List all devices and SNMP config
Here's a basic report that I built to make sure all nodes SNMP Hostname, Location & contacts were properly set in all equipments...
View ArticleEnd-to-end Solarwinds SMS alerting on a VMware virtual machine
Operating systems and applications used: Server O/SWindows 2008 R2 SP1VM VersionVMware hardware version 8VM hostVMware ESXi 5.0Solarwinds modulesNPM 10.4.2, SAM 5.5.0Alerting software PageGate v.6SMS...
View ArticleUsing SQL Triggers to Populate Custom Properties
I wanted to share an advanced SQL technique that can simplify onboarding new nodes when you have several custom properties that are related. This comes in handy for a number of use cases. In this...
View ArticleMonitoring Feature-Function Matrix (XLSX)
This matrix records the features of the monitoring tools you have (or are considering) so that you can get a visual idea of which ones have the highest value, which ones may be under-utilized, where...
View ArticleMonitoring Feature-Function Matrix (ODS)
This matrix records the features of the monitoring tools you have (or are considering) so that you can get a visual idea of which ones have the highest value, which ones may be under-utilized, where...
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Disk / Volume / RAM / Memory Calculation
Here is the calculation for the Disk / Volume / RAM /below and example.What object IDs (OIDs) does Orion NPM poll for volume information? What types of volume information does Orion NPM...
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Here's a basic report that I built to make sure all nodes SNMP Hostname, Location & contacts were properly set in all equipments...
View ArticleMonitoring 101
Despite the relatively maturity of monitoring and systems management as a discrete IT discipline, I am asked - year after year and job after job - to give an overview of what monitoring is. This...
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Cisco Serial Number Universal Device Poller & Report
Cisco Serial Number Universal Device Poller.Start > All programs > SolarWinds Orion> Network performance Monitor> Universal Device Poller. Click “New Universal Device Poller” Type the...
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DISKS SPACE TREND Report with SQL Reporting Services
I created a Solarwinds Disk Usage Report using MS SQL reporting service. The SQL query should work for Solarwinds Report Writer too. The report will collect fixed disk usage (%) information for all...
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