Are You a True SolarWinds Power User?
How much of a SolarWinds power user are you? While our products are obviously designed for professional IT shops, we’ve heard from some of you who have used the SolarWinds products you’ve come to love...
View ArticleWhy does a report show the same computer name multiple times?
After running a report, I'm seeing a couple of computers that will show up multiple times per item. If it were once or twice, that wouldn't be a huge deal, but I'm talking about over one hundred...
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thwack Monthly (Mini) Mission - June 2014
There will be no June mission, she said... No mission points or prizes, they said... Well, folks here I am correcting my statement with a "mini" monthly mission! We're gearing up for the return of...
View ArticleWhat does a container status of 17 mean?
I have a container that is has a status of 17 when I look in the database. When I look in the web, the container is OK. When I look @ the StatusInfo table, it indicates that a status of 17...
View ArticleBandwidth Use By Component?
After researching a bit I'm guessing that getting the bandwidth used by a component monitored by SAM isn't currently possible, but maybe someone who is more of a guru might know of a SQL query or...
View Article[VIDEO] Block USB & Monitor Access Logon with SolarWinds Log & Event Manager
See how SolarWinds customer Guy Watkins benefits from using Log & Event Manager to block unauthorized USB devices, monitor system access logins and stay compliant with GLBA.
View Article[VIDEO] SolarWinds Log & Event Manager Monitors WAN better than MSP
See how Chris Beck, SolarWinds customer, uses Log & Event Manager to find and fix issues in his WAN that even their MSPs who monitor the WAN can't find.
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Celebrity Deathmatch - Who would win in a fight?
I have been watching Agents of shield on television recently and abit annoyed that we do not actually see any of the Avengers coming in to the story line for a cameo. So that got me thinking who would...
View ArticleEasier Upgrades/Update/Hotfixes for Sites with Additional Pollers and Web...
I have the following products installed across a Main Engine, an Additional Poller and an Additional Web Server:NPM, SAM, NTA, NCM, IPAM, VNQM When I had just the main Engine upgrades/updates were not...
View ArticleBomgar Integration
I ended up getting a Bomgar device which has been one of the best investments I have ever recommended. I notice they pretty much integrate with everything excluding WHD, I would like to see an...
View ArticleHow to make new Report Writer report appear in left pane
I've slept since the last time I did this, so, despite all my searching, I'm probably missing something obvious, or it's the ol' "can't-do-that-any-more". I can create a report via Report Write, and...
View ArticleWHAT TIME FRAME DO YOU USE WHEN ACCESSING AT 1-MIN FLOW DATA FOR...
With the introduction of NTA 4.0 we provided users with the ability to have access to 1-minute date for 30+ days depending on your disk size and flows per second you were collecting. While this is...
View ArticleCustom Properties SQL Filtering 'or' statement
We have a custom property field for support teams. The views and alerts are filtered by this view and it works great. The support team only sees the devices they support. Problem gets into when I have...
View ArticleWHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR NTA AFTER V4.0
To receive updates on the NTA roadmap, JOIN thwack and BOOKMARK this page.After releasing NTA 4.0, we have been working on the next release. Here is our "hot list" of things we are currently working...
View ArticleJuniper UDT monitoring hits License doubly bad!
Our environment is made up almost entirely of Juniper hardware. I noticed that when I added my entire production environment into UDT that Juniper with its config of physical and logical interface that...
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Self-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...
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Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) - Updated June 20, 2014
Start Using DPA 8.3.407System RequirementsDPA for SQL ServerDPA for OracleDPA for SybaseDPA for DB2VM Option for DPAThree Minute Overview | Video TutorialQuick Start Video Series | Video TutorialLatest...
View ArticleAdvance Alerts - Only if Acknowledged
Hi, I am trying to create an Advance Alert that will only trigger when a node is Down and also when it is Not Acknowledged. I have setup two advance alerts, identical except that one sends an email and...
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