SAM 10.6 - Bulk activation of Resources
Is there a way to bulk activate the "Hardware Health Sensors" and "Asset Inventory" resources of nodes for monitoring? I have a number of nodes that did not activate these during discovery and it's...
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SAM component login randomly fails on certain queries
Current config is: Orion Platform 2013.1.0, SAM 5.5.0, NCM 7.1.1, NPM 10.5, NTA 3.11.0, IVIM 1.6.0, VNQM 4.0.1 1.) I'm running a custom application monitor template using SQL Server User Experience...
View ArticleAdvanced alerts
I've been doing a lot of searching on thwack and through the help files and can't find an answer so far. Well what I have found seems to be outdated and no longer works. I'm trying to capture the...
View ArticleHP Warranty Check not correct in SAM 6.0
Is anyone else finding that the warranty check seems to not have extension warranty contracts. If seems like the new feature is using the old warranty website at Warranty lookup - HP Business Support...
View ArticleSAM 6.0 - Any way to make Multiple Object Chart dynamic like Custom Object...
I have a few components set up that use PowerShell scripts to gather several statistics in one. With these I am able to put Custom Object Resource - Multiple Statistic Chart in a View to see the new...
View ArticleError when testing a linux component script monitor
{"Message":"The communication object, System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel, cannot be used for communication because it is in the Faulted state.","StackTrace":" at...
View ArticleAppInsight for SQL - What would cause seeing a lot of 'red' for 'Performance...
I'm finding a lot of objects in the template which have 'Performance Counter Not Found'. Is this a result of credential permissions with WMI (OS) or WMI (SQL)? Thanks.
View ArticleWhen monitoring service uptime and availability, do you use geographically...
In dealing with availability monitoring, how many different geographic angles do you prefer to analyze from? Are the pros and cons to having too many or too few? I recently had a downtime problem with...
View ArticleAutomatically shutdown server on temperature threshold?
Orion seems to be able to read the temperature if the machine supports it, so is it possible to take it one step further and issue a shutdown command when the server reaches a certain threshold?
View ArticleWMI and Windows Server 2012
I cant get Windows 2012 to work with WMI, when I do the webemtest I get access denined and cant add the node into SolarWinds, seems to be a common issue at our site. We dont have any issues with...
View ArticleMonitoring services
I am sure this is possible just not sure how to do it and hoping I can get some help. I would like monitor window services on a windows 2008r2 box. I would like to know if a service is stopped. For...
View ArticleApplication custom properties in advanced alerts
I have been using ${Node.blahblah} and ${Volume.blahblah} lines for quite some time in my various advanced alerts. Most notably, I use them as dynamic email destinations. Just use...
View ArticleServer & Application Monitor 6.0 Now Available - Latest Version Information
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.0 has been officially released and is now available for download. All SAM customers under active maintenance can download SAM 6.0 from the customer portal....
View ArticleInvalid Query (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a...
We are getting this error for monitored components in SAM. We did not see this prior to the 6.0 and NPM 10.6 upgrade that was performed yesterday. This is happening across all of our pollers when...
View ArticleMail alerting per group / team
Hello , I am configuring some alerts to send mails when the thresholds are reached. In fact, 2 teams are involved within this processus, so 2 mailboxes. I created groups and added nodes/component to...
View ArticleTesting multiple DNS servers
I've got both internal and external users. We have multiple DNS Servers for internal users and other DNS servers (in the DMZ) for public lookups. I have one Orion installation located internally and I...
View ArticleSAM monitoring of LEM
Ahoy, Couldn' find this in Thwack, so I'll ask a question, and hope I'm not be re-hashin' anything. Right now, LEM be freezin' worse than a chastity belt at the South Pole. I has long-term processes to...
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