Determine if a process is not responding and kill it / restart it?
I run a few applications on my nodes that occasionally crash. I would like to be able to know if they have crashed/aren't responding and kill them programmatically or via a button on the component...
View ArticleIs it possible to add a search bar to SAM?
Is it possible to add a search bar into SAM? I have some custom features involving showing instances and run time within a custom app that I would like to add and it would make it much easier if I...
View ArticleAssign SAM template to groups?
(or "Is SAM teasing me *again*?!?) On the SAM settings page, at the very bottom, there is a tantalizing sentence:"Application monitors may be added to groups." Yet, clicking the link "Manage Groups"...
View ArticleSAM - Find nodes not assigned to a Group?
How does one find which nodes are not assigned to a group? I have about 1500 nodes so far. I rather do this with a Dynamic Group Query but if this has to be done using another method such as a report...
View Articlesolarwinds.dataprocessor.exe very high disk i/o(Read)
Hi, We have Solarwinds NPM and SAM; I'm guessing it might be some sort of configuration issue, but I'm running into a problem with the SWdataprocessor.exe then SWJobEngineWorker and...
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Viewing SQL Database Information Within SAM
I'm rather new to SAM, and am wondering if someone can advise me on whether this is possible, and if so, how best to accomplish it. Here's my scenario. A few machines are monitored by SAM, and these...
View ArticleComponent/Application Monitor Event Report
Is it possible to create an alert/report that can access the events within a custom component/application monitor? I've messed around for a while with the Report Writer, but can't seem to find anything...
View ArticleMoving Content from View to View
Is it possible to move content from one View to another? I know you can move between tabs on one view, but it would be nice to move charts from page to page, as well.
View ArticleIs there a way to import Nagios Hosts and Services into SAM? Or worst case,...
Is there a way to import Nagios Hosts and Services into SAM? Or worst case, how would I compare the configurations on both systems in an automated fashion (without literally looking at every single...
View ArticleGreatest Invention Ever!
There are countless important inventions. Only ten are allowed here, so...I know you lot are creative, and I did only play the basics so... (I voted for cuticle remover. Why? Because the cuticle is...
View ArticleToo Many Alert Definitions?
I am curious what the danger of too many alert definitions is and how many is too many? I realize that this can be very subjective since they are basically SQL queries that run against the DB on a...
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How can I measure the difference in each polled values with JMX monitoring?
We would like to measure the difference in polled values and trend that statistic. An example is the Java Garbage Collection Time metric. This is a constantly increasing value, as it tracks total...
View ArticlePowerShell Output to Email Alerts
Can a PowerShell script be used to pass information into my email alerts, much like the way you can use the ${Notes} variable together with SolarWinds.APM.RealTimeProcessPoller.exe to include top...
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Can you get a single dial?
Hi All I have been given the request by one of my colleagues to produce a listing of all the Oracle DB's we monitor and their statict Data we return for a specific SQL query run against the database. I...
View ArticleIs there way to monitor how long a process is running?
We like to generate a alert if a particular process on windows server is running longer than specific time period which indicate that process is hanging. Please advise if there is way to do this. Thank...
View ArticlePrevent component from turning application/template red even when down
I am monitoring three in-house applications, AppA, AppB, and AppC. I have them in a template, AppsTemplate, that is assigned to each of the nodes I'm concerned with.I'm interested in monitoring AppA...
View ArticleNetwork folder file count
I'm trying to monitor the number of files in a networked folder that all of my nodes access. I can't seem to get this to work. I'm getting a "Loading your settings failed. (Access is denied.)" error....
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