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SNMP Data Monitoring Best Practices
For CA Nimsoft Monitor. The SNMP Data Monitoring (snmpcollector) probe allows you to monitor many types of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) enabled devices. Since a very large number of...
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Change a Robot from Active to Passive Mode
For CA Nimsoft Monitor. As a Nimsoft administrator, you can choose to make a robot either active or passive in your network monitoring system. By default, all newly installed robots are active, which...
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Snap Central Meme Contest
Did you hear about the IT Infrastructure Monitoring MEME Contest at Snap Central? Snap users got their LOLCat on for the chance to win cool prizes. The contest may be over, but you can still check out...
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Support for SNMP Device Ports
For CA Nimsoft Monitor and CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap. The SNMP Data monitoring (snmpcollector) probe supports the standard port number of 161 for SNMP devices. SNMP devices with non-standard port...
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The Robot: Not Just a Dance You Did in High School
For Nimsoft Monitor As a system administrator, you can boost the efficiency and reliability of your monitoring system by managing the movement of your robots. You can “manually” move robots from hub...
View ArticleHigh-Availability Configuration Scenarios
For CA Nimsoft Monitor You can use the High-Availability (HA) probe to maintain failover of your Nimsoft system by using a secondary hub to monitor your primary hub. If the HA probe loses contact with...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Probes Using the Log File
For CA Nimsoft Monitor You can use the log file for a probe as a starting point when troubleshooting problems. The log file is stored in each probe’s individual folder in your Nimsoft installation. For...
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Upgrade Snap to the Full Version of CA Nimsoft Monitor
The full version of CA Nimsoft Monitor can take you to the next level of monitoring, letting you: Monitor your entire infrastructure with a single unified IT monitoring solution Get comprehensive...
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Creating an Ad Hoc Maintenance Schedule
What do you do when a system goes down (besides run around screaming and waving your arms in the air)? You’re looking at the navigation tree in USM, and you see that one of your groups is generating a...
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Pie Charts: They’re Not Just For Dessert Anymore
Have you ever been in UMP and said to yourself, “I really wish I could display this information in a simple, easy-to-view format that shows a percentage distribution?” Of course you have. The new pie...
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Meet a New Probe on the Nimsoft Block
For CA Nimsoft Monitor A new kid on the block just got newer. Yes, we just introduced the CA Nimsoft XenApp Monitoring probe 1.0 in June and now we’d like you to meet 1.1! Version 1.1 includes new,...
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Kerberos Authentication
Cerberus, aka Kerberos to the Greeks, outside the entrance to the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. (Copyright free image from Wikipedia entry for Cerberus/Kerberos) For Nimsoft Monitor If...
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Helping Nimsoft Support Help You
For CA Nimsoft Monitor You might occasionally need to contact the Nimsoft support organization for help with your probe configuration. There are a few simple steps you can follow to help the process...
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Using Static Alarm Thresholds
Some probes that publish QoS metrics will let you set static alarm thresholds. Use static thresholds to send alarms when metrics increase or decrease a fixed amount beyond the calculated baseline....
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Monitoring SNMP QoS Data Collection
For CA Nimsoft Monitor SNMP monitoring requires the SNMP Data Monitoring (snmpcollector) probe and the pollagent probe. You configure and apply a monitoring configuration through the snmpcollector...
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Lag is a Drag
Photo by F.D.E. Comite via Flickr.com, Creative Commons license For Nimsoft Monitor If you use Citrix for server based computing (SBC) or desktop virtualization (VDI), you probably already know that...
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SNMP Data Monitoring – Self-Health Metrics
For CA Nimsoft Monitor You can view self-health monitoring metrics in UMP starting with version 1.6 of the SNMP Data Monitoring (snmpcollector) probe. The self-health metrics provide data you can use...
View ArticleBetter Together: Using Nimsoft Monitor With Other CA Products
For CA Nimsoft Monitor You can use the following CA Products with UMP to create customized monitoring solutions: CA Cloud Monitor The CA Cloud Monitor allows you to access the online service that...
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You and the instanceUuid
For Nimsoft Monitor For vCenter environments where VMs are completely cloned, including the VM’s UUID, the Nimsoft Monitor vmware probe supports tracking VMs via the vCenter’s instanceUuid. Why would...
View ArticleBetter Together Part Two: The ServiceNow Gateway Probe
For CA Nimsoft Monitor Did you know that you can use can use NMS alarms to generate ServiceNow Incidents? You can! With the ServiceNow Gateway probe. This is how it works: The ServiceNow connection...
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