Advanced Alerting Engine Architecture Design
Having worked within the SolarWinds environment for eleven years I've always struggled with Alert management. It seemed like every time there needed to be a format change to an alert email or the...
View ArticleHow to resolve "Solarwinds.NPM.Licensor Stop Working" error
I recently opened a Case with the Number 669593, about issues when we tried to license any products Solarwinds Orion with License Manager. This error is presented too after installing or upgrading...
View ArticleWhy is my SQL so slow?
A way to troubleshoot:1. Edit web.config in C:\inetpub\SolarWinds and change to True<add key="HubbleActive" value="False" /> When Hubble is active, it calculates and counts a number of...
View ArticleConfiguring SNMP Version 3 on AIX
It took me a while to get the right combination of AIX SNMP Version 3 settings that will work with Authentication & Privacy enabled for Solar Winds.Hopefully the steps below will help you get it...
View ArticleStandalone Unmanage / Remange Node ASP .Net Page
In my another post (http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-171082) I added a search function in Solarwinds Page header , also modified the search results page to show some direct links related to the...
View ArticleInstalling SQL Server & Database Connection required during installation...
If you want to quickly test a database connection this is it.You can also use this to quickly execute sql command and see the output in a grid.Provides exception information to help troubleshoot...
View ArticleNode Downtime Reports
We’ve prepared two reports within Report Writer to report on node downtime: Node Down Time Report – shows outage duration for each node when and how long it was downSummarized Node Down Report –...
View ArticleInstalling SQL Server & Database Connection required during installation...
3rd party DB Connectivity Test Utility Attached (Please download the attachment )If you want to quickly test a database connection this is it.You can also use this to quickly execute sql command and...
View ArticleVolume Monitoring Thresholds
Best Practices for Volume Monitoring ThresholdsThrough my experience as a monitoring administrator, I have developed some best practices for monitoring volumes. These include:Volume thresholds should...
View ArticleAdding Live Weather to the "Worldwide Map" Resource
Adding Live Weather to the "Worldwide Map" Resource Summary: This will allow you to add live weather to the worldwide map based on the OpenWeatherMap project (free).Limitations: The map must be on a...
View ArticleGoogle Maps in Orion NPM - How to Video
I've made some changes to the original Google Maps that I introduced about this time last year. This version provides a status icon on the map for each unique latitude and longitude value in the...
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