After playing with the new v8 it would seem that the custom MIB utility that is going to be a part of the new tool isn't quite what everyone was hoping for...
Maybe it was just me but I was under the impression that we would have the ability to add MIB's for any devices that Orion does not natively support... this has always been one of the weaknesses of the product in v7 form...
On playing with v8 it now seems to transpire that the deivces must at least be supported at a basic level by the integrated MIB within the tools itself... if it is not then there is nothing you can do...
My main type of devices that I really wanted to add are temperature monitoring probes for my environment (make Sinetica) however even though I can add them to Orion v8 and Orion can read the basic snmp information (location, owner, etc) as they do not support the standard interface MIB provided by default no further snmp customisation can be performed..
This is a real blow... and I can imagine that there are going to be many many more people out there who are going to find this problem...
Is there anyone from Solarwinds that can please comment on this as I feel it is a very important topic and needs clarification as soon as possible.
Martin J. Hamilton... lost in a sea of snmp...