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5. Ifyouwanttolimitthenumberofmessagesthatareshown,enteror
selectanumberintheMaximumnumberofmessagestodisplayfield.
6. Ifyouwanttoviewmessagesthatmeetyoursearchcriteriaasthey
arrive,selectanumberfortheAutoRefresheverynumberseconds
field.
Note:AutoRefreshisonlyavailablewhenyouareviewingcurrent
messages.TheDate/TimeRangemustbesettoToday,Last24Hours,
Last2Hours,orLastHour.
7. Ifyouwanttohidethesearchcriteriapane,togglethepaneopenand
closedbyclickingthedoubleuparrowsinthetoprightofthepage.
TrapViewerSettings
UsethefollowingproceduretostartandconfiguretheTrapViewer.
TostartandconfiguretheTrapViewer:
1. ClickStart >AllPrograms >SolarWindsOrion >SyslogandSNMP
Traps >TrapViewer.
2. ClickFile >Settings.
3. OntheGeneraltab,configurethefollowingTrapserversettings:
a. PositionthetopslidertosettheMaximumnumberoftrapsto
displayinCurrentTrapsview.
b. IfyouwantSolarWindsNPMtoAutomaticallyRefreshtheCurrent
TrapsView,checktheoptionaccordingly,andthenpositionthe
middleslidertosettherefreshrate.
c. PositiontheRetainTrapmessagesforhowmanydays?sliderto
setthelengthoftimethattrapsremaininthedatabase.
4. OntheDisplayedColumnstab,usethearrowkeystoselectandorderthe
fieldsofinformationyouwanttoseeintheCurrentTrapsview.
5. Ifyoudonotneedthedomainnamefromyourtrapmessages,check
RemoveDomainNamefromDNSLookupsontheMessageParsingtab.
Note:Checkingthisoptionwillremovethedomainnamefromyourtrap
messages,andthiswillhelptoreducethesizeofyourdatabase.
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