Disable and Enable Asset Inventory Data Collection on SAM

10/16/2018 8:56 PM

3/10/2022 1:51 PM

Disabling Asset Inventory allows Sonar Discovery and Add-Node to exclude WMI interfaces.

Server Application Monitor

1. For existing nodes, you can disable Asset Inventory data collection by executing the following SQL command:  

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-- To Disable :
UPDATE [dbo].[AssetInventory_Polling] 
set Enabled = 0

-- To Enable:
UPDATE [dbo].[AssetInventory_Polling] 
set Enabled = 1

2. (OPTIONAL) To disable this for future nodes added, rename the following file: C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\Discovery\Plugins\SolarWinds.AssetInventory.Discovery.plugin
   
   For example: SolarWinds.AssetInventory.Discovery.plugin-Disabled