Solarwinds change polling method

Click Settings > Manage Nodes. Select the node for which you want to change the polling method, and click Edit Properties. Select the Polling Method. If you are using SNMP to poll the selected node, select the SNMP version supported on the device, and provide the port and community strings.

1. What is polling method in SolarWinds?
2. What is polling interval in SolarWinds?
3. How does SolarWinds HA work?
4. What module is responsible for real time polling in SolarWinds?
5. What is external node in SolarWinds?
6. What does polling interval mean?
7. What is Orion polling engine?
8. What is Perfstack in SolarWinds?
9. Is SolarWinds real time?
10. What is SolarWinds agent service?

What is polling method in SolarWinds?

This method monitors only the status and measures the average response time and packet loss percentage for managed devices using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). Use this method when you need limited information or to monitor devices that do not support SNMP or WMI.

What is polling interval in SolarWinds?

Make sure you are using the default polling settings: Default polling is 120 minutes (Orion Platform 2017.3 or later) Default polling is 30 minutes (Orion Platform 2017.1 or earlier)

How does SolarWinds HA work?

The SolarWinds HA software monitors the health of both servers in the pool, and both servers keep open communication channels over TCP port 5671 to exchange information. When a critical service goes down, such as the SolarWinds Information Service, the software starts the service.

What module is responsible for real time polling in SolarWinds?

With the introduction of PerfStack 2.0 comes real-time polling, which provides up to one second statistic collection granularity when activated.

What is external node in SolarWinds?

External Nodes are nodes which are not managed by Solarwinds.(Its just a dummy node which does not collect any data) To monitor services and applications on a server you do not directly manage, add the server to the SolarWinds database as an external node.

What does polling interval mean?

The polling interval is the period of time between the end of the timeout period of the last retry or completion of a network request, and the next request for data on the network.

What is Orion polling engine?

Orion Scalability Engines (Polling Engine) – Extend your monitoring with enterprise class scalability for the Orion Platform. Key Features. Increase polling frequency. Enhance visibility to remote sites. Expand monitoring to more elements.

What is Perfstack in SolarWinds?

AppStack allows infrastructure across several SolarWinds modules to be visually displayed as correlated entities, giving you visibility of what application is running on which server, on which host, off which datastore, off which SAN, off which LUN etc. ...

Is SolarWinds real time?

With the SolarWinds NetFlow Real-time tool, you can display inbound and outbound traffic separately for granular analysis and troubleshooting. You can even view the last 5 to 60 minutes of flow data broken out by applications, conversation, domains, endpoints, and protocols.

What is SolarWinds agent service?

This program connects you with professional consulting resources who are experienced with the Orion Platform and its products. These services are provided at no additional charge for customers who were/are running one of the Orion Platform versions affected by SUNBURST or SUPERNOVA.