Template export, modification and re-import - how to do it right?
Hi all,We're using SAM to monitor SQL using the standard SQL DB template. We're creating a template per instance because of course each component in the template needs to point at the instance name...
View ArticleJob Scheduler v2: Results Notified Error
So I recently applied the following template to measure the performance of my SW environment. Orion Server.apm-templateI have concerns regarding a specific component of this template Job Scheduler v2:...
View ArticleAppInsight for Exchange - Active/Mounted Database Availability Always in Warning
The component for Active/Mounted Database Availability is constantly in Warning. What goes into calculating this component? I have one database that has one copy that is down currently as we are...
View ArticleWe are planning to migrate our infrastructure on Linux.
Hi All, We are planning to migrate our infrastructure on Linux.Can you please confirm Orion Core 2012.2.2 and SAM 5.5.0 can support Linux or not.
View ArticleSAM PagerDuty integration issues with volume names
We're using PagerDuty with SAM to handle on-call rosters & escalations. We've hit an issue with disk alerts where PagerDuty is choking on the "\" character that is part of the volume name we want...
View ArticleHow To Monitor Split-Scope DHCP Pool
If you have 2 DHCP servers with split-scope configured on each of them and you would like to be notified when both of them are lacking IPs for a specific scope(s) - you are at the right place. It is my...
View ArticleHow to monitor DHCP Split-Scope?
Hi everyone, I have an interesting problem. I am currently using Windows DHCP Server Template in SAM 5.2 to monitor 2 x DHCP servers configured in Split-scope format. The problem is, a particular...
View ArticleSelf-Monitoring and MSMQs... Or, how do we watch the watcher?
How do you guys monitor SolarWinds applications in general? What about the MSMQs? I came in this morning and thought everything was fine until I had to do a few rounds of server reboots, went to...
View ArticleESX Host CPU Monitoring Mistery...
Hi All, I have a little problem and hope some of you may be able to pint me to the right direction: I have a number of ESX hosts I am monitoring here. They are all set to ICMP and Pool for VMWare: With...
View Articlenetwork mapped drive not showing in Win32_Logical disk
We are trying to monitor the free space on a network drive. We've able to query this via PowerShell but using the SAM dcom/wmi performance counter wizard we are unable to see the drive. This has been...
View ArticleOS watchers alert in Solarwinds
Hi All, Could someone please help me out with how is OS watchers alert is configured in solarwinds. We have been receiving many flap alerts from Solarwinds regarding OS watchers. It will be a great...
View ArticleSelf-Monitoring and MSMQs... Or, how do we watch the watcher?
How do you guys monitor SolarWinds applications in general? What about the MSMQs? I came in this morning and thought everything was fine until I had to do a few rounds of server reboots, went to...
View ArticleSAM + Orchestrator = The Sky is the Limit
We were recently tasked with helping an application support team mitigate a problem while they troubleshoot the code. This particular application is on 5 web servers all load balanced. When the...
View ArticleCan Solarwinds be integrated with Zabbix?
I need to know, if I can integrate Solarwinds (SAM) with Zabbix.
View ArticleIs 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 Articlecheck_msa_hardware, a pearl plugin running as nagios plugin against some...
Hi I´m trying to monitor some HP MSAs and P2000 boxes (Entry Level Storage), using a Nagios Plugin wrote in Pearl. I have a couple of doubts, please let me enumerate them.. (The basic) Is possible,...
View ArticleTemplate export, modification and re-import - how to do it right?
Hi all,We're using SAM to monitor SQL using the standard SQL DB template. We're creating a template per instance because of course each component in the template needs to point at the instance name...
View ArticlePowershell script modules
I've been trying to create some custom powershell script monitor templates, and part of what i'm doing uses other powershell modules. I've created a powershell profile on the Solarwinds server that...
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