item is too simple to include. Please dig into your secret box of obvious / minor / customizations and show off how you've made your network management life easier. Don't worry it's too simple, too specialized, and don't assume everyone knows how to do it already. All levels of people might learn from your special work!
Here's a starter:
Build a new Google Chrome Search engine shortcut like this:
- Go to Chrome://settings
- Click Manage Search Engines
- Click Add
- Enter in a name for your search engine. I recommend making it as short and intuitive as possible. In this example I'll use "npm". This is particularly useful for me because I made an FQDN for my main Solarwinds instance, and then added a CNAME on my internal DNS to it that is simply "npm".
- Use "npm" as the keyword in the second field.
- Type in this URL, (modified for your own Solarwinds' server's name by replacing "npm" with your server's name--or probably even its IP address): npm/.../NodeSearchResults.aspx
- Click Save
Now use your new shortcut:
- With Chrome open to your NPM home page (you've already logged into it), type "npm" (without the double-quotation marks) into the url and hit the space bar. A new search engine opens up.
2. Type any part of your node's name into it and hit Enter. VOILA!
I hate to classify this in Thwack's Cool & Geeky section; few folks will see it there.
If you have some Cool & Geeky tips & tricks for ANY part of Solarwinds, I'd love to see them in a response down below.
Swift Packets!
Rick Schroeder
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