Re: Where do you think the division of responsibilities should fall between...
I'm not sure Data Architects need to have a background as a DBA. In fact, I've blogged elsewhere that I think there's a sort of Mason-Dixon Line in IT that keeps people happy on either the logical...
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That's fair. I do agree on the Mason-Dixon line in IT concept. Although I find that in the various areas I have worked in IT, having come from a different complementary area greatly enhances my...
View ArticleRe: NPM doesn't recognize my Ruckus APs
For those following this thread - Ruckus support has been introduced in 10.7 RC, now available in your customer portal (if under active maintenance.)
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Issues after deleting Groups
I am deleting and adding nodes using Sonar. I figured I would delete the groups and dependencies as well. Now every node on the maps in Atlas says that 'Object status is UP, one or more child...
View ArticleRe: job failed with "no dns servers on poller"
It turns out our one of pollers was missing its configuration archive directory deleted (C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\NCM\Config-Archive). Once the directory was restored all NCM jobs...
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Yes, great point. I'm all for IT people experiencing, in real life, various roles and responsibilities. I think that's also what makes for a better IT manager.
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Re: Custom Package Installation
Thanks for the help. I created a new test package and removed the log flag completely: ADDLOCAL=Feature_BackupEngine,Feature_BackupServer,Feature_ManagementTools /L*v However, installing now gives a...
View ArticleRe: SNMP Trap Alerting questions
An active alert has two components:- the alert definition- the monitored object (node, interface, etc) what I do is use the TRAPviewer to tag traps of interest with a key, then use a CUSTOM SQL alert...
View ArticleRe: Other Higher Ed Folks Using WHD To Support All IT Needs?
Right now I am trying determine what makes the most sense in terms of tech groups. We have five IT sub departments, Info Services which deals primarily with our ERP and applications connecting to it...
View ArticleMonitor that checks for credentials request (HTTP 401?)
The site that we need to monitor uses HTTPS, and when we go to the site, it pops up a login box that asks for AD-ENT credentials. How do I setup a monitor in ipMonitor that checks for this credentials...
View ArticleRe: NTA 4.0 Upgrade Questions
Hello, You need to run the NTA install file first on the VMware server that will store the flows. When you do this, it will ask you for database connection, so it can authenticate the NTA application....
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Well thank you however I just realized my vmware server didn't pass the test as far as having enough CPU and memory so I will not be upgrading it tonight after all. It just amazes me at how much power...
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Ok that is what I was thinking but the instructions just confused the heck out of me. Anyway due to my post above I will not be doing this for awhile.Thanks a bunch.
View ArticleRe: Other Higher Ed Folks Using WHD To Support All IT Needs?
They way we do it is we have a support group much like your walk up helpdesk, they get a majority of tickets filtered through them. If its a specialty application that is only ever handled by a certain...
View ArticleRe: AppInsight for Exchange - WinRM Unable to load assembly
mark.junkin, It has been determined the fix in RC2, created a new issue requiring the monitoring account to be both a Local Administrator and a Domain Administrator. If you can temporarily add the...
View ArticleSAM 6.1 Release Candidate Now Available - Featuring AppInsight for Exchange
The SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.1 Release Candidate is now available to all SAM customers under active maintenance. To get in on the action sign-up here. Release candidates are...
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Re: Does LEM offer a generic txt/log file connector that we can use to...
FYI support was kind enough to send me the new revision #5 for the iisftp connector and revision #6 for the globalscape connector. However I still wasn't seeing the path/filename in nDepth. A closer...
View ArticleRe: What's the best way to find nodes which are ICMP up but not responding to...
you can also check lastsystemuptimePollUTC < dateadd(minute,-3,getutcdate()) which will pick nodes even if there are o child interfaces/volumes(my poll time is 2 minutes, so one missed poll shows up)
View ArticleRe: NTA, alert when any endpoint > xxPPS or endpoint > xxMbs and unique...
mebway Thank you for the information. Hopefully it will not take too long to get this functionality working, as these DDoS attacks are only increasing in number, and we need a better way to mitigate...
View ArticleRe: Required OID's for UDT Layer 3 information
The switches I am referring to are D-Link and HP. Both return results for ipNetToMediaTable, but I am still not seeing any IP addresses in UDT. Where is the next spot I should be looking? Is there more...
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