Administration & Troubleshooting Flashcards

1
Q

Users report that email is slow. The Exchange team reports that everything is normal on the mail servers. What NPM statistic can you look at to find what might be causing the issue?

a. Mail queue length on the Exchange Server
b. SMTP service on the Exchange Server
c. Network Bandwidth Utilization
d. Network connectivity to the Exchange Server

A

c. Network Bandwidth Utilization

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2
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You notice that you are no longer receiving volume statistics from the Windows servers you are monitoring. None of them are shown as down on the Orion Web Console. You run a packet trace and you can verify that the requests are making it to the servers. Everything was fine yesterday. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

a. Issues with firewall rules
b. Windows services are stalled
c. WMI version conflict
d. Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired

A

d. Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired

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TRUE OR FALSE:

If you are using Hybrid Cloud Observability, you need Administrator rights to create SQL alerts and use SQL macros in the alert definition.

A

TRUE

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-creating-and-managing-alerts-sw1277.htm

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A Solarwinds admin wants to create an Alert wherein the Alert Actions should occur only during specific window hours. What must be done to achieve this?

A
  1. Schedule the action by selecting Time of Day > Use special Time of Day schedule for this action. This schedule only applies to the alert action you are editing.
  2. From the Alert Configuration Wizard, set a specific Time of Day Schedule
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5
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True or False:

SolarWinds does not provide a comprehensive list of all supported devices. Your device can be monitored using the SolarWinds Platform if it supports standard SNMP MIB2.

A

TRUE

Source: https://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm?cshid=OrionCoreAGRequirements

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