Network Management

What happens when I unmanage a node in the SolarWinds Platform

This article describes the result when you unmanage a node or object in the SolarWinds Platform.

First published date

11/8/2018 7:27 PM

Last published date

12/17/2025 4:59 PM

Overview

What happens when you set a node to unmanaged?

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

Node was unmanaged

Resolution

When a node is unmanaged, the following occurs:

Polling jobs are suspended, so no further data is collected
Child objects (e.g. Application monitors, interfaces, volumes) assigned to the node are also set to unmanaged
By default, no further alert actions will execute on the unmanaged node
Depending on the reset conditions, existing active alerts may reset when the node is unmanaged or managed again
Alerts will not normally trigger on unmanaged nodes, as no data is being collected
However, alerts are not muted unless "Mute Alerts Now" is also selected, so alerts can trigger if the trigger condition is met

Allow alert actions to execute for unmanaged nodes:

Go to Settings > All Settings > Polling Settings
Enable 'ALLOW ALERT ACTIONS FOR UNMANAGED OBJECTS', then save the changes:

Alert actions will now execute for unmanaged nodes.

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