Problem adding a node
We get the following error when trying to edit nodes in NPM: There was an error retrieving data from SolarWinds Information Service. We have stopped and restarted the service and rebooted the server....
View ArticleNode created from API never gets polled
When I create a node and add pollers through the API, the node never seems to get polled. The node status never changes, I don't get get descriptive information like the node's name, vendor, etc. and...
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Getting very odd results with SWQL query when put in a resource on a web page?!
Playing around with an idea to have a simple custom search by user-id from UDT data that I can put on a web page. The query itself works great in SWQL studio, but when I put it on a webpage I get very...
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Adding nodes with powershell using CRUD.AddWMINode
I have been working on automating monitoring for our new servers. So far the example script from the Orion SDK - C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion SDK\Samples\PowerShell\CRUD.AddWMINode.ps1 has...
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Auto Assign Pollers
Is there a way to auto assign pollers to nodes through power shell?I would like to create a scheduled task that runs to ensure that my nodes always have the proper pollers enabled on them. -Ken
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SWQL Math Rounding By Default?
Is there a way to stop the automatic rounding of the results when doing mathematical operations in SWQL? For example, given the example below: If I take a number of X and divide by a number of Y, the...
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Orion SWQL, Thwack! Now I got it
Orion SWQL or Solarwinds Query Language is a pseudo SQL type statements. If you know the basic structure of SQL, Select from join where order group by, you will easily pickup SWQL queries. PURPOSE:...
View ArticleSolarwinds API - Identify Virtual or Physical Server
Is there a field accessible to the API (via SWQL) that can tell me whether a node is a virtual (eg Hyper-v or VMWare) or a physical server? I am currently relying on the node name with a separately...
View ArticleWhere are the details of an Application stored in the SQL database?
I Need to find what credentials each application component is using, when the component is a SQL User Experience Monitor, and what the setting for "Use windows authentication first then sql...
View ArticlePIVOT function with SWQL?
Can anyone comment on PIVOT functionality with SWQL? Perhaps an example of where it's been used previously? I have a web resource for the dashboard view using SWQL perfectly, but I would love to see...
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Verbs and their parameters for IPAM.IPNode in addition to 'UpdateManyStatus'??
PREFACE:I'll be referring to the blog: How to use the IPAM API and get "Free IP Address" specifically a post by mtokarz on June 12, 2014 2:35PM in response to jgovednikI am also aware of and have voted...
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Noob to SDK
Hello all! So what I need is a way to pull availability status for last 12 months every 30 days for systems with "Enterprise Servers" in the custom properties department field, into an Excel...
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Perl SDK - Start Discovery - PluginConfigurations
How can I find what is the least amount of XML to pass to PluginConfigurations? Here is what I pass: and I get a bad_request error. Basically what I need to know is the bare min, I want to pass a IP...
View ArticleIPAM - Making the subnet you query for a variable
I am trying to use the information from this post How to use the IPAM API and get "Free IP Address" to build a way to automatically get the next available ip, the gateway, and the subnet mask in a...
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Alert clearing via Powershell
I'm trying to clear the triggered instance of alerts using a powershell script using verbs available, but not sure even how to start.... I have the verbs but not sure what all I can do with that verbs...
View ArticleHelp with Powershell Script to Bulk Change Polling Method from SNMP/ICMP to WMI
Yes, I know I can bulk edit Node properties in the Mange Nodes section, but since it tests the credentials in the background when you hit submit, I often get website timeouts when trying to do more...
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Upgraded server. Python API broken, PowerShell working
Our server admin upgraded Solarwinds from a physical server to virtual server. He said he did it by the book. We have alot of python scripts that pull from the solarwinds API that are now broken....
View ArticleClearAlert Verb in Orion.AlertActive Entity
I'm trying to invoke the Orion.AlertActive entity's Clear Alert Verb, but I'm not sure what arguments to pass. Is there a document which I can refer to check which arguments to pass or can somebody...
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Data returned from DiscoverInterfacesOnNode question
On a subject related to https://thwack.solarwinds.com/message/257013#257013, When I get returned data from Invoking the DiscoverInterfacesOnNode ( Orion.NPM.Interfaces/DiscoverInterfacesOnNode) verb, I...
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