SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor News & Support Resources

February 12, 2016

I am excited to announce that Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.3 Beta 2 is now available . The team at Solarwinds has been hard at work at producing the next release of SAM with some great new features that continue from the SAM 6.3 Beta 1. The Beta is open to SAM customers currently […]

SolarWinds: Application Centric Virtualization Management Podcast – Episode 225

January 10, 2016

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In episode 225, Douglas Brown interviews Michael Thompson, Product Marketing Director for Systems Management solutions at SolarWinds. Mike and Douglas discuss SolarWinds’ modern point-of-view to effective systems management. Mike dives into a newer, more holistic approach that can benefit IT organizations by reducing VM downtime and troubleshooting. About Virtualization Manager Comprehensive Virtualization Management for VMware […]

Server & Application Monitor – What we're working on beyond SAM 6.2

August 24, 2015

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Server & Application Monitor 6.2 included a boatload of great new features that are going to be difficult to top, but that isn’t going to stop us from trying. Here is a sneak peek at just a few of the items the team is diligently plugging away on. Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring Optional Agent for […]

SolarWinds: Server & Application Monitor 6.3 – Beta Now Available

July 15, 2015

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Since the release of Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.2, the team has been busily plugging away on a long list of new features and general product enhancements. Chief among them are improvements to the aesthetics and overall design of the Orion web interface. While not the primary focus of this blog post, it is near impossible to […]

Server & Application Monitor 6.3 – Beta Now Available

July 14, 2015

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Announcing DPA 9.2 GA: Is It the Application Or The Database?

June 4, 2015

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I’m excited to formally announce that Database Performance Analyzer 9.2 is now Generally Available! This release of Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) has a very special feature only available when integrated with Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.2.1+. We developed this feature based on the collective experience of DBAs and SysAdmins who’ve been caught up in […]

Server & Application Monitor – What We’re Working On Beyond SAM 6.2

March 23, 2015

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SolarWinds – Application Centric Virtualization Management Podcast with Michael Thompson – DABCC Radio #225

December 9, 2014

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In episode 225, Douglas Brown interviews Michael Thompson, Product Marketing Director for Systems Management solutions at SolarWinds. Mike and Douglas discuss SolarWinds’ modern point-of-view to effective systems management. Mike dives into a newer, more holistic approach that can benefit IT organizations by reducing VM downtime and troubleshooting. Listen to SolarWinds: Application Centric Virtualization Management Podcast with […]

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.2 Beta 2 – Introducing AppInsight for IIS

October 13, 2014

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Up until this point, much of the noise surrounding the Server & Application Monitor 6.2 beta has been focused exclusively on a new optional agent that allows for (among many other things) polling servers that reside in the cloud or DMZ. More information regarding this new optional agent can be found in my three part series entitled […]

Announcing General Availability Of Web Performance Monitor (WPM) 2.1

September 3, 2014

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I’m very pleased to announce General Availability of Web Performance Monitor 2.1. This release is full of great new features and improvements. Namely, Tighter integration with Server & Application Monitor (SAM) and Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to help you identify problems in your Web Application infrastructure faster Ability to create dependencies between Transactions and other Orion objects like Groups or Interfaces […]

SAM 6.2 Beta – Because Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut – Part 3

September 3, 2014

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As promised, the long awaited and highly anticipated Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.2 Beta is now available for download. The premiere feature of this SAM beta is the new optional agent, which is intended to address key environmental scenarios where conventional agentless monitoring techniques are either impractical or impossible to leverage. Some of these scenarios include, […]

Save around $70K a Year and Experience 40% Fewer Hours of Downtime by Simply Deploying a Virtualization Management Tool

September 3, 2014

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An IT pro who manages a virtual infrastructure will only know what it really takes to keep the environment up and running. Sometimes during the process, several hours during a day is spent troubleshooting performance problem, monitoring capacity bottlenecks, managing VM configuration issues, etc. Without a proactive virtualization management solution, identifying and fixing performance issues […]

SolarWinds WPM 2.1.0 Release Candidate Now Available!

August 4, 2014

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With Web Performance Monitor (WPM) 2.1.0 just around the corner I’m happy to announce WPM 2.1.0 has entered Release Candidate phase. There are many improvements coming with this version, notably. Tighter integration with Server & Application Monitor (SAM) and Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to help you identify problems in your Web Application infrastructure faster New integration allows you to Create dependencies […]

Server & Application Monitor 6.1.1 Release Candidate Now Available

April 23, 2014

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Server & Application Monitor 6.1.1 Release Candidate is now available for all SAM customers under active maintenance through your Customer Portal. Release Candidates are fully supported and upgradable to the final release when available. If you are experiencing any of the issues outlined below, we recommend downloaded the SAM 6.1.1 Service Release and upgrade now. FIXED ISSUES AND […]