Weird Juniper Ping Problem
We have an issue that occurs about once a week. It only involves Juniper EX3200/EX4200 switches and only some of them we have deployed/monitored.About once a week, we will get an alert from Solarwinds...
View ArticleHow to Import Enterprise MIB File?
What is the procedure for adding an enterprise MIB into Orion?I need to monitor a device whose enterprise mib is not included in Orion 8.0.113, and I can't find any instructions for adding a mib.Thanks.
View ArticleWhat's SNMPv3 Context?
I am planning to add some Cisco switches later today on NPM 9.5 I was wondering what's the SNMPv3 context section about? I know you can leave it blank.... I hope but I was wondering if I had to fill...
View ArticleFree SNMP MIB Browser
I'm looking for a good and free SNMP MIB browser.Please tell me what are you using.
View Articlevirtual machine host unknown
Can anyone explain why I see several VMs reported as host unknown on Node Details view? What needs to be done for Orion to report the host ESX system?MDOT Node Details - NOCWORKS1 - Virtual Machine,...
View ArticleHow to limit monitoring time ....
Hello, Is there any way to limit monitoring time for some nodes or groups? For example....let say monitor dc-01 only from 8am to 5pm. Thank you Sergey
View ArticleANNOUNCING GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF NPM 10.7
It is our pleasure to announce that NPM 10.7 is now generally available! As referenced below, many of these features were directly submitted and voted up by the community. Thanks for all of your ideas...
View ArticleConfiguring SNMPv3
In case anyone is trying to get SNMPv3 working, I created a tutorial for our engineers and thought I would post the link for people here. https://packetpros.com/netmon/SNMPv3_Orion.html [updated link]
View ArticleWeird Juniper Ping Problem
We have an issue that occurs about once a week. It only involves Juniper EX3200/EX4200 switches and only some of them we have deployed/monitored.About once a week, we will get an alert from Solarwinds...
View ArticleTransmit Discards; But Router Stats Show No Errors
Our Internet Cisco router is showing no interface errors, but Orion is showing interface transmit discard errors in the thousands. Shouldn't the counts match?
View ArticleLinux net-snmp memory usage shows Memory used + Cached memory
Hi All -- Running Net-SNMP 5.4.1 on a wide range of Solaris and Linux boxes /w NPM 9.1 SP5 monitoring a range of params. The problem is with the "Physical memory" monitoring. Linux MemFree includes...
View ArticleSNMP vs WMI polling - pros and cons
I'm pulling together a (semi-comprehensive) comparison of the impact of monitoring via WMI versus SNMP. The upshot for those who are impatient: WMI monitoring (whether WMI polling or WMI via SAM) has a...
View ArticleWhat's SNMPv3 Context?
I am planning to add some Cisco switches later today on NPM 9.5 I was wondering what's the SNMPv3 context section about? I know you can leave it blank.... I hope but I was wondering if I had to fill...
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New Google Map Resource for Orion (Beta)
I don’t have a lot of posts on Thwack, but I’m trying to fix that. This weekend I got my Orion Google Map resource working, and wanted to get your feedback. If you like it please let me know and I’ll...
View ArticleTransmit Discards; But Router Stats Show No Errors
Our Internet Cisco router is showing no interface errors, but Orion is showing interface transmit discard errors in the thousands. Shouldn't the counts match?
View ArticleShow us a NOC view and get 500 thwack points!
The User Experience group wants to see how you've customized your Orion to create your own NOC view, or NOC views you like and are using from other products. What do you like about your NOC view? What...
View ArticleLinux net-snmp memory usage shows Memory used + Cached memory
Hi All -- Running Net-SNMP 5.4.1 on a wide range of Solaris and Linux boxes /w NPM 9.1 SP5 monitoring a range of params. The problem is with the "Physical memory" monitoring. Linux MemFree includes...
View ArticleWeird Juniper Ping Problem
We have an issue that occurs about once a week. It only involves Juniper EX3200/EX4200 switches and only some of them we have deployed/monitored.About once a week, we will get an alert from Solarwinds...
View ArticleFree SNMP MIB Browser
I'm looking for a good and free SNMP MIB browser.Please tell me what are you using.
View ArticleSNMP snmpTrapOID = SNMPv2-MIB:authenticationFailure
I see many of these Traps in my system. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it a misconfiguration of the SNMP settings on devices? Should I create an SNMP account in the Active Directory and use...
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