The TADDM database uses a highly normalised database schema, CI data is held across over 1500 tables within the TADDM database. Querying this data directly at a database table level can be challenging if you don’t have a detailed knowledge of the TADDM schema design!  A much simpler approach is to use the database views […]

With the release of TADDM 7.3.0.2 came the ability to perform Windows discoveries with PowerShell instead of WMI. In comparison with WMI a PowerShell session sends fewer requests to access target systems, which in turn reduces the number of events that are logged. In addition if you use SSL it should also be more secure. […]

When TADDM executes remote commands using the TaddmTool.exe binary it encodes the actual command using Base64. Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format by translating it into a radix-64 representation. the following example is taken from a Sensor log and in it you can see the actual […]

This four-part video presentation demonstrates how you can use the out-of-the-box tools provided with TADDM to create custom database views to simplify TADDM reporting.     Visits: 4

“For the time comes for directed alerts, and Dashboards shall fade or depart”  – Gandalf, Lord of the Rings. A few weeks ago, I suggested to a colleague that I may write a blog on the decline (I might have even said death) of dashboards. This was met with some shock as we deal a […]