Additional Poller RPC process spiking and killing SAM monitoring
Saturday I upgraded to NPM 11.5.1 and implemented SAM 6.2 hotfix 1 into my environment, which consists of 2 polling engines. Now every few days, SolarWinds begins flooding our environment with...
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List resources blank
When listing resources for a server, it comes up with nothing. It had been working previously just fine. Any idea what might cause this and a fix?
View ArticleCannot export template to file
Hello, I need to export some of our application monitor templates to a file so I can import into another installation of SAM. My issue is that when I select the option to Export to File nothing really...
View ArticleErrors with Cisco IronPort (Powershell) Template
I deployed the Cisco IronPort (PowerShell) Application template to monitor two different IronPort devices in our environment, but the monitors return multiple script errors on both devices. The errors...
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Can I add a URL to a Node object in SAM
I'm looking for a way to embed in the node details a url that references a build document.I have added a comment field, which does display. But it is a text field and not a url you can click on to go...
View ArticleWill the out-of-box Application Monitor Templates be reset or overwritten...
Will the out-of-box Application Monitor Templates be reset/updated when upgrading the Orion platform/SAM? I made some changes to the out-of-box template 'Microsoft Windows Server 2003-2012 Services...
View Articlehow to get component warning/ critical thresholds in this SWQL query?
Trying to get thresholds (warning/ critical) to appear in this query that shows polled values for each application's components. Any suggestions? Use case is I have an internal customer who desires...
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Powershell Exit Code 1 = Get Output Failed
I having a tough time getting my script to correctly report the exit code to SAM 6.1.1. I have read The Basics of PowerShell (part 3) and I am using the required Message, Statistic and Exit codes. My...
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Troubleshooting guide for Hardware health for ESX Host server polled through...
This guide was created to help troubleshoot problems when polling Hardware Health information's on ESX Host servers polled through vCenter. Sometimes it happens that Hardware sensor for Hard disc...
View ArticlePerformance counter not found
Hi All , I have an issue with Solarwind Performance counter as attached .. I have checked the Auto close option for that Database and it is FALSE , moreover the SQL version is Standard -2008 I also...
View ArticleHow to assign SAM components to Additional Poller?
Hi, We have just installed an additional poller and connected it successfully to the main Orion server. I can see to assign a node to the additional poller you simply go to : manage nodes > select...
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Getting alerts on individual CPU cores - how?
Hi all, Currently we have a deployment of SAM monitoring various appliances on our network.At the moment we can configure an alert to deploy when CPU usage is above a certain level for a specified...
View ArticleAppInsight for SQL Template - duplication question
I am not an expert in SolarWinds so I posted my question here. One of the SQL DBA's asked if he could copy (so he could edit the copy) the AppInsight for SQL Template. He tried but the copy option...
View ArticleAppInsight for SQL on some databases is not polling. Stuck at "initial poll...
Background:I'm on SAM 6.1.1, NPM 11.0.1 (I know I'm not on the latest. I'm planning on upgrading pretty soon) We have been using the App Insight for SQL templates to monitor our SQL databases for about...
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Hardware Alerting Quandry
We are processing auto-generated incident tickets for hardware warning and critical conditions for all monitored devices, using a handful of alert rules to try and manage all the variations in behavior...
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...
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