SCM Getting Started Guide
Server Configuration Monitor (SCM) tracks configuration changes across monitored systems, helping administrators identify configuration drift, investigate unexpected changes, and monitor compliance.
To get started with SCM, complete the following tasks.
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Determine where to start. Have you already installed and configured other SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted products?
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Log into SCM. If you have never logged into SCM, see this topic on logging in to SCM for the first time. |
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Add a node to SCM. To add a node to SCM, see this topic. |
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Monitor Linux nodes in SCM. If you want to monitor Linux nodes using SCM, see this topic on monitoring Linux in SCM. |
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Monitor a SQL database with SCM. If you want to monitor a SQL database using SCM, see this topic on monitoring SQL databases in SCM. |
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Understand database queries in SCM. To gain an understanding of how database queries work in SCM, see this topic on database queries in SCM. |
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Use server configuration profiles in SCM. To learn about server configuration profiles in SCM, see this topic on server configuration profiles. |
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Assign and unassign configuration profiles to a node in SCM. To assign configuration profiles to a node in SCM, see this topic on assigning configuration profiles. To unassign configuration profiles to a node in SCM, see this topic on unassigning configuration profiles. |
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Monitor configuration changes on a node in SCM. To monitor configuration changes on a node in SCM, see this topic on monitoring configuration changes. |
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Learn about baselines in SCM. To learn about baselines in SCM, see this topic on baselines. |
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Compare configurations over time in SCM. To learn how to view which configuration items changed between any two points in time and drill down to see line by line what changes were made, see this topic on comparing configurations. |
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Take advantage of additional resources.
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