Join us for a collaborative webcast and get the scoop on optimizing your SAM implementation to include tips for: 1) customizing alerts by device/location, alert correlation or suppression 2) how to create custom application templates or modify existing templates 3) how to connect the dots between application and storage performance issues using both SAM and Virtualization Manager.

1. SolarWinds® Server & Application
Monitor Optimization
Austin Tolman
SolarWinds Senior Sales Engineer
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3. Agenda
» Customizing alerts
 Groups/Dependencies – correlation/suppression
 Unmanage scheduler – maintenance periods
 Baseline thresholds – best for metric performance not well understood
» Customizing Monitoring Templates
 Component monitor = metric (event/process/service); Template = grouping
of component monitors
 Adding component monitors to existing templates
 Creating a new template for a custom app
 Copying component monitors from one template to another
» Connecting the dots between application and storage performance
» App -> OS -> Hypervisor -> Hosts -> Storage -> SAN Array
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4. Questions and Answers
Q&A
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5. Helpful links
» Online demo: http://oriondemo.solarwinds.com
» thwack® blog posts:
 Scheduling unmanage task for nodes, interfaces and applications
 SAM 6.0 – Double High-Fives All Around (SAM 6.0 features – baseline
thresholds – webinar replay)
» Video: creating custom apps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DkRxGfJW-Y
» Excellent PowerShell® reference in the admin guide
» Evaluating SAM
 http://www.solarwinds.com/trials/server-applicationmonitor/complete-installation.aspx
» Thwack library & support page
http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-1107
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