Network Management

Delete unwanted discover scopes on IPAM

This article explains how to remove/delete unwanted discover scopes on IPAM.

First published date

8/15/2025 1:53 PM

Last published date

8/15/2025 2:29 PM

Overview

By default, IPAM scans your DHCP Server for new scopes every 4 hours, and if the DHCP setting "Automatically add new Scope and Subnets" is unchecked, you need to manually add them.

The Page for "Discovered scopes not added on IPAM" does not have any options to delete.

The most common reason why we need to remove the Scope on "Discovered scopes not added on IPAM" is that the Scope no longer exists on DHCP.

Product section

IP Address Manager

Resolution

Discovering the Unwanted Scope

To view the address of the scope that needs to be removed, follow the steps:

  1. Open DHCP & DNS Management. You will see a yellow message stating that these new scopes have not been added. 
  2. Click View new scopes

  1. Check the scope address that you need to remove/delete. 

Deleting the Unwanted Scope  

To delete an unwanted scope, follow the below steps:

  1. Open a Remote Desktop connection to the SolarWinds Server. 
  2. Click on Database Manager in the SolarWinds Platform start menu group
  3. Click Add default server.
  4. Expand the SolarWinds database.
  5. Look for IPAM Tables > Open [dbo].[IPAM_DhcpScopeDetails] 
  6. Run the sample query below based on the scope address you want to remove.
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SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM [dbo].[IPAM_DHCPScopeDetails]
Where FoundAddress like '%10.130.17.16%'




  1. Once found, click "Enable table editing".
  2. Highlight the scope, right-click then click delete.  
  3. Refresh the "Discovered scopes not added on IPAM", the deleted scope should also be deleted there.