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.

Virtual Assets

This resource displays the virtual servers monitored by SolarWinds and also lists the individual virtual machines they host.

Add VMs from the Virtual Assets Resource

  1. Click the [+] next to any virtual server listed in the Virtual Assets resource to expand the list of virtual machines.
  2. Click a virtual machine that is not currently managed by SolarWinds. Unmanaged VMs are listed in italic type.
  3. Click Yes, Manage this Node.
  4. If the VM is not running Virtual Tools, manually enter the IP address of the VM in the Hostname or IP Address field.
  5. Check any additional options required to monitor the VM, and then click Next.
  6. Follow the remainder of the Add Node wizard to completion, and then click OK, Add Node.