Creating custom metric only for a specific server in solarwinds DPA

Question

Hi Community

Is there a way I can create a custom metric in solarwinds DPA and activate it only for a specific server ?

The metric doesn't relate to other servers

So I want to show that metric only for 1 server.

Can someone please let me know how to achieve this ?

mandevil · Answer

Go ahead and create the custom metric. Then, you can go into any of the instance types it collects for and go into Resources find that custom metric and click on settings.

Within settings, go ahead and select custom and uncheck enable data collection and set that as default. This will turn it off by default.

Then navigate to the instance you want to collect on and go into resources, settings, and enable it just for that instance (but not set as default).

This is off the top of my head, so let me know if it's not clear or if screenshots would help.