Re: 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 ArticleIs there a way to space the text that is captured in the body of an email...
We use several products which we are receiving alerts from and the alerts generated from those products have spaces between rows of text. The alert central notification appears to be cramming all of...
View ArticleRe: Helpdesk War Story
I once had a call to go help a user who was having "mouse issues". The user reported that he couldn't use his external mouse to move the cursor but the lights on his mouse were on (trackpad on laptop...
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Thanks for GPO's. They help me keep users from sawing off the limb they are standing on.
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
I agree with wbrown. This is why we're constantly learning new technologies and developing new techniques/methods/processes - trying to stay ahead of the curve. I also have to agree with the statement...
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Team, Need suggestion on the licensing part for NPM.I have a campus network with almost 2300 Alcatel 48 port Switches (Edge) and some 40 Cisco 6500 Chassis. ( DS, Core, Border, Server farm)Thus if i...
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Re: the server disk monitors problems
They are WMI and from the virtual server from the VMware servers. The severs have been changed the volume space from VMware.
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...
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Over the years I have found more users like this than I bought possible.
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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...
View ArticleRe: Winning The Loser's Game of Information Security
Charles Galler That's a nice setup. Mac OS X allows, say, laptop to act as an AP for internet sharing. The problem is that it can't disable SSID broadcast. So, I got an Airport Express and turned it to...
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When hurricane Ike came through Houston it knocked out most of the power. The next day we had to go to the Data Center the next day and get it back online. We did, but it was days later before any of...
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Re: Helpdesk War Story
I have done something like that before. On the podcast I mentioned one person restated this "Admit nothing, deny everything, and make counter accusations". Someone told him that after they just broke...
View ArticleRe: Alert Central Exchange set up fails.
An update on this - first, the error message provided from Exchange is super generic, which stinks. That said, we were able to discover and reproduce a non-environmental issue that we can fix on our...
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