SNMP stops responding on Windows servers (affecting half of our nodes)
This has been a long-standing issue that I'm finally getting around to troubleshooting. We have recurring issues monitoring our Windows servers where SNMP (native Windows SNMP service) responds for a...
View Articleconfiguring the net-snmp agent in Solaris & AIX...
Hi All,I posted this to the Miscellaneous list; thanks NG for your help in showing me the previous postings on this topic. I've read all of the posts on the subject of configuring net-snmp now and I'll...
View ArticleHide menu's and logo?
I've got some summary views that will be displayed on a TV in the NOC. The TV is divided up into quadrants with different summaries in each. The logo and menu's take up a good amount of screen real...
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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How To Monitor Windows Disk I/O
I see a lot of questions regrading monitoring Windows Disk I/O so I figured I would quickly highlight two different ways I have been able to accomplish this. The first way utilizes SNMP Informant...
View ArticleSNMP stops responding on Windows servers (affecting half of our nodes)
This has been a long-standing issue that I'm finally getting around to troubleshooting. We have recurring issues monitoring our Windows servers where SNMP (native Windows SNMP service) responds for a...
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...
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 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...
View ArticleIncorrect discard counts on Cisco3750 interface
I have an issue with one interface on a Cisco 3750 switch that seems to be reporting abnormally high transmit discards - over 200k / 30 mins. The strange thing is that the counts are frequently exactly...
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How To Monitor Windows Disk I/O
I see a lot of questions regrading monitoring Windows Disk I/O so I figured I would quickly highlight two different ways I have been able to accomplish this. The first way utilizes SNMP Informant...
View ArticleHow to Configure SNMP in Red Hat Linux?
Dear All,Please help me out on my query!!!!I have installed Orion Network Performance Monitor on Windows2000 server, configured the SNMP service on all other windows based server & given the IP...
View ArticleHide menu's and logo?
I've got some summary views that will be displayed on a TV in the NOC. The TV is divided up into quadrants with different summaries in each. The logo and menu's take up a good amount of screen real...
View Articleconfiguring the net-snmp agent in Solaris & AIX...
Hi All,I posted this to the Miscellaneous list; thanks NG for your help in showing me the previous postings on this topic. I've read all of the posts on the subject of configuring net-snmp now and I'll...
View ArticleSolarWinds NPM, SNMP, and VMware ESXi 4.1 or 5
Hello, I am a new SolarWinds admin and I have been asked by our management to make use of the SNMP Contact and Location fields in my alerts. So this has been working fine until I ran into our...
View ArticleMonitoring the status of a Windows Service using NPM only
Hi All,I have NPM installed in my environment (not APM) and would like to know if it is possible to monitor the status of a windows service (running, stopped, etc)? We do not have the budget to...
View ArticleSQL for last 30 days - date calculation
Hi all,I am creating a bespoke report based on the built-in Orion "last 30 days" report. In Report Writer the SQL is something like this:SELECT .....FROM .....WHERE ( DateTime BETWEEN 87893 AND 87922...
View ArticleWarning about custom SQL alerts (reset trigger)
This is something to be aware of, but I fall into this trap every time: if you make use of custom SQL alerts then unless it is a very simple trigger you MUST re-write the reset trigger. Negating SQL is...
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 ArticleHow to Configure SNMP in Red Hat Linux?
Dear All,Please help me out on my query!!!!I have installed Orion Network Performance Monitor on Windows2000 server, configured the SNMP service on all other windows based server & given the IP...
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