Solarwinds Orion network performance monitor : an essential guide for installing, implementing, and calibrating Solarwinds Orion NPM / Joe Dissmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dissmeyer, Joe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Monitoring.

Computer networks.

Network performance (Telecommunication).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Publishing, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Dissmeyer Joseph: Joe Dissmeyer has a strong background in enterprise-class software and IT systems which include VMware, Windows Server, Windows Desktop, Exchange Server, and Cisco. He holds multiple IT certifications and has an A. S. degree in Computer Information Science. Joe currently works as part of a team of network engineers for a company in central Florida. Prior to accepting this position, he was working as a Senior Technician for a healthcare provider, a Domain Administrator for a small college, and a Service Desk Specialist for a Fortune 100 company. Joe is well versed in server, desktop, and network administration. Aside from his full-time job, Joe is a managed service provider for a few small businesses in central Florida where he provides various remote and onsite IT consulting services. He volunteers his knowledge and skills by participating in the Microsoft Answers forums, the Spiceworks IT Professional Community, and frequently posts troubleshooting and tech articles on his website at www. joedissmeyer. com. Joe is an active member of his local community and shares the visual and audio setup responsibilities with his church's tech ministry team every week. Joe's specialties are the Windows desktop, Windows Server engineering, operating system deployment, network troubleshooting, and network administration. His biggest strength is that he has a deep understanding of how information technology systems work and how they affect a business. You can contact Joe through his website at www. joedissmeyer. com, or via e-mail at joe@joedissmeyer. com.

Summary:

This book is written in a friendly manner written by an expert with numerous years of practical experience utilizing SolarWinds Orion NPM as a network monitoring solution.This book is for systems administrators, system analysts, and systems engineers who are tasked with installing and implementing a network performance monitor. Knowledge of basic network concepts is required.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installation; System requirements; Windows Server setup; Internet Information Services (IIS); Microsoft SQL Server; SQL Server setup; Service accounts; Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express; Configuring the SQL Server services; Verifying SQL Server authentication settings; Configuring the Windows Firewall; Installing SolarWinds Orion NPM; Summary; Chapter 2: Orion NPM Configuration; Orion Configuration Wizard; Orion Website Administration

Authentication and accessChanging the default Admin password; Disabling the Guest user account; Manage Accounts overview; Creating individual user accounts; Adding Active Directory user accounts; Adding Active Directory security groups; Account permissions; Setting thresholds; Orion NPM licensing; License tiers; Extending and increasing NPM licensing; Upgrading Orion NPM from an evaluation license; Licensing, best practices; Overview of the dashboard; Website notifications; HOME tab; Summary page; Groups page; Top 10; Events; Alerts; Syslog; Traps; Message Center; Reports; thwack

Custom SummaryTraining; NETWORK Tab; NPM Summary; Network Top 10; Wireless; VSAN; Overview; Virtualization Summary; Summary; Chapter 3: Device Management; Discovery Central; Network discovery; Using the Network Sonar Wizard; SNMP credentials; VMware user credentials; Windows user credentials; Network; Discovery Settings; Frequency and scheduling; Next steps; Adding nodes; Adding nodes from a Scheduled Discovery; Including nodes; Discovery Ignore List; Manually adding nodes; Add Node wizard; Polling; Polling methods; Interface statistics; Node & Group Management; Nodes; Groups; Dependencies

Interface configurationGeneral; Bandwidth; Polling; Custom Properties; Dependencies; Credential libraries; SNMP credentials library; Windows credentials library; VMware credentials library; Summary; Chapter 4: Network Monitoring Essentials; Monitoring basics; Map; All Nodes and All Groups; All Triggered Alerts; Event Summary and Last 25 Events; Search nodes; Custom; Customizing views; Manage Views; Add New View; Views by Device Type; Menu bars; Editing Resources; Customization; Color Scheme; External Websites; Routers and Firewalls; Switches; Wireless; Wireless controllers and access points

Wireless clientsSummary; Chapter 5: Network Monitoring II; Server monitoring; Configuring Windows servers; Configuring the Windows Firewall; Configuring WMI; Configuring SNMP services; Configuring Linux servers; Configuring the SNMP daemon; Monitoring servers in Orion; Virtualization monitoring; Virtualization summary; VSANs; Cisco UCS; Universal Device pollers; Creating an individual poller; Creating a transform poller; Exporting and importing pollers; Exporting pollers; Importing pollers; Summary; Chapter 6: Setting Up and Creating Alerts; Orion NPM alerts; Alert acknowledgement

Preconfigured alerts

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2013).

ISBN:

1-84968-849-4

OCLC:

849934171