In-house Solarwinds to ServiceNow Integration: Basic Questions
We are looking at the possibility of an in-house ServiceNow integration using our own Perl programmers in order to send alerts from our Solarwinds NPM/NCM/NTA server to ServiceNow for ticketing...
View Articlegroups not nesting
I have a Powershell script that runs nightly, and has been doing so successfully for a while until recently. When the script runs it creates groups, and then also does nesting of subgroups and nodes....
View ArticleIs it possible to get a proxy device's proxy address by querying the...
As far as I can tell, the answer appears to be no. I guess the real question is, which table(s) can I query to get the actual proxy address of a given proxy device? Thanks!
View ArticleDisplaying A Node Stack Members
HI all I'm trying to find the best way to display Stack member information (entities as Orion calls them) IE Serial Number, Firmware etc which is equal to class 3 Some alternatives i've looked at a...
View ArticleHow can I update polling properties for a node using the SWIS update method?
I am fairly new to using the api for Solarwinds, and am currently working with Python on updating properties for nodes. I have found how to update Custom Properties by appending /CustomProperties to...
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How do we programmatically discover the non-interface properties [in Orion]...
We are automating the hydration of assets in Orion, and after adding a node, we know how to discover the interfaces, but how do we programmatically discover the non-interface properties and enable them...
View ArticleVolumes not being polled
I am trying to use PowerShell to automate adding nodes. I can't not get the volumes to be monitored. I can add them to the database and they show up under the node's summary page, but the volumes...
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Custom SWQL Query for Nodes Down Showing Every Time Node Went Down
I'm trying to tweak our nodes down resource to add the date/time the system went down. I'm trying to figure out why it is listing all the times the nodes have went down and not just the most recent....
View ArticleIn-house Solarwinds to ServiceNow Integration: Basic Questions
We are looking at the possibility of an in-house ServiceNow integration using our own Perl programmers in order to send alerts from our Solarwinds NPM/NCM/NTA server to ServiceNow for ticketing...
View ArticleIs it possible to add subnets to Discovery automatically, when we use the...
Hello,I have an issue with Discovery. I really want to add devices automatically in Discovery process, when we use a device for the first time. For instance, there is a subnet in IPAM, and I use it for...
View ArticleSDK example for CreateNode needs fixing for NPM 11.5.2
Adding a Node for MonitoringTo add a new node to Orion and enable monitoring of the node, create a new Orion.Nodes entity andregister it for polling the relevant set of information.First, review the...
View ArticleVolumes not being polled
I am trying to use PowerShell to automate adding nodes. I can't not get the volumes to be monitored. I can add them to the database and they show up under the node's summary page, but the volumes...
View ArticleOrion WSQL Short-Comings
Where I see a major problem with WSQL is returning properties for a node, where you don't know what is available. You can use a query like: SELECT Name FROM Metadata.Property where EntityName =...
View Articleapi / web request question
Another user posted in the api forum for how to get the next avaiblable ip, that you can set the record by using the follownig code: $postParams =...
View ArticleHow do you set the hostname via http POST in IPAM?
My question is pretty much the same as in this thread: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/68357 I'm trying to set the hostname with a POST in curl (specifically pyCurl) but I'm coming up with...
View ArticleRemove-SwisObject issue. Another Upgrade from NMP 11.0.1 to 11.5 bug?
so this code and error I am getting. I'm pretty sure that -SwisConnection $swis is not the issue since I can query the database using this connection. $SWNodeURI = swis://[my...
View ArticleHow can I add nodes from two separate NPM servers to one NCM server
...when I'm relitively certain that the NodeIDs WILL conflict / possibly be duplicated ? Any thoughts / help on this appreciated!
View ArticleDifferences between Orion.Netflow.Flows and Orion.Netflow.FlowsBy*
In Orion database there are seven tables that contain Netflow information. They have 36 fields in common, such as the SourceIP address, Number of bytes, SourceHostname etc. The difference is extra...
View ArticleVolumes not being polled
I am trying to use PowerShell to automate adding nodes. I can't not get the volumes to be monitored. I can add them to the database and they show up under the node's summary page, but the volumes...
View ArticleReport that shows flows that no longer exist. Need help using NOT EXISTS
Hello,I am trying to create a report that shows me flows that have stopped from yesterday. I have some netflow sources configured that show streams from my security cameras. I would like a report...
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