SAM 6.0.0 and ESXi Degraded Memory False Positive
We have at least (7) identical ESXi hosts and (2) of them are displaying false positive degraded memory alerts. They are hp ProLiant ML350 G8's and the iLO and ESXi itself shows no error or history of...
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It could be me misunderstanding the icons, but we have a volume that is being used by Exchange for storage, it is a volume mount point. It is over 95% used, so the volume is in a "critical" state, but...
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View ArticleWMI monitoring through firewalls and NAT routers?
Hi clever people...has anyone managed to solve the problem of monitoring WMI stuff from APM, when the APM poller sits on the remote site of a firewall tot he device being monitored? if i disable all...
View ArticleA simple question on Application Monitors
Hi, Can anyone please help me to confirm whether an Application Monitor would be alerted as DOWN when the node it is mounted on, is down BUT the assigned Application Monitor( like HTTP monitor) is not...
View ArticleSSRS Monitoring
Does SAM have the ability to monitor SQL SSRS and determine usage stats based on the actual SSRS reports, such as:How many times the report is run during a time periodHow long the report takes to...
View ArticleIssues using Windows Script Monitor with Windows 2008 R2 servers
Hello all, Has anyone had issues using the Windows Script component to run VBScripts to a Windows 2008 R2 server. We use many of these monitors in our environment on our older 2003 servers and we are...
View ArticleAppInsight for Exchange - Connection Test Failed and CopyQueueLength Questions?
I've recently upgraded the Server & Application Monitor to version 6.1.0 and introduced AppInsight for Exchange to my SolarWinds environment. In my environment, I have two Exchange 2010 Database...
View ArticleProblems getting AppInsight for Exchange working
Hello, I am trying to get the AppInsight for Exchange working by following the Online Help. 1. So far I have checked that the service account we use for SolarWinds has the correct permissions on...
View ArticleSNMP connections
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View ArticleDetermining ldap usage of domain controller
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View ArticleUnable to access server WMI with local admin account
I have some servers that are in a DMZ, and I need to access using Solarwinds via WMI. Since these servers are in our DMZ, they are not part of our domain. I created a local account, and added it to...
View ArticleHow does one monitor multiple Apache/Tomcat instances on a Linux host?
We have multiple Apache instances on hosts that need to be monitored. They may share an IP addr but be on different ports, or they have different IP addrs and ports. I see in the Apache template, there...
View ArticleSAM 6.0.0 and ESXi Degraded Memory False Positive
We have at least (7) identical ESXi hosts and (2) of them are displaying false positive degraded memory alerts. They are hp ProLiant ML350 G8's and the iLO and ESXi itself shows no error or history of...
View ArticleIs there a SAM feature that is comparable to the free tool "Inactive User...
Was looking into the Inactive User Account Removal Tool and noticed on the free tool page that SAM was the full feature product or what was recommended. My company has SAM, but I need to look for...
View ArticlePowerShell Credentials
I've created a Windows PowerShell Monitor that calls w32tm to check time source. My goal is to setup alerting if a server is using Free-running System Clock. $time = w32tm /query /source...
View ArticleAppInsight for SQL - Not able to change some component monitors - stuck on...
Is it normal for some of the components in the AppInsight for SQL SAM template and application to remain grey and stuck on the message "Loading component editor settings" when you attempt to view or...
View ArticleLinux script execution error. Script file creation failed.
I have a monitor setup based on the Linux Time Drift monitoring script.For the majority of servers it works fine, but for one or two servers it intermittently reports unknown with the error "Linux...
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