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Importing MIBPollers
SolarWindsNPMprovidestheabilitytoimportcustompollersbothfromprevious
SolarWindsNPMversionsandfromUniversalDevicePollers.Thoughyou
cannotimportMIBsdirectlyintotheSolarWindsMIBDatabase,theimport
mechanismdoesallowyoutoimporttheassociationbetweenaMIBanda
UniversalDevicePoller.Thepollercanthenbeassociatedwithadeviceinyour
environment.UsethefollowingproceduretoimportaUniversalDevicePoller.
ToimportaUniversalDevicePoller:
1. ClickStart >AllPrograms >SolarWindsOrion>NetworkPerformance
Monitor >UniversalDevicePoller.
2. ClickFile >ImportUniversalDevicePollers.
3. Foreachpolleryouwanttoimport,completethefollowingsteps:
a. ClickOpen,andthennavigatetothelocationofthepollertoimport.
b. Selectthepollertoimport,andthenclickOpen.
4. Selectthepollerstoimportfromthelistontheleft,andthenclickImport.
5. Ifyouwanttoremoveaselectedpollerfromthelistofpollerstoimport,
clickthepollertoremove,andthenclickRemove.
Notes:
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Toselectmultiplepollers,holddownSHIFTorCTRL,andthenclick
thepollersyouwant.
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Tocollapseallfoldersandseejustthegroupnames,holddown
SHIFT,andthen click-nexttoanyofthegroupnames.
6. ClickOK.
7. Ifyouwanttheimportedpollertobeginpollingimmediatelyupon
assigningnetworkdevices,completethefollowingsteps:
a. Selectyournew,importedpollerintheAllDefinedPollerspaneonthe
leftoftheOrionUniversalDevicePollerwindow.
b. ClickEditProperties.
c. ConfirmthatthepollerStatusisEnabled,andthenclickFinish.
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