Go Where No SysAdmin has Gone Before: Server and Application Monitor v6.0 Sneak Peek

SAM 6.0 Sneak Peek8/21/2013

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Housekeeping

» Webcast is being recorded

» Ask questions using chat feature

» Your hosts:

Jeremy Morrill, SAM Product Manager; Jennifer Kuvlesky, Product Marketing Manager

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What We Will Discuss…

» New Features Real-Time Event Log Viewer

Server Asset Inventory

AppInsight for SQL Server®

Threshold Baseline Calculator

Web Based Report Writer

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SAM 6.0 - Real-Time Event Log Viewer

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» The Real-Time Event Log Viewer is conveniently accessible through a variety of different resources and views.

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SAM 6.0 - Real-Time Event Log Viewer

» The Real-Time Event Log Viewer looks and functions similar to Windows® native Event Viewer

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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory

» Server Asset & Inventory Collection – Supported Operating Systems Windows

Linux®

AIX™

VMware® ESX®/ESXi™

» Server Warranty Expiration Dell®

IBM®

HP®

» Server Warranty Summary

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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory

» To enable Asset Inventory select it in the Add Node Wizard or List Resources

» Asset Inventory is automatically enabled during Network Sonar Discovery

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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory

» Collects and displays inventory information of server nodes, including hardware and software items in a new Node Details subview entitled “Asset Inventory”

» Includes Warranty expiration information for Dell, HP and IBM servers

» Uses SNMP and WMI, VMware CIM and vCenter API protocols

» Automatically enabled during Network Sonar Discovery

» When enabled for a node the Asset Inventory subviewappears automatically

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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory

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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory

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y» Asset Inventory Supported Platforms & Operating Systems

Hardware• Dell PowerEdge® server

with OpenManage Server Administrator 7.2 or later

• HP Proliant® servers with HP System Insight Manager v6.2 or later

• IBM xSeries® servers IBM Director (Common Agent, v6.3 or later)

Operating systems• Windows Server® 2003• Windows Vista® • Windows Server 2008• Windows 7• Windows Server 2008 R2• Windows Server 2012• Windows 8• RedHat® Linux• Novell® SuSE Linux• VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later• AIX v7.1 or later

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SAM 6.0 – AppInsight for SQL

» AppInsight Noun

/ a̩pˌins̩īt/

Provides a new level of application monitoring detail previously difficult or impossible to achieve using traditional Application Templates. Designed from the top down to solve common, yet complex problems for a specific application, rather than merely a new feature.

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SAM 6.0 – AppInsight for SQL

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» Available via “List Resources” and “Add Node”Support for:

• SQL 2008• SQL 2008 R2• SQL 2012

Nodes Types Supported• SNMP• WMI• ICMP

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SAM 6.0 – AppInsight for SQL

» Network Sonar Discovery Results

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SAM 6.0 – AppInsight for SQL

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» Each SQL Instance monitored by AppInsight for SQL consumes a 50 component licenses

» Each SQL Instance contains 119 unique monitored metrics

» Each monitored SQL Database contains an additional 27 unique metrics

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SAM 6.0 – Threshold Baseline Calculator

» Key scenario Allow for the calculation of recommended warning and critical thresholds

unique to each specific environment from baseline.

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Next Steps

» Existing SAM customers – sign up for RC here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D5LWRJC

» Channel partners can sell this functionality now

» If you are not a current SAM customer and would like to try this functionality, contact sales at 866.530.8100 or sales@solarwinds.com or work with your SolarWinds reseller

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Thank you!

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