Exchange 2010 Monitoring
I have two Exchange 2010 servers that I monitor with SAM, and they are constantly showing as "Unknown." If I restart the Remote Registry service they will display status for a while, and then...
View ArticleIs there a way to purge a ton of bad alerts? Got stuck with OOF turned on...
I have a bunch of bogus OOF alerts in alert central... Is there a good way to dump all of these? And what might be the best way to prevent this in the future? Integrate with Exchange (or other)...
View ArticleRe: Network Atlas should come with a warning label!
I don't see that anyone replied to you on this. I have a huge number of maps for our physical layouts (World -> NA -> Region -> Location Floor Plan -> Closet/Datacenter Floor Plan ->...
View ArticleRe: Exchange 2010 Monitoring
It's likely that you're encountering a known issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 where the Remote Registry service leaks memory and ultimately crashes. This issue is documented in the KB articles below...
View ArticleHow do I manually send a POST without a form for API-call testing?
Is there a way to manually send an HTTP POST without the need of a form? I'm not seeing a right-click option. I would like to monitor our API JVMs by submitting XML POSTs with Image Verification (Image...
View ArticleRe: How do I manually send a POST without a form for API-call testing?
Sounds like you're looking for JSON/XML monitoring, which is a feature included in Server & Application Monitor 6.1 (Currently in Beta).
View ArticleRe: How do I manually send a POST without a form for API-call testing?
Thanks for the heads up. We currently own SAM and are evaluating WAM for this purpose and for synthetic transactions. In the mean time, is there a workaround we can use in WAM? Would there be any ETA...
View ArticleSAM Beta 2 - Personalized views?
I know this has been discussed before in previous forums but now that I am seeing the amazing new way to customize the views in Orion I thought I would bring it up again. With the ease of being able...
View ArticleRe: Trigger conditions for Applications
Ok. I entered values (Developers) into the comments section of the nodes that need to be included. I did a test for one and will add all of them later: Trigger Alert when all of the following apply:...
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
I think you need to start with a plan. What do you want to use your log files for, what rules do you plan implement on your logging system, how do you plan to audit your logs, what do you plan to...
View ArticleRe: Do We Need A Medic For Trouble Tickets?
I started my post-military career in desk-side support and have steadily moved through the ranks throughout the years. I can agree 110% that the main problem plaguing anyone from Tier II/III is the...
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
While I really hate to admit it, one of the most seamless logging situations I have encountered was when a CIO told the entire IT staff of a nationwide company that the security officer had the final...
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
Charles Galler Your story once again validates that security folks have their mindset on one hand and the reality is more complicated on the other hand. I'm glad that you could have a health...
View ArticleRe: Favorite geek jokes...
So, how many people work at this data center? .... Oh, about half
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
byrona Yes, a plan is absolutely necessary. An awesome plan requires close collaborations between information security group and other IT groups in an organization, but a lot of times there are only...
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
Zack Mutchler It was good that that CIO made things straight and everybody understood the expectation. Hopefully the security officer was a humble person you referred to. You are right on spot for the...
View ArticleRe: To Log Or Not To Log: That Is The Question
byrona Thank you for sharing the Etsy article! It indeed is interesting!
View ArticleRe: Access Points on Down Status
Wireless_AccessPoints_View is a NPM View (not a table) and Wireless_Controllers is a NPM table.
View ArticleVariables in Scripts
Not sure if I'm missing something, but wondering if it's possible to use Alert type variables within scripts. I have quite a few F5 devices that I want to script UCS backups on, but need each filename...
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