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Hostname/"DNSBackward" field populated when IPAM can't ping but DNS exists
Does the "DNSBackward" field get populated whether a ping comes back or not (i'm betting not based on my system)?I'd like to add this as a feature request.I don't know the mechanism used to populated...
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I am trying to create a report that will show a history of connected wireless clients to a list of APs over a period of time. I dont realy see this type of report. Anybody know how to acomplish this?...
View ArticleUndocumented prompt during Toolset for Web installation - Express vs Advanced
When installing the Toolset for Web on my Orion NPM server, there was an undocumented prompt - basically asking whether to use Express - Recommended or Advanced. I could not find any documentation on...
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Calling All IT Heroes!
We need photos of IT Pros like you for our website - solarwinds.com. We're looking to feature our thwack community members in their real-life work setting—working in the server room, fixing a problem,...
View ArticleThe Cost of InfoSec Stewardship
"Five billion years and it still comes down to money." -- The Doctor Hello Thwack, this is Gideon Tam again! I was one of the Thwack Ambassadors for the month of January, 2014. Back in January we had...
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License Details not showing current NPM server
NPM 10.7. I recently moved NPM services to a new server build. After removing all of the NPM services from the old server, I discovered that the web console Admin page still shows "License Details"...
View ArticleWhat is complexity?
Hi dear community, I'm new to this forum but I'm very glad that I found one, which deals especially with the topic network complexity. So, here is my question, which is a very basic one but maybe not...
View ArticleThe Two Faces of NetFlow
Enabling NetFlow will give you some insight on what your network actually carries -- Nicolas Fischbach in Black Hat conference Even though we discuss NetFlow in this article, the content also applies...
View ArticleNPM toplogy calculation problems
I have seen various discussions about issue with the NPM topology implementation and problems with it. These range from putting extra load on Cisco routers to extra load on polling servers. So I...
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NPM 11 Beta 1 Now Available
As unbelievable as it seems, with NPM 10.7 so recently out the door, we have a beta available for the shiny new NPM 11.NPM 11 introduces one of the singularly largest features we've had in a while with...
View ArticleHow many cores for your database server?
Just wondering what the "average" number of cores is for an average database server. Back in the day we ran mostly 2 and 4 core systems. Then we went to 4 and 8, then came hyperthreading to get us to...
View ArticleSOAP and XML API to monitor elements and services
HiAre you getting more questions about that type of network monitoring ?It start for me with VM ,now FW vendors and other comes with that support.Is that just new trend or that will be the beginning...
View ArticleYour Job Roll
I am curious how much of your time is spent as a Solarwinds Admin (or whatever title you chose) and how much time is spent in other roles. For me, my job title is Campus Network Engineer but I am the...
View ArticleWorld Cup Winner . . .
The most important poll even i think...Who has the best chance of winning? grantallenby
View ArticleLoad Balancer Choice
We need a hardware load balancer for our new sharepoint farm. Who would you choose, please comment below on why.
View ArticlePacket-level traffic analysis and classification
I'm curious on whether or not others are excited about the packet-level traffic analysis and classification that is listed in "What we're working on". For us, its hard to say. Without knowing the...
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