Polling Intervals - Best Practices
Hello,I had a tech reset all intervals back to default values.The original Tech who setup the system has left the company Is there a best practice to setting these polling intervals?
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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SolarWindsOrionDatabaseUser - Password
What is the default password for SolarWindsOrionDatabaseUser under Orion Configuration Wizard?
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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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...
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SNMP Polling Meraki Devices (NPM 12.0/11.0.1) - How To
Edit (10/4/17): Poll the nodes directly via Solarwinds. You must define the SNMP details on the Meraki dashboard (see how-to steps below).Meraki Document for the curious: Monitoring the Wireless...
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 ArticleMemory usage reporting incorrectly on CISCO ISR 4331
Does NPM have a problem with this IOS? Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 03.15.00.S - Standard Support ReleaseCisco IOS Software, ISR Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.5(2)S, RELEASE...
View ArticlePolling Intervals - Best Practices
Hello,I had a tech reset all intervals back to default values.The original Tech who setup the system has left the company Is there a best practice to setting these polling intervals?
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SolarWindsOrionDatabaseUser - Password
What is the default password for SolarWindsOrionDatabaseUser under Orion Configuration Wizard?
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Syslog and Trap Rules - earn 1,000 THWACK Points
We're doing some research around improving Orion's syslog and SNMP trap capabilities. As part of this task, we need to obtain samples of syslog and SNMP trap rules from customer's environments in order...
View Articlehow to calculate bandwith utilization
I want to know how NPM calculate bandwidth utilization I used this formula found in thwack Bandwidth Utlization formula:Utilization: The averagepercentage of bandwidth utilization rates the report...
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 ArticleDoes Solarwinds allow to check the ICMP status of the interfaces hosting IP...
Hi All, Have been looking about this for quite sometime but didnt find any thread related to it so posting this. Solarwinds polls the network devices via SNMP to get the performance related details and...
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 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 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...
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SNMP Polling Meraki Devices (NPM 12.0/11.0.1) - How To
Edit (10/4/17): Poll the nodes directly via Solarwinds. You must define the SNMP details on the Meraki dashboard (see how-to steps below).Meraki Document for the curious: Monitoring the Wireless...
View ArticleNPM 12.2 Upgrade Experience Feedback?
Anyone have any upgrade experiences for the general release? We are looking to upgrade our entire SW suite in addition to NPM and would like to hear any feedback. Also, is the RC code the same as the...
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