"Application Template - Description" contains... not working
Hoping someone else can verify/reproduce this behavior... or advise I am doing something wrong...I created a SAM template and put a certain string in the description field "InSysView". I applied the...
View ArticleApplication monitoring
Hello, I hope I'm in the right area or even site for the product that I'm referring to! I'm a software testing for a large company. I have intermediate knowledge of IT and if I don't have an answer for...
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Application Pool monitoring
Hello, Is it possible to monitor each application pool in IIS? I currently just use the IIS template but we have a need to monitor the application pool itself for the status of it. Is there a monitor...
View ArticleMonitoring an Active/Passive HA Application
In spite of the awesomeness that I've seen posted on Thwack for a myriad of issues I have yet to find a really elegant solution for active/passive application monitoring. Now, I do have some ideas for...
View ArticleUpgrade Question
I started the upgrade to SAM 6.2.1 today and got as far as backing up the database and unzipping the update. I see there is a roughly 900 meg executable and a zip within the main zip that has a small...
View ArticleWe have several Websence appliances running Linux and need to monitor the...
I have been spinning my wheels on this all day. Can this be done? Where do I start?
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 ArticleSAM Alert emails and how to include windows Event Viewer ID
Hello, So a little background first. I am a complete noob when it comes to Solarwinds and SQL queries. I am not however a noob to google and have not been able to find an answer to this particular set...
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ESX Invalid URL: the URl is empty
Hello,I am experience this error on of my hosts. I have other hosts that are working fine hanging off the same vcenter.I can get to the http://<hostip>/mob and log in just fine.I have tried...
View ArticleApplication Unknown for one polling interval
How do I find out what is causing this? A number of seemingly healthy and responsive nodes (SNMP and WMI, 0ms response times) report "Application Unknown" for one polling interval followed by...
View ArticleIRS Computer Tips. How do you ensure your company's emails are safe?
Seeing as how the IRS had seven key hard drive "crashes" recently and coincidentally canceled their backup service at about the same time, I was thinking thwack may be able to offer some tech tips. So,...
View ArticleNeed some help getting my Perl Monitor working- LINUX Clock Drift
I'm writing my own perl clock drift monitor because the canned monitor is randomly throwing super high values into the statistic, and I need to be able to source a local time server's clock due to PCI...
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How to create a repository for all of your custom app pages
It happens to virtually all SAM administrators at some point. Hey can you create me a custom dashboard for this. It starts out simply enough and you add a few to your menu bars. However if you are...
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I Need to monitor SQL Server Agent jobs
# I am running SAM on Win 2008 r2 64 bit - running MSSQL Server 2008 and SAM 6.2 - NPM 11.5 # I Did run the AppInsight for SQL template but we do not need all of the monitored SQL item its uses plus it...
View ArticleChange Credentials en mass for Nodes
When I was demoing SAM, I set 198 nodes up using my personal AD credentials. I'd like to change them to a service account I created for subsequent nodes that were added. Is there a way to do that en...
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SAM 6.2 licensing shows 184 volumes, SAM shows 102 monitored
Was reviewing our SAM license the other day and noticed that it showed 184 volumes under the license count. When I check SAM it only shows 102 licenses. Just curious why they show different values....
View ArticleWe have several Websence appliances running Linux and need to monitor the...
I have been spinning my wheels on this all day. Can this be done? Where do I start?
View ArticleMonitoring an Active/Passive HA Application
In spite of the awesomeness that I've seen posted on Thwack for a myriad of issues I have yet to find a really elegant solution for active/passive application monitoring. Now, I do have some ideas for...
View ArticleSAM 5.5 Process Monitor -SNMP "Command Line Filter" Syntax
I am trying to monitor a java process on a Linux Server via SNMP using the "Process Monitor - SNMP" Component, which i also need to use the "Command Line Filter" because there are multiple java...
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