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Please Help Prod System Down!!
Ive been on hold for almost 2 hours with support. Ive left a message and called back and still holding. System went down, looked at logs, nothing signifigant. Rebot application and web server a few...
View ArticleSNMP v3 - need help with credentials
I have looked through the Admin guide and the often referenced Cisco doc on SNMP v3. I have gone through the many posts on it as well. So I am starting to think I am doing something uniquely...
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...
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Calling All Cisco Nexus Admins! (2,000 Thwack Points)
We're doing some research around Cisco's Nexus platform. To accomplish our research, we need some data from production Nexus devices. We're specifically interested in Nexus 7K and 5Ks with attached...
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The Ultimate CPU Alert
CPU alerts are a yawner. Grab the CPULoad, check it against a threshold (maybe even a per-node custom threshold, as explained here: TIPS & TRICKS: Stop The Madness: How to set alert thresholds...
View ArticleSNMP v3 - need help with credentials
I have looked through the Admin guide and the often referenced Cisco doc on SNMP v3. I have gone through the many posts on it as well. So I am starting to think I am doing something uniquely...
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...
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SNMP Polling Meraki Devices (NPM 11.0.1) - How To
Background:Thousands of Meraki devices needed to be added to Solarwinds for my situation, and so the hunt began. First stop was Meraki for some help, which led me to this document:...
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 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...
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Configuring Cisco UCS Monitoring
Hey all, I'm in the process of adding our new (and first) UCS systems into Solarwinds, and there are a few questions coming up. A little searching produced various bits of info, but much of it was from...
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 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 ArticleHow to confiure Syslog
I have reviewed the help for NPM, and it seems that all you need to is start the SNMP Syslog service, and SolarWinds Syslog service. However, i am still not seeing any messages. Is there something I...
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The Ultimate CPU Alert
CPU alerts are a yawner. Grab the CPULoad, check it against a threshold (maybe even a per-node custom threshold, as explained here: TIPS & TRICKS: Stop The Madness: How to set alert thresholds...
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SNMP Polling Meraki Devices (NPM 11.0.1) - How To
Background:Thousands of Meraki devices needed to be added to Solarwinds for my situation, and so the hunt began. First stop was Meraki for some help, which led me to this document:...
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 ArticleTell us your "Unknown" devices!
Sometimes devices show up in Orion as "unknown". Those devices need to be added to our SysObjectID database. We know about lots of them, but we'd like to hear which items you need. We...
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 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.
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