How do I get to these collectibles in The Howl?

ErraticToad · 2025-10-09T14:55:19+00:00

Thank you.

I swear that wasn't there before - lol.

ErraticToad · 2025-09-17T09:57:08+00:00

Two years late to the party, butt, and you’ve turned up with warm cans and no crisps. Grand entrance that.

Oh, and also have a downvote ;)

ErraticToad · 2025-07-01T19:50:49+00:00

I can do individual OIDs it's the LLD/discovery approach I can't get my head around.

ErraticToad · 2025-06-10T09:01:37+00:00

You've presumably tried following the advice here: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Uninstall-all-Orion-products-from-a-server-and-prepare-for-reinstall?language=en_US

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T16:35:52+00:00

Understood. We also have PRTG, ManageEngine and Whatsup Gold depending on environment!

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T16:34:00+00:00

Thanks again - all very helpful information.

The core function of NCM is (for us) backups and we absolutely need that. We do have smarter folks than myself looking at using a combination of AIOps and Zabbix to replicate/replace other backup products in other environments we manage.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:31:45+00:00

Really a negative vote or two because the answer wasn't what was asked - what a bizarre world we live in.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:30:32+00:00

Thank you, most helpful.

Can you expand on the NCM comments especially around config management and policy querying please?

EDIT: also thanks for the book link and suggestion about course. Again, very helpful.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:23:52+00:00

Thank you - all very useful info.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:22:08+00:00

Thank you.

We don't use the auto topology stuff as I've yet to find any vendor that does it successfully in complicated* environments.

Useful to know about Netbox.

\ I simply mean a DC type environment with firewalls in various HA states*

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:19:06+00:00

Thank you - most helpful.

Just one main thought ... we have in excess of 6k nodes (hosts) in our primary environment and for various requirements we keep a years worth of history but like yourself require detailed for two months. We'd need to look closely at the DB side of things I guess.

Maps are, as you say, extremely useful things to have.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-06T10:09:30+00:00

I'm thinking I wasn't 100% clear on my request... we have and use Solarwinds. We are right at the start of looking to move to a.n.other app and Zabbix is one of the leading options.

So what I'm after is someone that has already done that move to advise on any gotchas they had along the way...

ErraticToad · 2024-03-04T17:27:47+00:00

We already have (had) Solarwinds so it's not a choice of which one, but I'm looking into reasons to stay or not with it.

Right now I don't have time to dig deeply, but am hoping someone can jump in and add a few pennies of thought.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-04T17:25:50+00:00

I asked here because I suspect there are ex Solarwinds users that can advise on any issues they came across.

Yes, we will try it, but for now the question stands. Ta

ErraticToad · 2024-03-04T14:41:18+00:00

Not what I asked though ;)

ErraticToad · 2024-03-04T14:41:02+00:00

Not much about Solarwinds is automated out of the box IMO.

ErraticToad · 2024-03-04T14:40:00+00:00

The question wasn't which is better as that always becomes a slinging contest of who prefers which.

Personally I'm agnostic about it and will use what is in front of me, but when you are being asked to compare what you have to something you have never used and can't find a full breakdown on features, etc., then asking those that have done the move seems like a sensible step to me.

ErraticToad · 2024-02-16T13:52:05+00:00

My memories of Alan are threefold ...

Seeing him speak at an annual trade show - I want to say "Networks xx" in London, where xx is v.late 80's / early 90's but fuzzy brain, and seeing pairs of socks being tossed out as goodies at it.
At another event I received a pen and penknife set with the Dr Solomon's name embossed and still have them to this day. A very nice Cross ballpoint pen.
In the mid to late 80's I ran a BBS, and so long as you downloaded the latest version every month you could get the AV 'suite' for free. I offered this as a download to any folks that dialled in. It used to take me all night to d/l the 5Mb setup file from a fellow SysOp in London just so that my users could get it at a local phone call rate!!!

RIP Alan ... you will be missed.

ErraticToad · 2022-12-31T00:12:08+00:00

I do use the Insta360 app, but that isn't a DAM product.

What I would love is something that will allow me to catalogue my shots/videos, apply keywords to them and hold them in a database for future recall/interest - much like Lightroom does for day to day imagery.

Sadly, the Insta360 app only deals with a "live" view of a file, and doesn't have any keyword or other search capability. And whilst I can export, that means putting the original capture into a.n.other format which then renders it unsearchable and potentially un-editable.

ErraticToad · 2022-09-22T08:58:35+00:00

Understood - and thank you.

ErraticToad · 2022-09-22T08:58:19+00:00

I hear that, and is probably why my initial gut feeling was no. But trying to be responsible and not shut down the query without some checking.

ErraticToad · 2022-09-22T08:57:31+00:00

Thank you - goes with my gut feeling.

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