Monitoring Brocade Switch Health using Solarwinds Orion NPM
Hi, I have 2 Brocade Switches, model 5100 Appl Primary/Secondary Versions------------------------------------------FOS v6.4.0b v6.4.0b I want to monitor their health using the...
View Articlethwack Monthly Mission - January 2015
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2014 treated you well and 2015 delivers ten fold in your favor. This month we're kick starting the new year with a few resolutions of our own, let's see if you can keep...
View ArticleAnother Look Back
Many of us are getting back to work after a few weeks of relative quiet (or for those of us with large families, at least a week of quiet from work-related issues). And as we're catching up on emails...
View ArticleAmazon AWS Monitoring
With the adoption of cloud computing on the rise, it's high time that SAM expand its monitoring capabilities to natively support monitoring services such as AWS natively and agentlessly via the...
View ArticleSolarWinds NCM 7.1.1
Hello, We have recently migrated SolarWinds NCM 7.1.1 from Windows Server 2008 R2 over to Windows Server 2012. All of my nodes and configurations are available and working properly. The issue is with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Monitoring
With the adoption of cloud computing on the rise, it's high time that SAM expand its monitoring capabilities to natively support monitoring services such as Azure natively and agentlessly via the Azure...
View ArticleWireless AP Monitoring Enhancements
I'm bringing this back since I can't reply or edit Wireless AP Monitoring Enhancements. In addition to ideas posted in Wireless AP Monitoring Enhancements I have some which I think are long...
View Articlethwack Store Items & FAQ - Updated 1/24/2014
It is with pleasure to finally announce the first-ever, point-based store on thwack! We're very excited to be able to give back to all of you who've helped us along the way with your feedback and work...
View ArticleTest/Development Licenses
Disclaimer: I know that there are other threads on this but I wanted to update it in this new Idea space.I would really like to have Test/Development licenses for SolarWinds products, at least for the...
View ArticleSupport SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML standard that allows secure web domains to exchange user authentication and authorization data. Using SAML, an online service provider can contact a...
View ArticleHow to create alert when SNMP service is not working?
Hi All, I would like to configure an alert when SNMP service not working through the Skipped poll monitoring, but is not working. Please advice.
View ArticleSolarwinds Patch Manager Shows no "Needed Updates" yet check online for...
Hi everyone I have a question about patch manager and wsus in general. Windows environment overview:85 Servers450 Laptops/Desktops Since recently, the SW patch manager is showing no "Needed Updates" in...
View ArticleHealth Check- NPM
Hi Experts, Do we have any standard format for NPM/NTA health checkup? What are the key things to check during a regular health checkup in a environment. Could someone share a sample document please?...
View ArticleBacking up a PFSense Firewall over SSH using Generic.Device
Hi chaps, I'm struggling a little to get the Generic.Device with Variations to work correctly when trying to back up my PFSense Firewall. Here is the contents of my variations file:...
View ArticleIt’s a Bird… It’s a Fruit… It’s a Syslog Server!
What we are going to learn today: needn’t always be a bird or a fruit. For IT pros, it can also be a Syslog Server. If you don’t know this already, Kiwi® Syslog Server is a log management software for...
View ArticleAdd support for Nimble Storage
I've had a few requests already to add support for Nimble storage.The trending for using Nimble for SMB companies is growing rapidly.
View ArticleRinging in our 2014 Ambassadors... with jams
Hi everyone, The new year is right around the corner here and we thought, well, a solid year of iPods Nanos was enough... at least for now. So, we're changing it up a bit for 2014. The rules are the...
View ArticleNeed some real "out of the box" help
Hey thwack, Got a fun little project I'm working on that I could really use help on. Every month, like most every other company, we do a maintenance weekend where we are updating servers. During this...
View ArticleFalse reboot alerts due to SNMP service restart & Proper uptime information
Reboot information is related to SNMP service/daemon. It should not be work like this. SNMP service/daemon can be crashed or restarted for some reason (most of the time). And for that it's not a...
View ArticleAgent deployment issue
Working with the beta trying to get the agent install on a target server. The agent installs and the service is running on the target but a plugin is failing with a somewhat vague error. I've checked...
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