TIPS & TRICKS: Stop the madness! Avoiding alerts but continuing to pull...
This is the first in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I’m going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our...
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 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 ArticleCisco 3850 reporting incorrect temperatures
Hi!! I have two stacks of Cisco 3850's and both of them are reporting that the temperature is around 4 degrees Celsius. I have had both Solarwinds Support and Cisco Support look at this. We did a...
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 ArticleError communicating with the Orion server after upgrading to NPM 10.3
We are receiving this error since upgrading to NPM 10.3:There was an error communicating with the Orion serverThere was no endpoint listening at net.tcp://orion:17777/orion/core/businesslayer that...
View ArticleQuality of Experience 3.0 Beta1 user testing ongoing
We are still looking for QoE 3.0 Beta1 feedback so should you be interested in testing out the new features, just sign up here. Transport Layer Issues Utilizing the same probe already deployed in the...
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 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 ArticleTIPS & TRICKS: Stop the madness! Avoiding alerts but continuing to pull...
This is the first in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I’m going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our...
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 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 ArticleMonitor VPN Tunnel
I'm trying to use the Custom MIB Poller to monitor the status of a VPN tunnel on a Cisco ASA. Has anyone figured out how to do this? I've found the following OID in the...
View ArticleCan I add a "comment box" to my NPM?
Good day,I hope someone can help me with this simple request. I would like to add a "Comment box" similar to an HTML form with fields that can be entered into NPMV6. I am thinking it should be a...
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 Articlemoving SQL database to a new server
i have Orion on its own server and i have Microsoft SQL on its own server. i'm about to move SQL to another high-performance RAID 10 server.so, i understand i need to use sql manager to backup my...
View ArticleTIPS & TRICKS: Stop the madness! Avoiding alerts but continuing to pull...
This is the first in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I’m going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our...
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 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 ArticleMonitor Hard drive space wth trigger alert
Anybody help me write a trigger to monitor low disk space. I tried doing one but I get all drives coming up in the triggerI need one to warn me when drive space is 96% full or their is only 7% or less...
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