Network Management

Disable Multicast Event Without Disabling Multicast Monitoring in NPM

This article is created to serve as a guide on how to disable multicast event without disabling multicast monitoring in NPM

First published date

3/17/2021 2:55 AM

Last published date

8/25/2022 3:21 PM

Overview

There are some instances that multicast events are flooding the events making other important events not visible due to the max capacity of events that can be shown in the web console.

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Resolution

  1. Connect to the Orion server.
  2. Open Database Manager from the Solarwinds Orion folder of the Start menu.
  3. Select Add Orion server.
  4. Expand the SQL Server and Orion database in bold.
  5. Right-click the database and select New Query.
  6. Paste the following and select Execute query in the window on the right:
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UPDATE EventTypes 
SET Record=0 
WHERE Name='Multicast traffic down'
To re-enable the events, change the "Record" value to 1 and execute the query.