Group Status (swql, sql)
Groups are useful in pulling together similar information. For example for an application we can put in the nodes, interfaces, volumes, luns, and other aspects of a application.The bad part is that...
View ArticleHow-To: Insert Google Charts within Custom HTML
So a member of my team was working on a customer request where they wanted the default 'Network Wide Availability Chart' to show the values plotted on the chart so that when it was exported to PDF for...
View ArticleNeighbor Status (swql)
I didn't see a widget for Neighbor Status - so here's one in swql: SELECT TOUPPER(SUBSTRING(n.caption,1,case when charindex('.',n.caption,1) <=4 then length(n.caption) else...
View ArticleSAML Single Sign-on
For several years now there has been a growing industry trend towards consolidating user authentication mechanisms by integrating applications into a single sign-on solution. This has the benefit of...
View ArticleNPM Website - HTTP Error 500.19 Internal Server Error
This is something interesting. Installing the inetpub on drive C works, but the client wants it on Drive E. In putting on drive E, we got the 500.19 error. We finally got it to work and the solution...
View ArticleCleaning up the unknown interface, volume, hardware (swql)
Cleaning up is always a bit of a chore. Luckily this script makes a little easier by pointing to objects which are "unknown". The script will list up, down, disabled, unknown, and total for three...
View ArticleNPM 2019.4 IS NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE!
It is my pleasure to announce that Network Performance Monitor (NPM) 2019.4 is now available and can be downloaded from the Customer Portal. Note that we've changed the version numbering with this...
View ArticleWhat We're Working on for NPM (Updated Nov 25, 2019)
The latest release ofNetwork Performance Monitor (NPM) is available on solarwinds.com and in your customer portal. See the NPM 2019.4 Release Notes for a comprehensive look.You ask, we listen. Many of...
View ArticleBulk import ICMP nodes
Hello Thwackers, I thought I would share my rough and ready PowerShell script which helps when you have a known list of ICMP devices to import. This is very useful if like me, you are going through an...
View ArticleDatabase transaction log is full - Recovery ( Simple Mode vs Full Mode )
Growth is either down to 2 reasons:1 NO DISK SPACE2 LDF Autogrowth restriction has been reachedFirst thing I would do is Change Recovery from FULL to SIMPLE if not done so alreadyDatabase recovery...
View ArticleAlert Variable - Remove Domain Suffix from Sysname
The following variable can be used to strip the domain suffix from the Sysname in an Alert: ${SQL: SELECT RTRIM (SUBSTRING(Sysname,1,((Select CASE WHEN (CharIndex('.yourdomain',Sysname)>0) THEN...
View ArticleNode Downtime with Duration and Minimum Length Filtering
**REQUIRES ORION PLATFORM 2018.2 OR ABOVE** I had assembled this based on a much older SQL report, and then updated it to SWQL, then added some more intelligence to it so you can filter it based on the...
View Articlegoogle charts using AnnotatedTimeLine - CPUMEM and ResponseTime/PacketLoss
I have posted a CPU and MEM chart using google charts Google Charts for CPU and MEM This time I used AnnotatedTimeLine and it looks really good. Informative yet - taking up minimal footprint. It...
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