General Question Concerning Migrating to a new server
I have a general question about migrating to a new server. I'm about to upgrade our SAM environment to version 6.2 (primary SAM server and several additional polling engines). Part of the upgrade is...
View ArticleWindows Event Log Monitor Question
I am trying to configure a Windows Event Log Monitor in SAM for Event ID 3041 from MSSQLSERVER in Applications. This occurs on our SQL server when a database transaction log backup fails. We had this...
View ArticleHow do I filter a group on "nodes not up" resource table on solarwinds??
It's easy to make a table showing all the nodes that aren't up, but I would like a table that shows all the devices that are down in a single group, not all groups. Anyone know what the correct sql...
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Progress Database (Linux and Unix)
This template assesses the status and overall performance of a Progress Database installed on Unix/Linux systems. This template uses sh scripts and the SNMP process monitor.Prerequisites:SSH, sh...
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How to run a perl script on the local solarwinds server?
I have installed cygwin perl on our primary orion server. I want to assign application component monitors to run scripts in perl. My hope is to be able to convert these over from a linux server. Im...
View ArticleErrors in Event Log from servers with > 32 logical CPUs
I have been noticing a lot of EventID 2006 entries in the Application Event Logs of our 40 core Dell R910 servers. These machines run Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1. "Unable to read Server Queue...
View ArticleStep By Step instructions to monitor Apache ActiveMQ
Hello there. I am trying to find a complete guide on how to setup activemq monitoring. There is surely allot of info out there but it seems to be all over the place. Any precise documentation I can...
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SAM hardware alers
I´m currently usin SAM 6.0.2. And my problem at the moment is that I can't create an advanced alert for hardware status faliure. Example:I have a server with 40+ harddrives and want to have an alert...
View Articlesvchost.exe consuming large amounts of memory - caused by Solarwinds?
We have lateley seen several servers with svchost processes consuming 1GB or more memory. The first process identified was for Remote Registry. The Remote Registry component monitor was one of the...
View ArticleDisabled Hardware Sensor, being Enabled
I am having an issue where a disk that I am disabling the sensor on is re-enabling itself. This seems to be happening daily. has anyone else experienced this?
View ArticleWhat We're Working on Beyond SAM 6.2
If you're interested in what we're working on for SAM, then head on over to my blog post at the link below. Server & Application Monitor - What we're working on beyond SAM 6.2
View ArticleSAM Powershell Citrix Server Monitoring
Hoping someone here can give me a hand. I have a script to check for offline servers in Citrix that we are trying to run from SAM. I have tested the below script through powershell on the polling...
View ArticleMS-RPC: Fragemented RPC request IPS block
I was approached by IPS team indicating Orion (SAM) is querying some servers and triggering these alerts and blocking the traffic.The target servers are successfully monitored.Has anyone else seen this...
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Specific permissions required for IIS counters?
I am trying to monitor IIS counters on web servers but keep getting these results on multiple servers: I have admin privileges on these servers and can poll any of the normal counters...
View ArticleAppInsight for Exchange and WinRM issue: The SSL connection cannot be...
I'm running SAM 6.1.1 and I'm having issues configuring a AppInsight for Exchange on a single Exchange server (Exchange 2012 on Windows 2008 R2). Getting other Exchange servers set up have worked...
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SAM agent - NAT to NAT?
Hello, I'm trying to do server-initiated communication for agent installs. The thing is, we're talking about going from one NAT to another. So Orion server -> NAT -> external IP -> external...
View ArticleHow do I filter a group on "nodes not up" resource table on solarwinds??
It's easy to make a table showing all the nodes that aren't up, but I would like a table that shows all the devices that are down in a single group, not all groups. Anyone know what the correct sql...
View ArticleWould you watch a SolarWinds reality TV show?
Before you answer, consider the reality shows out there already:Duck DynastyHoney Boo-BooStorage WarsSwamp PeopleIce Road TruckersFinding BigfootAx MenAfter interacting with all of my co-workers and...
View ArticleMonitoring a specific user login
We have an Autocad server that needs to remain logged in with an autocad service account and the application owner would like to know if Solarwinds is capable of monitoring such an event. I have...
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