How to filter EOC resources using built-in properties
Overview Unlike other SolarWinds products, you have to look up two things in Orion EOC to create a filter that references a built-in property: the SWQL alias as found in the SWQL Resource Matrix. The SWQL alias is a prefix that helps Orion EOC locate the property values in its database. the p ...
How does SolarWinds recognize locales and other regional settings?
With the release of SolarWinds NPM 10.3 on Orion Platform 2012.1, SolarWinds provides localized network management. You can now view your web console and all data contained therein in your local language. This article provides some additional information about this localized release of SolarWin ...
What browsers are supported for use with the Orion Web Console?
The following browsers are supported for the Orion Web Console. Orion Core 2011.2.X Orion Core 2011.1.X Orion Core 2010.2.X Orion Core 2010.1.X Internet Explorer 9 ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ Internet Explorer 8 ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ Internet Explorer 7 ✔
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SNMP on Cisco Nexus 5000: libcmd() Process Has Memory Leak
snmp memory leak associated with libcmd() Symptom: The process libcmd has a memory leak and is increasing in memory. Timeouts can be seen when the Nexus 5000 is snmp polled from a network management server. Conditions: Nexus 5000 switch enabled for snmp and the BRIDGE-MIB is being snmp polle ...
Enabling audible alerts (Play a Sound action) on Windows Server 2008
Due to restrictions on Windows service applications, the Play a Sound action is not available to SolarWinds installations on either Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 and higher. The following procedure provides a workaround to give you audible alerts. To configure a play sound action for an adva ...
Considerations for changing locales (Upgrading to NPM 10.3 and Orion Platform 2012.1)
Please consider the following when upgrading your current SolarWinds Orion installation to a localized version based on SolarWinds Platform version 2012.1. and higher: Issue: Direct upgrades from SolarWinds Orion NPM version 10.2.X and older (English) to SolarWinds Orion NPM version 10.3 (Jap ...
SolarWinds and ASP.NET applications (WSUS, OWA, SharePoint)
Generally, SolarWinds recommends against running WSUS, OWA (Outlook Web Access/App), SharePoint or other ASP.NET applications on your Orion server, as other ASP.NET applications may require additional security affecting the anonymous user. However, if the correct compression scheme is enabled, W ...
Orion to EOC Map Converter fails when run by a user with account limitations
Issue If you run the Orion to EOC Map Converter utility as a user that has account limitations for any Orion servers, it fails even if you try to import maps from a server for which the user does not have account limitations. Workaround Close the map converter utility, and then edit the user in ...
How do I install East Asian language files?
Installations of SolarWinds NPM 10.3 and higher and newer SolarWinds installations using Orion Platform 2012.1 and higher support East Asian locales. Microsoft's East Asian Language Pack is required to view locale-specific information in SolarWinds installations on operating systems using East ...
Orion EOC v1.3 SP1 is incompatible with Orion NPM v10.3 on Windows Server 2003 running IIS v6
Issue: Due to a known application pool sharing issue, Orion Enterprise Operations Console (EOC) version 1.3 Service Pack 1 will not function when installed with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) version 10.3 on servers running Windows Server 2003 with Internet Information Services version ...
Orion EOC v1.3 SP1 is incompatible with Orion NPM v10.3 on Windows Server 2003 running IIS v6
Issue: Due to a known application pool sharing issue, Orion Enterprise Operations Console (EOC) version 1.3 Service Pack 1 will not function when installed with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) version 10.3 on servers running Windows Server 2003 with Internet Information Services version ...
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 ...
Grouping criteria are not available when creating dependencies
Issue: Grouping criteria are not available when creating dependencies on servers using unsupported operating system locales. Description As of the release of SolarWinds Orion Platform version 2012.1, released with Orion NPM version 10.3, the following browser locales are supported: English Germ ...
Local character set is not displaying in a localized SolarWinds Orion installation
Issue: Locale-specific characters are not displaying in a localized installation of SolarWinds Orion. Resolution: If you are using Google Chrome to view your web console, you may need to configure the browser display language, as indicated in the following steps: Click Customize and control Goo ...
I am seeing a warning about the size of my Syslog table
stub article for "your Syslog is too big" event FB125634
SolarWinds Orion products do not currently support Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Issue: SolarWinds Orion products do not currently support Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Description: A number of features found in currently supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server are no longer included in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. As a result, SolarWinds neither recommends nor supports the use ...
Installation Error: "Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file ..\SSCERuntime-ENU.msi".
Issue: Installation Error: "Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file Path\SSCERuntime-ENU.msi". This error may occur when installing a SolarWinds Orion product if any of the following versions of SQL Server are already installed on your SolarWinds server: Note: ...
Alerts are not firing after upgrade to NPM 10.2.X
Issue: Advanced Alerts are not firing after upgrading to NPM version 10.2.X Resolution: If alerts are not firing as intended, confirm the following: The configured period of operation for the alert is correct. In some cases, the default time period may be configured as 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, whi ...
Microsoft Message Queue Fills Directory with Orphaned Files
Issue: When there are a specific number messages in the queue, the MQ software sends them to a file in C:\Windows\System32\MSMQ\Storage Directory. Files accumulate until the directory exceeds its limit (1GB by default). Solution: Create a batch file that deletes all files from the MSMQ storag ...
EOC Information Service does not start after upgrading to EOC 1.3
Issue: You get the following error after upgrading to EOC 1.3: Error Message: Could not start the SolarWinds EOC Information Service v1 service on Local Computer. Cause: EOC v1.3 replaces SolarWinds EOC Information Service v1 with SolarWinds Information Service. The error noted previously occur ...