Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is also available in a standalone module.

SolarWinds SAM License Usage for Node-based licensing API poller template

In environments that utilize node-based SAM licensing, use this API Poller template to monitor license usage for SolarWinds Platform nodes, SAM nodes, and volumes based on data available in the SolarWinds Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) API.

Prerequisites

  • Basic Authentication credentials are configured.
  • Provide a Username and Password for a valid SolarWinds Platform account.

Notes

  • Default thresholds are not set for this template.
  • Refer to the SolarWinds Platform SDK wiki to learn more about this API.
  • Here is a request example:
    https://${DisplayName}:17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Query?query=SELECT+ElementType,+Saturation+FROM+Orion.LicenseSaturation+WHERE+ElementType+in('Nodes','SAM Nodes','Volumes')+ORDER+BY+ElementType

Available metrics

Nodes

The number of monitored nodes in your environment.

Unit: Count

SAM Nodes

The number of nodes to which a SAM application monitor or API Poller is assigned.

Unit: Count

Volumes

The number of monitored volumes in your environment.

Unit: Count