Re: Do you have a trouble ticketing system ? Should you?
For the first almost 4 years I was my current place we did not have a ticketing system it was all email/phone call and it was easy to lose track of things. Also being the only person on the helpdesk...
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Label everything! Color coding is great for most but some people have problems distinguishing color.
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FTP Voyager set up
I have downloaded the SW but used the wrong IP address in the set up. How can I change it?
View ArticleRe: Server Availability Management?
An alert is something you setup that reacts to whatever events you set it to and performs the action requested such as email,sms, etc. example: if nodeA status equals down email me@site.com. A report...
View ArticleRe: NCM - understanding script - filter results
Hi Larry, Could you please share a bit more details? A concrete example? Thanks,Jiri
View ArticleRe: about merge NPM to SAM ( application and database)
Separating SAM and NPM from a single combined database into their own standalone installations is a fairly simple and straightforward process. However, combining two different databases (one SAM, the...
View ArticleEmail Issue - Multiple Accounts
Hi there.. We have two accounts setup (incoming email) in WHD. The one account is setup with noc@ and the other is setup with peering@ When I update the details of the NOC account with the login,...
View ArticleRe: The death of SNMP
I agree with you. I've been to several SDN like presentations where the presenters used SNMP going away as a way to make us believe that the network landscape is changing forever. I disagree.
View ArticleRe: The death of SNMP
As others have said, I think the uptake of SNMP is so large that it is very difficult to replace SNMP. Certainly on networking kit I don't know much about CIM other than WMI is based on it, not sure...
View ArticleRe: Server Availability Management?
Also read up on groups since most availability I have seen reported deals with groups of servers by location or functional workgroup. By adding your nodes to groups you can view and report on group...
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^ This ! I'm about the deploy something like this in all my sites so that when someone yells "network is slowww", I can remote to that machine and check the status of the network live.
View ArticleRe: The death of SNMP
Like others said, I can easily see it replaced by WMI in a 100% Microsoft shop, but this excludes networking gear and we will always need to monitor those so no, I don't feel the end is near for SNMP...
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Re: Java autoupdater enable after update
This is the prompt I'm talking about. Not just me experiencing this and it's obviously not PM related, but a prompt from Oracle. I was just wondering if you'd seen it and knew anything about it. It's...
View ArticleReport on UDT Users, Host name, IP address, Mac address?
Hi, when I'm looking in Orion-IP Addresses-Manage Subnets & IP Addresses - discovered subnets and choose one subnet I get exactly what I'm looking for " UDT Users, Host name, IP address, Mac...
View ArticleRe: When will your SCP badge be added to your profile?
I also have not received my Thwack cert badge - and was unable to message Patrick since he doesn't want to be friends I don't really want the badge - just Patrick as a friend
View ArticleSolarWinds Reporting
Hi All, Please can you help. I have created a report on group availability for WatchGuard firewalls and would like to add a detailed event\incident report onto this to show Network outage events or...
View ArticleAlerting on Syslog
Hello, I'm working on a solution on alerting on interface flaps and getting tripped up at the final point! Can anyone assist with the following: Interface on xyz device flaps, going down and up...
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
I do the cmd.exe configurations quite the same way, but it's so ingrained that I would never have thought of mentioning that... Good one !
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