DHCP Alert

What are you using as your DHCP server?

Microsoft DHCP on domain controllers, which are Windows 2003 Standard Edition, SP2.

SolarWinds IPAM?

You can actually do this with UNDP.

I monitor all DHCP Servers ... over 90 with UNDP and have an alert when a scope is below 5% and 1%.

The only caveat, until SW adds some functionality, is that the alert matches the first scope that is full (this is a table based UNDP), so I have a report for DHCP Scopes that shows all scopes that are below the threshold.  For now, the report is necessary because we run split scopes.  Eventually, I'll update the logic of the Alert to take into consideration both servers of the split scopes...

Here is a sample alert message:

Date/Time: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:47 AM 

Node: XXXXXXXXX | IP Address: 10.129.0.195

Poller Group: MS DHCP Server

Poller Name: MSDHCPpercentFree on XXXXXXXXX

OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.3.2.1.1.3

Check DHCP Scope:  10.128.248.0

Goto: http://solarwinds/Orion/NetPerfMon/NodeDetails.aspx?NetObject=N:3061



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Alert Name: _Global - DHCP Server Scopes - Warning - Below 5%

Let me know if you are interested...

-v

IPAM does this out of the box, see here (http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/ip_address_manager/)

This sounds like a possibility. I cannot open the link you included in the message.

We only have 6 DHCP servers, but also have split ranges on each.

Hi KLH--

I was able to get the link to work, so try again. If it still doesn't work for you, manually navigate to:

www.solarwinds.com>products>orion>ip_address_manager

M

Link still does not work.

Hi Karen--

Bummer for the confusion. Here is the actual link:

http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/ip_address_manager/

If this doesn't work, go to www.solarwinds.com. Click the Products tab and move the arrow down to select IP Address Manager product.

M

I was really hoping for a way to do this with my existing products, not have to spend more money to get it to work. It is a bummer.