Remove old polling engines and websites from previous migrations in the SolarWinds Platform

• Old polling engine in the Engines table.
• Old websites in the Websites table.
• Duplicated entries in the OrionServers table

NOTE: Back up your database before making any changes.
 

1. Open Database Manager. For details, see Use Database Manager to view the SolarWinds database.
2. Run the query below to check for incorrect polling engines that are no longer valid:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   SELECT * FROM Engines

3. Modify the query below to include the old polling engine ID and run the query to remove polling engines that are no longer valid:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   DELETE FROM Engines WHERE EngineID = 'YOURID'

   

4. Run the query below to check for incorrect websites that are no longer valid:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   SELECT * FROM Websites

5. Modify the query below to include the old website ID and run the query to remove websites that are no longer valid:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   DELETE FROM Websites WHERE WebsiteID = 'YOURID'  

6. Run the query below to check for incorrect Orion Server entries that are no longer valid:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   SELECT * FROM OrionServers

7. Modify the query below to include the incorrect Orion Server ID and run the query:

   -- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
   -- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
   -- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
   -- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
   -- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
   -- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
   -- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
   -- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
   -- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
   -- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.
   
   DELETE FROM OrionServers WHERE OrionServerID = 'YOURID'

8. Run SolarWinds Platform Diagnostics to make sure the errors no longer appear when it completes.

Old polling engines, websites, and SolarWinds Platform Severs are deleted in the database.

For environments that have NTA installed.

NOTE: Create a backup of the NTA database before making any changes.
 

-- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
-- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
-- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
-- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
-- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
-- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
-- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
-- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
-- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
-- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.

SELECT * FROM [dbo].FlowEngines

-- Scripts are not supported under any SolarWinds support program or service.
-- Scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. SolarWinds further
-- disclaims all warranties including, without limitation, any implied warranties
-- of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk arising
-- out of the use or performance of the scripts and documentation stays with you.
-- In no event shall SolarWinds or anyone else involved in the creation,
-- production, or delivery of the scripts be liable for any damages whatsoever
-- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business
-- interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising
-- out of the use of or inability to use the scripts or documentation.

DELETE FROM FlowEngines WHERE EngineID = 'EngineID'