Bad trap packet received from Node with IP XX.XX.XX.XX. Error description :...
ERROR TrapService.TrapService - Bad trap packet received from Node with IP 192.168.1.1. Error description : Unknown user and engine. Packet discarded Why receiving such Events when Node sending the...
View ArticleHow to create a simple custom view of multiple interfaces' bandwidth utilization
I've used custom views to show clients and my Team many different things that NPM monitors, and those folks really appreciate the service. You can be a rock star in their eyes when you give them...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Slow Start
If you find that you are running Windows 2008/2008 R2 and it is taking an inordinate time to start the Solarwinds services after a reboot, then you may want to check the MSMQ service and subsequent...
View ArticleAlert Prioritising Dashboard (SWQL) for Problematic Nodes (Servers)
Here is an example to use SWQL to build a view to display problematic nodes (servers) with issues from one or more flowing areas: • Node Status (column name: CONN) - (1 UP, 2 Down, ignore other...
View ArticleResource to display unmanaged information on the node page including user info
< BACK TO TO THE MAGIC OF SQL SCRIPTS SERIES LISTEnd Result: How To: To achieve this just use the below SQL script to create Report in Report Writer and then use this report as a resource on node's...
View ArticleBGP Status change Alert
Hi All, I have set one alert condition from BGP neighbor change between my Cisco routers and Service provider.Below is the alert conditions Trigger Alert when all of the following apply OID is equal...
View ArticleDisk / 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...
View ArticleHow to create a simple custom view of multiple interfaces' bandwidth utilization
I've used custom views to show clients and my Team many different things that NPM monitors, and those folks really appreciate the service. You can be a rock star in their eyes when you give them...
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 ArticleSome Things Solarwinds Admins Can't Live Without
Here are some SQL queries as doing weekly Solarwinds Maintenance and creating custom alerts that we as an MSP can't live without. I will most likely update this often but here are some I store in my...
View ArticleLicense Details Timing Out
I ran into an issue where every hyperlink in Solarwinds was working except license details. The issue turned out to be that in the recent past, the customer had renamed the Solarwinds server, and the...
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