Re: Alert Manager - Process Monitor Alerts - Many Alerts or One?
You may instead want to drive your alerts using the Application Status instead of Component Status, leveraging the ${ComponentsWithProblems} or ${ComponentsWithStatus} macros in the email notification...
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If they are in different columns and the columns are not the same width then they will be of different heights.
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
I agree with matt.matheus. It is not a losing battle, but you have to constantly fight against the current. You also have to have all members of the team rowing the boat. Too many people in IT think...
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I have heard the power out problem way too many times. Don't really understand why users can't grasp that simple concept.
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What a waste of time and productivity. At least you received some compensation for the effort.
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I have personally experienced a bad NIC taking down part of the network. It was an old network and it still had a fast hub where the bad NIC was.
View ArticleRe: Heads up: How to use data intervals effectively in NTA 4 in conjunction...
The Thwack idea link you shared is incorrect. Here is the one I think you meant to share: http://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/3319
View ArticleHeads up: How to use data intervals effectively in NTA 4 in conjunction with NPM
Hi Guys, Just thought i'd throw in my experiences so far in NTA 4 and provide some heads up on functionality / how to use the product based on experience:Love the new data retention feature for NetFlow...
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
Yup. As Bryce Galbraith of SANS Institute said, once it's posted on the Internet, it's on the Internet forever.
View ArticleRe: SolarWinds to Service-Now Integration
I'm working on something too...damn service now! Like cnanda says, it's not to hard with a windows app / service. The problem I am facing is with my service now dev team. They don't want to enable...
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
I had a junior co-worker that wherever he went, he connected to any open wireless network so he could play his game. Tried to educate him on the security risks. I think it helped some, but he didn't...
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
byrona Also, we should not be content that we've done enough for the battle; we should always look for things that we missed and improve upon.
View ArticleRe: SolarWinds to Service-Now Integration
Actually our pro edition uses only json to transfer data as it has a lower overhead. The new json services in ServiceNow Dublin are optimized and fix a lot of the issues that occur today. But yes. Not...
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
When I travel I have a Meraki firewall with built in AP that I use at hotels. Plug it in the wired port in the room. I have much stronger security and my SSID is already setup for me. Convenience and...
View ArticleWhy is Symantec's BrightMail filter not in the Spam Blacklist Lookup in...
I've encountered this one a few times lately and it would be a nice addition...
View ArticleRe: Helpdesk War Story
Over the years I have found more users like this than I bought possible.
View ArticleRe: Helpdesk War Story
I still remember that day a few years ago. It was at 5 PM on a Tuesday and all the sudden my team received hundreds of alerts of devices down. Within a minute, people from different groups stormed to...
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