SAM - Application status is Unknown
I recently upgraded our SAM installation to 6.1.1 and since then seemingly on a daily basis we are getting alerts saying that Application status is Unknown, When I open the application details it shows...
View ArticleA discovery job to only add Audit information
HiI want to add about 300 client PCs into our Solarwinds DB. These are all Windows 7 or 8 - and should be managed via WMI. All i want is the audit information, i do not want to add interfaces, CPU or...
View ArticleCustom powershell monitor without a statistic (Just UP or DOWN)
I am writing a powershell scrip that checkes to see is an application is up or down via a rest call... It seems that SW expects a integer value returned. So how do I make it pik up UP or DOWN and then...
View ArticleDo I REALLY need an additional poller for outside agents?
I have 3 or 4 servers at a remote data center that I need to monitor, so I am trying to get agent initiated connections working. In my firewall I port forwarded 17778 from the WAN to my polling engine,...
View ArticleHTTP Monitoring
Hi, I am trying to monitor the following and I am not sure which monitor I should be using when I send a request to https://xxx.yyy.com/exampleservice.svc I expect the result to be This is a Windows©...
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Editing a custom property
When adding a custom property for a application type. After adding it and submitting get this error. We have used that property name as long as I can remember. Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas?...
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DHCP User Experience Monitor - is in an unknown state
I keep getting around the clock errors that DHCP User Experience Monitor - is in an unknown state Any ideas why I am getting this? its getting annoying
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...
View ArticleReporting Monthly Application Availability in report writer
Hi all, A little stuck on SQL here... I have this..... SELECT TOP 10000 Nodes.Caption AS NodeName,APM_AlertsAndReportsData.ApplicationName AS...
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 ArticleRefresh of Content on NOC view
I've setup a NOC view with 3 tabs which rotate every 15 seconds. The global refresh is set to 1 minute. It doesnt appear to update any of the values on the screen. Is there a setting i am missing to...
View ArticleHow should I configure SNMP?
Hi, I am using solarwinds to monitor my application. I am in need of monitoring custom services which my application uses(other than default CPU, Space, etc) Is there a way I can do this directly in...
View ArticleRetry a monitor X times before posting exception events
The Application "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2-2012 R2 Failover Cluster (Advanced)" has a component monitor that uses PowerShell to get up/down status. In my case this is the 'Cluster Network State'...
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...
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How to edit custom properties on multiple assigned application monitors?
I've got a boat load of assigned application monitors and would like to edit the custom properties for them. I'm looking for a way to edit the same field on multiple monitors at the same time. When I...
View ArticleCalendar Attendant Requests Failed
I have a critical error for "Calendar Attendant Request Failed" from Oct 22nd. I can't find any reference to what this was, why, it just shows 1 and doesn't reset. How can I see more information...
View ArticleDHCP User Experience Monitor - is in an unknown state
I keep getting around the clock errors that DHCP User Experience Monitor - is in an unknown state Any ideas why I am getting this? its getting annoying
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