How the Location field is populated on Node Details in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console

11/20/2018 10:34 PM

10/17/2025 10:58 PM

This article provides an overview of where to obtain the out of the box "Location" field in the Node Details resource. The location field is also used for object grouping on the Worldwide Map resource.

Orion Platform

Solution 1: For SNMP Devices, obtain the location from the following OID:

• 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0 ---- (sysLocation)

For WMI/Windows Agent, obtain the location from the ActiveDirectorySiteName, stored in the following WMI class (make sure to select the correct server name):

• Win32_NTDomain

Updating the location field manually will typically not have any effect, as the above values will be re-polled and update the database.

Solution 2: 
1. RDP to the target server or node
2. search/open wbemtest and click "Connect..." button

3. click Connect button again while the "Namespace" is showing as root\cimv2

4. click "Query..." button and do query the:
 4.1 domain using this query statement SELECT Domain FROM Win32_ComputerSystem this for us to know the Domain that the node associated to, click Apply button

-double click the result

-under properties scroll down and you will see the Domain and take note of it

-click Close button > click Close button again to query the location on step 4.2
 4.2 location using this query statement SELECT ClientSiteName FROM Win32_NTDomain WHERE DnsForestName = 'Domain' replace the Domain that you got from step 4.1 e.g if you got cbl.lab from step 4.1 your query statement is like this SELECT ClientSiteName FROM Win32_NTDomain WHERE DnsForestName = 'cbl.lab'
-if you see multiple results, double click each result

-and take a screenshot of each result after scrolling from the Properties section > ClientSiteName