How to Monitor Effectively
We do not monitor the access layer, with one exception, the uplinks to the distribution layer. We also do not monitor unicast or multicast routes. However we have been discussing our options for...
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Maps Maps Maps. We use the atlas maps extensively. Some of my maps are linked 4 or 5 deep. I have created our NOC and executive dashboards using the atlas maps. I manually set URL,s on the maps and...
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I've been working on an Orion NPM deployment lately, and have found that combining Groups and Maps is a great way to help with troubleshooting. I create groups based on locations where IT assets exist...
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Re: Not without my IPv6
In the fed IT space, you'll hear lots of talk about implementing v6 or v6-support. It's mostly a paper chase, though. Some agencies have satisfied the requirement by turning on IPv6 at the border, but...
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lol re: filter. the 31337 of you will know EXACTLY what site I'm talking about above.
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My favorite is using the power of Solarwinds Orion as a cmdb to provide asset life cycle compliance or "suspect" reports. For example once we identify the proper way to provision or decommission...
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IPv6 exists extensively outside of the mobile carrier space and has for quite some time. Major backbones all over the world have been utilizing it for years and years. Service provider cores use it,...
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Nick.. I don't disagree with any of your arguments for IPv6. They're all valid.There were great arguments for BetaMax. There were great arguments for AppleOS.Neither of them were compelling enough to...
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I completely disagree with the statement that IPv6 is a quagmire.And I completely disagree with the concept that WSUS is diffcult... but, right-or-wrong. empirical evidence proves me wrong.Likewise, as...
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That's sort of not really the point. Like I said before, enterprise is but a piece of what I would consider end site traffic. I did some time in enterprise in the 1990's, I found that it wasn't for...
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I don't believe those are valid comparisons or analogies, adn I also don't believe they're actually correct. Apple has an absolutely huge market share compared to 15 years ago Chromebooks and MacBooks...
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Nick- or turning off NetWare. ;-) This is an interesting thread and I have to admit over the last few years that v6, as you point out is just another thing, designed to fix a problem and will be...
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I am with you on this. I really wish SolarWinds would improve on the atlas. Need more OOB images, backgrounds, text box options, link customization, etc. I can't use the new Google stuff, since I'm...
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Anyone have a local password policy where you have to change the NPM SQL password on a normal basis. To do so, you have to run the configuration wizard again. When you run the wizard for the first...
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Our biggest thing here is that we have friendly "competitions" surrounding the SQL database. My co-worker is old-school unix, so he by nature hates the GUI Stored Procedures and custom Views created...
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Re: Not without my IPv6
I think the lack of adoptions is as simple as KISS (keep it simple stupid). Unless there is a need to upgraded people don't want to add any more unnecessary complexity or change into their...
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IPv6 will be a hard prototcol to implement thanks to NAT. NAT is not going to force the majority of people, companies, etc... to move to IPv6. Sure ISPs will soon not be able to provide IPv4 addresses...
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Can't wait to speak to a user over the phone and ask for their IPv6 Address.
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I think you might have just explained why cable companies don't want to do it. They already hate asking retail users for MAC addresses..
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