Network Management

Which interface is associated with an Interfaces.Collector.Jobs log error

When view the Interfaces.Collector.Jobs log errors for Network Performance Monitor (NPM) 11 and later versions. There is a reference to entity IW: What does IW mean ?

First published date

11/8/2018 7:38 PM

Last published date

8/4/2020 2:32 PM

Overview

What does IW mean ?

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

Polling error reference when Interface data can not be found or written to db interface collection tables

Resolution

entityID is talking about the interface ID.
ie: Entity:IW:53935 is the interface ID in the Solarwinds Orion Interface Tables used to refer by a numeric (integer) indexed value any Nodes Interface.
You may search the Interface Table for the ID and cross reference it to the Fullname column to get the Node name and Interface name used in the website.

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