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1. Current Upgrade Path for LEM
   Use the upgrade path below to upgrade your LEM appliance to the current version of LEM. 4.5.3 => 5.0.2 => 5.2.1 => 5.4 Notes: Download current upgrade media from the SolarWinds Customer Portal under Additional Components in the left pane. If you need upgrade media for previous version ...
2. How to Configure the Directory Service Query Connector
   Configure the Directory Service Query connector on your LEM Manager to enable the LEM Manager to establish an LDAP connection to your Active Directory server to import your organizational groups. Once the connector is running on your LEM Manager, complete the second procedure to specify the grou ...
3. Configuring Bit9 Parity Events to Forward to LEM Syslog
   Untitled Forwarding events to syslog on the LEM appliance comprises two basic steps: Configuring the Bit9 Parity system to syslog Configuring the Bit9 Parity syslog connector on the LEM appliance or syslog server agent node To configure the Bit9 Parity system to syslog: Enter the LEM applia ...
4. Integrating Microsoft IIS FTP version 5 or 6
   Please see the attached PDF
5. How can I see all traffic from a specific device in my LEM Console?
   Every tool you configure for SolarWinds LEM uses a field called ToolAlias, which you can think of as the "nickname" for that tool. Use this field in filters, rules and searches to monitor traffic from a specific network device. To create a filter for traffic from a specific device: Note: Use th ...
6. Reboot after the 5.4 upgrade on hardware (SIM) appliances takes 15+ minutes
   If you are upgrading a hardware (SIM) appliance, the upgrade repartitions the available disk space on the appliance upon reboot. This adds up to 15 minutes to the upgrade process. Do not turn off or reboot the appliance until after it starts up completely. Additional Information Starting with v ...
7. Using the SolarWinds LEM Remote Agent Installer
   The LEM Remote Agent Installer allows you to push SolarWinds Log & Event Manager Agents to Microsoft Windows hosts across your network. The installer unzips the installation files to a temporary folder of your choice, searches for Windows systems across your network, and installs the LEM Ag ...
8. SolarWinds Log & Event Manager Release History
   Release History SolarWinds LEM Current Version SolarWinds LEM v5.3.1 SolarWinds LEM v5.3 SolarWinds LEM v5.2
9. How to resize a LEM virtual appliance
   The default size of the LEM virtual appliance is 250 GB. Starting with version 5.4, you can increase and decrease the capacity of your LEM virtual appliance using two distinct methods. The following sections describe how to do each. Increasing the LEM Virtual Appliance You can increase the capa ...
10. How to import settings from a SIM or LEM appliance backup to another appliance
    Overview Starting with LEM version 5.4, the CMC includes an import command that imports appliance settings from any 5.4 appliance backup. After upgrading all of your appliances to LEM version 5.4, use the import command to do any of the following: Migrate a hardware appliance (SIM) to a virtua ...
11. How to create LEM console users with domain credentials
    Starting with LEM version 5.4, the Build > Users component of the LEM console integrates with Microsoft Active Directory. Import domain users or groups to create LEM console users with domain credentials. Important Note: Before you import any user into LEM, be sure the account in Active Dire ...
12. The blue screen in my LEM virtual console shows a non-secure URL for my web console
    Issue The template for the LEM virtual appliance console blue screen shows a non-secure URL (http://ipAddress/) for the web console on evaluation appliances. If you have licensed your LEM appliance and you still see this non-secure address, it is likely because you have converted a hardware (SI ...
13. Additional LEM Downloads
    After installing Log & Event Manager v5.4, you may need to download and install these additional pieces of software for further data collection and analysis. LEM Desktop Console The LEM desktop console is identical to the web console, only you install it on a Windows computer. Download a ...
14. How to apply a LEM connector update package
    Overview Apply the LEM data connector update package any time SolarWinds updates a connector you use, usually when Support informs you to do so. SolarWinds automatically updates all of your data connectors any time you perform an appliance upgrade, but you can use stand-alone connector updates ...
15. Run LEM Reports as an administrator on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Computers
    To run LEM Reports properly on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 computers, run the application as an administrator by either starting it from the context menu (Right-click > Run as administrator), or altering the application properties. If you do not run LEM Reports as an administrator, one ...
16. Integrating McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator with SolarWinds LEM
    This article outlines the procedures for configuring McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) to send logs to your LEM appliance using SNMP, and configuring your LEM appliance to accept the logs and process them for storage and monitoring. Configuring ePO to Send Log Messages to Your LEM Appliance To ...
17. What kind of SQL Server licensing does SolarWinds require?
    Disclaimer: The following is our interpretation of Microsoft's licensing guidance. Be aware that licensing terms may change and differ between versions. If you have any doubt about your Microsoft® SQL Server® licensing terms, contact Microsoft. You do not need to worry about Microsoft S ...
18. Troubleshooting Network Devices Logging to LEM
    Overview To monitor a network device with LEM, you must first configure the device to send its log messages to the LEM appliance. Determine whether or not the device you are troubleshooting is logging to LEM prior to completing the following troubleshooting procedures. To determine whether the ...
19. How much data can an offline agent store?
    When a LEM agent is offline, it saves queued alerts to disk until it can send them to the LEM appliance. On a 64-bit Windows system, the agent stores the alerts in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ContegoSPOP\spop\q. By default, a LEM agent stores approximately 1.7 GB of queued alerts: 50 "q" files at 35 MB ...
20. Using the SolarWinds LEM Agent Installer for Mac OS X
    Use this article to install a SolarWinds Log and Event Manager Agent on Mac OS X hosts. Note: The plist file used to start the 5.3.0 and 5.3.1 Agent contains incorrect values, so it doesn't work as expected. This is a known issue and will be fixed in a future release. The following installatio ...