Central service manager for all pollers
We have 5 additional polling engines and one main poller. Especially during the upgrade process it is hard to control services on each one of them.There should be central service manager that controls...
View ArticleGranular Node Management Rights.
There needs to be a simple way to assign users specific node management rights. For example, i have a group of users that i only want to be able to unmanage nodes, nothing more. There may be...
View ArticleAPI Documentation for WHD?
I am a new user and need some documentation on the JSON and REST API's for WHD?
View ArticleWould like the ability to "de-escalate" a ticket
We enjoy the feature of not allowing tickets to be reassigned to techs outside the level the ticket is currently on. Sometimes, however, we run into tickets where the ticket has either been...
View ArticleMultiple IP Polling support for a single node
It is taken from a feature requested by Questionario. Re: Feature Request: Multiple IPs per Node Hi, right now I have several nodes double and triple for monitoring purposes. One would be the standard...
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Service for monitoring Orion itself
There should be a Process or Service that runs independently from Orion. The sole purpose of this Service should be checking if the Orion Services are running. Vice versa should Orion itself monitor...
View ArticleMS Patches Needed Per Server
In SCCM 2010, I was able to create a dashboard/report which listed which patch was needed per server which I could organize and give to the admins for installation. Since SCCM 2012 moved to SSRS, my...
View ArticleScript for Garrettcom make Switches
Hi, I have 20 garrettcom make switches, model is 6kq, In these switches space for logs is very low and logs in the switches are generating continuously. After Some days Switches are getting hanged due...
View ArticleFor the upcoming March 2014 Bracket Battle... what shall it be?
This is a quick opinion poll, folks. Between the following, which would you like see us pull together? (don't know what the heck I'm talking about? check this out: Sci-Fi Bracket Battle)
View ArticleAdd Creation Date column to Nodes, Interfaces, Volumes tables
There are many times we would like to know the date a node or interface was added to NPM. It's great node/interface changes are being logged in Events but this is not helpful for permanent historical...
View ArticleWhat are MIBs and OIDs? How to manage them?
As a network administrator, you are more likely to generate custom reports on network usage frequently. Even though traditional tools provides basic functionalities, you still need to retrieve any...
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Build a better NOC (Part 1)
In the not so distant past, I wrote a four part series entitled Visual Basic 101 where I explained how to build a bandwidth calculator for SAM component monitors using nothing more than Visual...
View ArticleFeature Request - Individual Page Refresh Intervals
One feature I would love to see implemented into NPM is customizable refresh intervals for specific pages. Currently, I have only seen the option to change the entire web console. In our NOC, there are...
View Articleadvanced VNQM reports
as everyone knows, VNQM module provides call details anymore(call origin, origin region, call destination, dest. region, call status, MOS, packet loss and etc. from CDR and CMR files) and We have added...
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Kiwi Syslog 9.4 - Daily Syslog statistics for 24 hour period - Email Problem
Hi, We are using the Free Version of Kiwi Syslog, i noticed after we upgraded to 9.4 last Wednesday, the Host names not showing in the top 25 host list. All blank now. Thanks! /// Kiwi Syslog...
View ArticleAllow User to Unmanage Applications
I'm looking for the best way to allow a group of users unmanage applications in a scheduled fashion. We can also have them unmanage the node for the application but I dont want to let them edit the...
View ArticleNext troubleshooting steps for WMI-based service monitoring
Orion Platform 2013.1.0, NPM 10.5, I'm trying to monitor/alert on Windows service up/down for specific services. On a given node, I went into the "Service Control Manager" util from that node's Node...
View ArticleEnvisioning the Future Now (XI)
NSA-related news in recent months warrants revisiting an earlier discussion of AES. In an article on the NSA's Bluffdale, Utah datacenter, I noted that despite the peta-flop processing power of those...
View ArticleIs it possible to include a custom field as a variable in alerts?
Hi, We have set up an APP_Group custom field and we group the applications by this. Is it possible that these custom fields can be used as a variable in alerts as I can't see how to do it? Cheers,Kenny
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