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Thwack Wrist Watch Included in the Store?
If your opinion mattered, would you like the idea of a thwack wrist watch being included in the store?
View ArticleCan you remove the storage tab from the node details view for physical servers?
So we have recently deployed Solarwinds Orion and I have managed to manipulate most of the customization we would like. What I have noticed is on the node details page, the storage tab seems to be tied...
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Do not execute this Action if the Alert has been Acknowledged
We have an alert that has the "Do not execute this Action if the Alert has been Acknowledged" box checked in the Trigger Actions/Alert Escalation section of the alert. Even though we acknowledge the...
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Beta for SolarWinds "Deep Traffic Analysis" now available
Even with all of the new and exciting product updates, our development team somehow finds the time to outdo themselves. I'm pleased to be able to share with you an early beta of one of our most...
View ArticleEnvisioning the Future Now (XIV)
I recently discussed the NSA's project to develop a quantum computer in part for the purposes of cracking AES-encrypted data captured from internet backbones during the past 10 years and now stored in...
View ArticleHow often do you visit thwack?
Just like the title says: How often do you visit thwack?
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Question Everything...
In my last post, Data is Power, I talked about the need to bring data to decision makers to support your requests for more resources. We had a good discussion there about whether or not data is enough...
View ArticleFeature request: Node resource - List of related maps
As per this post:Re: Feature request: Node resource - List of related maps Example which I have:- one network device appears in more then one map (some detailed, some high level)- when I have any...
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thwack Monthly Mission - January 2014
Winner of the January 2014 Monthly Mission is... deniseglucas! Congratulations! Happy New Year everyone! The hustle and bustle of the holidays has come to an end and if you're anything like me, you're...
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!LEM Thoughts of the Week: Detecting the Target Breach?
Hey All, Trying a new LEM idea courtesy byrona - a LEM/SIEM topic of the week. I'll try to post a topic related to security and log data once a week, you toss in your two cents based on your experience...
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Web Request for /Orion/Login.aspx failed - Unable to connect to the remote...
In my test lab, after uninstalling 6.1 beta4, I install using the express install of RC2 (w/SQLExpress) and get the following error. I blow past this by clicking "Finish". Running the "Orion Web...
View ArticleSAM 6.1 AppInsight for Exchange Issues
Hoping someone can help me out with the issues I am facing below:Issue #1 The Hub Server name that is being called is wrong, but I am not sure how to fix it error: PowerShell script error. Credentials...
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AppInsight for Exchange - Error while processing component ABXM:
I've been working on getting AppInsight for Exchange running in our environment. For the majority of my servers, I used the automatic configuration. On these servers, I receive the below error. For...
View ArticleInstaller using >95% CPU
6.1 Installer running at more than 95% CPUStuck on "Starting Install Wizard" Anyone else seen this type of activity...
View ArticleSQL SAM Issue monitoring instances on a cluster
Hi all, I'm having some issues with SQL SAM monitoring on a windows cluster I'm hoping you can help. The cluster has a number of very busy SQL server instances and I have configured monitoring on...
View ArticleSupport for Cisco NBAR
Many customers have requested support for application recognition based on NBAR. Today NTA simply relies on port numbers, but by leveraging NBAR we would be able to more accurately measure traffic by...
View ArticleHow does Advanced Alert Manager handle the Last Boot has changed condition?
Working on an alert that uses Last Boot has changed and I started wondering, how does Orion know if the last boot time had changed and how does it know that this is no longer a problem? Testing an...
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