Is your inbox growing out of control?
I expanded all my Outlook folders and was amazed at the size and number of folders I have created. So the question is: Is your inbox growing out of control?
View ArticleFailover Cluster - Alert when Active node has changed
So I'm trying to figure out a way to send an alert when the active node of a failover cluster has changed. I've reviewed the provided failover cluster templates, however I don't see any information in...
View ArticleMonitoring an HTTP URL through a proxy
We are trying to monitor an HTTP URL from an orion poller. The issue is that the poller must use a web proxy to access the internet and that proxy requires credentials. A GPO forces a machine policy on...
View ArticleSQL - map Nodes to Alerts
in SQL, I'm able to find all the information I need to know to about Nodes and Alerts; but I can not find a table or anything that maps the Nodes to alerts. Trying to find what alerts are applied to...
View ArticleSAM: Possible Error in Custom Table Choose Column section
When creating a Custom Table (and I imagine a custom chart, alert, or anything that uses the "Choose Column" resource seen in the screenshot below) and setting the "Orion Object" to "Component" and...
View ArticleSQL Server Edition Query
How do I get the SQL server edition without using AppInsight or PowerShell? I'm looking for the least intrusive method. AppInsight requires the credentials be added to the database. Powershell requires...
View ArticleHTTPS Monitor and SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor reports down status...
I did change on IIS server to comply last security recommendations. There is Data Security Standard (DSS) version 3.1 from PCI Council which says that SSL and TLS 1.0 can no longer be used after June...
View ArticleServer & Application Monitor 6.3 - Beta 2 Now Available
I am excited to announce that Server & Application Monitor(SAM) 6.3 Beta 2 is now available . The team at Solarwinds has been hard at work at producing the next release of SAM with some great new...
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 ArticleFile servers - File browsing latency in Explorer
I have a group of Windows 2012 R2 file-servers that have intermittent problems with slow file and folder access. This is shown to the end users by a ~3 second delay in moving between folders from a...
View Articlenumber of instances in Performance Counter Monitor
HiI try to monitor processor load on a GPU based 'number cruncher'.It is a Windows machine running Windows Server 2008R2Performance Monitor on the machine shows 32 CPUs.I'm monitoring the machine using...
View ArticleUsing a Python script as a SAM component
SAM allows you to use any scripting language that you prefer to gather metrics and other information that you wish to monitor. Since Orion lives on Windows there are several scripting languages that...
View ArticleHardware polling failed: Polling job finished with 'Canceled' state.
Unable to get hardware stats.The node status displays :Node is Up.Overall Hardware Status 'Overall Hardware Status' has state: Could Not Poll.Server OS windows 2k8r2 sp1we use SNMP query. Can someone...
View ArticleHow to report polling method for Windows Servers
Hi, I'd like to obtain a report that lists the polling method (SNMP and ICMP, WMI and ICMP, etc.) defined for every Windows Server node. We're in the phase on changing the polling method to WMI and...
View ArticleSAM AppInsight for SQL - Agent Job Info
Is it possible to restrict the information to the last 24 hours for the SQL Agent Job Status? Normally, this information would be the most effective for the last 24 hours, especially for jobs that run...
View ArticleOrion and TLS 1.2?
Is it possible to force Orion to use TLS 1.2? This morning I tried disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on my Orion Web Server and only having TLS 1.2 enabled and this broke communication. I am not sure if this...
View ArticleClear Application Availability and Statistics
Is there a way to clear application availability and statistics without deleting and re-assigning the template? I'm looking to truncate the table for a specific APM ID.
View ArticleCreating In-house Application Monitor Template
Hi All i have few in-house developed apps which i want monitored by SAM. is it possible to achieve this via "Creating new template"/component monitors setting under SAM. or there are specific component...
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