Installing an Additional Polling Engine

Download the special installation package for SolarWinds APM additional polling engines (SolarWinds-Orion-APM-vx.y.z-Poller.exe, where x is the major release number, y is the minor release number, and z is the point release number) to the server where you want to install the additional polling engine.

Note: You will find the APM installer for the additional polling engine packaged in the following product in your customer portal: Orion Additional Polling Engine v2011.1.

Note: After completing the following procedure, SolarWinds APM polling engines emulate the same behavior as Orion NPM additional polling engines. They monitor only those applications on nodes associated with the SolarWinds APM additional polling engine.

To install the additional polling engine:

1. Log on with a Windows administrator account to the server where you want to install the additional polling engine.

2. Run the installer for the SolarWinds APM Poller downloaded above—the installer automatically detects the Orion NPM additional polling engine if present and, in this case, only installs SolarWinds APM to an existing installation so that the additional polling engine will be usable for both SolarWinds APM and Orion NPM.

3. Review the Welcome page, and then click Next.

4. Accept the license agreement, and then click Next.

5. Chose a destination location (or accept the default), and then click Next.

6. Click Next to start copying files.

7. Click Finish to complete the Installation Wizard.

8. Click Enter Licensing Information to enter your license, or click Continue Evaluation.

9. Review the Configuration Wizard Welcome page, and then click Next.

10. Configure the database for your environment by selecting the appropriate SQL Server database and Authentication information, and then click Next.

11. Configure the database by selecting Use an existing database, and then selecting the name of the SQL Server database for the SolarWinds APM server. Then click Next.

12. Select whether to Create a new account, or Use an existing account, and then enter the account information. Then click Next.

13. If the Website Settings page is displayed, configure the IP Address, Port, and Website Root Directory as appropriate and select whether you want to enable automatic login. Then click Next.

14. Ensure that all the services displayed in the Service Settings page are checked, including the APM Job Engine Plugin, and then click Next.

15. Review the Configuration wizard Summary page, and then click Next.

16. Click Finish to complete the Configuration Wizard.

To configure the additional polling engines to be poller-aware:

1. If this is the first additional poller you have installed, complete the following procedure:

a. Log on to your Orion Web Console with an Administrator account.

b. Click the Applications tab.

c. Click APM Settings.

d. Click Data and Database Settings.

e. Select Poller-Bound as the Polling Engine Mode.

f. Click Submit.

g. Log on to the SolarWinds APM server with a Windows administrator account.

h. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Advanced Features > Orion Service Manager.

i. Select SolarWinds Orion Module Engine, and then click Restart.

j. If you encounter any issues with the additional polling engine, rerun the Configuration Wizard on the SolarWinds APM server.

To assign nodes to polling engines:

You can assign nodes to the polling engines by selecting the desired Polling Engine in the Add Node wizard.

You can also perform Poller Load Balancing using the Monitor Polling Engines tool to assign nodes to polling engines. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Advanced Features > Monitor Polling Engines. Then click Servers > Poller Load Balancing to display a dialog where you can assign nodes to particular polling engines. For more information, see “Understanding How Polling Engines Work".