Orion SDK with PowerShell - manage/unmanage multiple nodes
I've been able to script unmanaging and managing nodes in powershell. However, for 400+ nodes, this ends up taking quite a while. Via script, it takes about 7 minutes to unmanage the nodes and over 10...
View ArticleNCM PowerShell examples
We recently started rolling NCM out and I have needed to give the Orion Server access to our devices. As I grant the access I have been making sure that NCM can download the configs successfully by...
View ArticleUnable to connect to Solarwinds from REST API using AD account
Hi everyoneI am using REST API to query solarwinds data. The fact is when I authenticate by using Solarwinds local user account I can connect to Solarwinds from my API. But when I use an Active...
View ArticleIPAM + PowerShell
Greetings, Used the following to get an available IP:How to use the IPAM API and get "Free IP Address" Getting an error while trying to update any information:Set-SwisObject : Operation not supported...
View ArticleTrying to add a node with the add_node.py script
I get the following errors: Add an SNMP v2c node:/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:769: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate...
View ArticleJavascript in a Custom HTML Resource and the API
Hi, I am often asked to create dashboards that include visual options that are not presently available within Orion's native resources. I am currently exploring the possibility of retrieving the data...
View ArticleUnable to connect to Solarwinds from REST API using AD account
Hi everyoneI am using REST API to query solarwinds data. The fact is when I authenticate by using Solarwinds local user account I can connect to Solarwinds from my API. But when I use an Active...
View ArticleConcat Orion Variable with string in SWQL?
Hello,I am trying to automate naming my nodes in Orion using custom properties . I think CASE in SWQL would be a simple way to do this but am having problems concatenating a string with a Orion...
View ArticleDoes the default config backup job do write command on cisco devices after...
Hello,Can you help me with this question, please?
View ArticleCopy Discovery Job
I am trying to discover how to copy a discovery job, change it's name and subnet and add it. Any ideas on how you would go about this? I have a discovery job defined and I have about 150 of these to...
View ArticleUpgrade from NMP 11.0.1 to 11.5 breaks SDK 1.10 set CustomProperties
Hello all,I want to thank those that released the SDK. It's a great tool and we've used it extensively. We have a powershell script, using v1.10.16.0 of the SDK, which we use to add nodes, setup...
View ArticleSDK Admin Manual
I have just downloaded OrionSDK-1.9.zip and extracted the msi, but there is no trace of pdf file for the documentation.After installing the msi , I found it in C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion...
View ArticleIPAM + PowerShell
Greetings, Used the following to get an available IP:How to use the IPAM API and get "Free IP Address" Getting an error while trying to update any information:Set-SwisObject : Operation not supported...
View ArticleI have never worked with Solar Winds to add servers. I am trying to add...
I am trying to add a server to Orion. Using the Manage Nodes section, I put in the server name and it comes back as Test Failed. I can ping the server.
View ArticleHelp with Best Way to Retrieve a List of Objects Based on Alert Trigger...
Before I spend anymore time working on this, I wanted to post this to see if there is a better way. I need a report that will tell me what objects each configured Alert can trigger on based on an...
View ArticleJavascript in a Custom HTML Resource and the API
Hi, I am often asked to create dashboards that include visual options that are not presently available within Orion's native resources. I am currently exploring the possibility of retrieving the data...
View ArticleOrion SDK sample script error
Hello, I'm attempting to run a couple sample Python scripts from the Orion SDK. I have a script I wrote myself and the 2 sample scripts from the SDK that error out with the following: Traceback (most...
View ArticleIs it Possible?
First of all, I am no programmer and do not pretend to be one. Management is wanting my team to build "application" views. It was proposed to use our CMDB feed to populate the custom properties with...
View ArticleSetting CreateCorePluginConfiguration details for Orion.Discovery in python
I've been trying to manage adding and removing nodes using the API. My language of choice is python. I have most of the discovery profile details figured out, but am not able to understand how to set...
View ArticlePowerShell or Python ?
Ive taken a few python classes at school a while back and while I enjoyed it I never used it too much in the real world. From doing research and reading various posts I seem to have this feeling that...
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