Getting Started: Solarwinds Server And Application Monitor

SolarWinds SAM Bootcamp with 90+ Minutes of Video Lectures AND 60+ Minutes of Hands-On Lab Simulations

What you'll learn

How SAM works

Discover Servers and Applications

Setup Monitoring

Explore Alerts and Reports

Work With Templates

Set Thresholds in SAM

Requirements

An interest in learning what SolarWinds is and an interest in learning how to perform basic tasks in SolarWinds and SAM

Access to a live SolarWinds environment is helpful, but not required, since this course provides actual hand-on simulations that can be completed without a live environment.

Description

ARE YOU NEW TO SOLARWINDS SAM?If so, this bootcamp-style course will bring you up to speed on the key benefits, features, and components of the platform.This SolarWinds bootcamp is taught by a 25-year IT industry veteran and it covers all the key features and components that you need to be familiar with in order to carry on an intelligent conversation with colleagues when discussing the product.This SolarWinds SAM course includes approximately 90 minutes of straight-to-the point training videos from someone who has actually deployed, used, and managed SolarWinds. I've also included about an hour's worth of hands-on lab simulations that allow you to practice what you learn.Over 150,000 students already trust their IT training to me:"The overall explanation is awesome and clear. I am able to clear my exam with 865 marks. Thanks much for this wonderful course.""You want certi? This course with 12 modules of Microsoft are enough. All the best! Well covered course for certification.""This course was PERFECT for the exam. I took your course and easily passed.""I enjoyed the training. I've taken and passed the exam.""I needed a course that would offer me lab experience along with lessons. And this course provides that lab experience I was looking for."Even if you have minimal SolarWinds experience, this course will teach you what you need to know to begin using the platform to monitor applications and servers. Enroll today and get up to speed with SolarWinds SAM!

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: USING SOLARWINDS SAM

Lecture 2 How SAM Works

Lecture 3 How SAM Uses SolarWinds Platform Agents

Lecture 4 Navigating the SAM Environment

Lecture 5 HANDS-ON LAB: Navigating SolarWinds and SAM

Lecture 6 Exploring SAM Widgets

Section 3: DISCOVER YOUR ENVIRONMENT WITH SAM

Lecture 7 Preparing for Monitoring with SAM

Lecture 8 Key SAM Monitoring Methods

Lecture 9 Benefits of Monitoring with SolarWinds Platform Agents in SAM

Lecture 10 Discovering Servers and Applications in SAM

Lecture 11 HANDS-ON LAB: Discover Servers and Apps with SAM

Section 4: SETUP MONITORING IN YOUR SAM ENVIRONMENT

Lecture 12 Using AppInsight for IIS to Monitor an IIS Server

Lecture 13 HANDS-ON LAB: Monitor an IIS Server with AppInsight

Lecture 14 Monitoring the Operating System

Lecture 15 HANDS-ON LAB: Monitor a Windows OS

Lecture 16 Monitoring Cloud Instances and VMs in SAM

Lecture 17 Setup Cloud Monitoring and Viewing VM Data

Lecture 18 HANDS-ON LAB: Monitor Azure VMs with SAM

Lecture 19 Introduction to AppStack

Section 5: EXPLORE ALERTS AND REPORTS IN SAM

Lecture 20 How Alerts Work in SAM

Lecture 21 Working with Preconfigured Alerts in SAM

Lecture 22 How Reports Work in SAM

Lecture 23 Running a Preconfigured Report in SAM

Lecture 24 Creating a Custom Alert in SAM

Lecture 25 HANDS-ON LAB: Create a Custom Alert in SAM

Section 6: WORK WITH SAM APPLICATION MONITOR TEMPLATES

Lecture 26 Using SAM Application Monitor Templates and Application Monitors

Lecture 27 Creating Custom Application Monitor Templates in SAM

Lecture 28 HANDS-ON LAB: Create a Custom Application Monitor Template

Section 7: MANAGE APPLICATION MONITOR THRESHOLDS IN SAM

Lecture 29 What Are Thresholds?

Lecture 30 Applying Baseline Thresholds At the Template Level

Lecture 31 Applying Baseline Thresholds At the Application-Monitor Level

Section 8: WRAP-UP

Lecture 32 Course Wrap-Up

This course IS intended for IT professionals who need to develop a basic understanding of what SolarWinds and SAM are, and those who want to learn how to perform basic tasks on the platform.,This course IS NOT intended for IT professionals who are already familiar with SolarWinds and SAM.