DFS path monitoring
Hey folks, I've done some searching and have found some articles, but I've been running into some issues. I'm tasked with monitoring whether specific DFS paths are available to specific servers. If I...
View ArticleNeed Help with Unable to Convert Query Results (MSSQL Monitor)
I have a SQL monitor that runs a SProc, returning two columns. The first column (statistic) is a count, and the second column (message) concatenates a string containing a list of items (up to three...
View ArticleFailed to create powershell connections using provided information
I'm trying to set up AppInsight for Exchange and have ran into a problem. When I click the Test Connection button I receive this message: Failed to create powershell connections using provided...
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SAM Agent Network Traffic Diagram
I know I've seen this before. But, now I can't seem to find it. What I'm looking is a diagram for communications between the new Agent an the primary SAM poller/server. I know the communications are...
View ArticleAdding computers to a Group
When managing groups is there an easy way to import a list of machines or do you have to manually search for each machine to add to the group? Some sort of bulk import or a PowerShell script to run to...
View ArticleDashboard Extremely Slow to Load
I have a dashboard that contains 6 graphs. 2 of the graphs are Node Aggregate Charts and the other 4 are Component Aggregate Charts. Each chart contains data from 8 nodes/components and shows the...
View ArticleAppInsight for SQL Port Requirements
Hi all, I'm trying to determine the firewall port requirements for AppInsight for SQL. I understand I'll need to open our static SQL port but what others would be required? I can't seem to find this...
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Running Solarwinds on VMWare - Best Practices?
I've noticed at two different companies now that when changed over from SNMP to WMI that everything runs slower and we have to constantly reboot the primary poller and/or additional pollers to reclaim...
View ArticleNo Instances of DFSR Folder PerfMon Counters
We are replicating DFS-R between a new file server (2012R2) and an existing file server (2012). On the new file server, I was able to get DFSR monitoring setup no problem. However, on the existing...
View ArticlePowerShell monitor for Office Web Apps server
Been banging my head a bit here; figured I'd see if the community has a light to shed. Trying to create a PowerShell script monitor for my Office Web Apps servers.What I want it to do is run...
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Monitoring VMWare Datastores With SolarWinds SAM
Hi all, Here is what you will achieve after following the below steps: ============================== First of all - massive credit to hcy01uk for sharing PowerShell script and giving me some ideas...
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Automatic Dependencies Based On Custom Properties (Node Location)
< BACK TO TO THE MAGIC OF SQL SCRIPTS SERIES LIST Hi Guys, I am very excited to present you with this solution that will allow you to create automatic dependencies based on custom properties. Again,...
View ArticleThe Magic Of SQL Scripts: Do What Counts, Don't Count What You Do
Dear All SolarWinders,I would like to kick off an exciting series of articles around monitoring workflow that I have created for the past few month.A year ago I have discovered SolarWinds product...
View ArticleNotification of missed reboots
We have several servers that have to be rebooted nightly. This process works pretty much all of the time, but when it does not, we need to be notified. Solarwinds does send notifications when the...
View ArticleDrives not updating after movement in SVC/change in serial number
Why didn't my drives update? I recently got called out because a server's E: drive was close to 100% and no alert was sent out on it. Looking at the node it had 2 E: drives and when I listed resources...
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Renamed Exchange Databases
We've recently been going through restructuring our Exchange 2010 databases, and part of that has involved renaming all of them. I'm having a problem now where SAM is still showing the old database...
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