Take Control of IT Asset Inventory Management
Stop tracking assets by hand. SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) automates discovery, change tracking, and lifecycle management so you always know what you have.
Auto-Discover IT Assets in Minutes
Stop building inventory lists by hand. SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) automatically discovers hardware and software assets across your environment, collecting key details like system updates, server warranty information, processor and memory specs, network interfaces, and operating system versions. Once agents are configured, SAM runs Discovery to detect nodes and begin polling immediately—no spreadsheets required. With over 250 monitoring templates included, SAM matches new devices and starts tracking in minutes, so your IT asset inventory stays current without manual effort. Create custom application templates or import templates from the community to expand your monitoring capabilities.
- Collect hardware specs, warranty data, and software details automatically
- Match new devices with 250+ monitoring templates in minutes
- Poll nodes daily to keep asset lists current without manual updates
Make Informed Hardware and Software Decisions
SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) Asset Inventory provides visibility into hardware and software across your monitored environment. Track software versions, OS and firmware updates, hardware details, warranty information, and hardware lifecycle, maintenance, and decommissioning timelines. Use this information to identify aging hardware, monitor warranty status, and better plan maintenance and replacement activities. Scheduled inventory polling helps keep asset information current, giving you the visibility you need to make informed infrastructure decisions.
- Track warranty expiration dates to plan hardware replacements proactively
- Monitor vendor contracts and purchase orders for renewal timing
- Record software versions, installation dates, and update history
Turn Asset Data Into Actionable Reports
Turn raw asset data into clear, actionable reports. SAM includes built-in report templates that show current asset usage, model numbers, previous updates, admin names, total resources consumed, and unused hardware. You can select a specific server and generate reports on its associated software and hardware resources. Reports can also be automated to generate at regular intervals or in response to critical performance metrics, then delivered to key stakeholders at specified frequencies. Use SAM's reporting capabilities to organize and present monitoring and inventory information, helping you assess your infrastructure, prepare for compliance audits, and make informed maintenance and replacement decisions without maintaining manual inventory lists. SAM supports custom properties, which can be used to create custom asset tags for your reporting.
- Generate reports on specific servers and their associated resources
- Schedule automated reports at regular intervals or on critical thresholds
- Share charts and tables with stakeholders without manual formatting
- Prepare for compliance audits with automated reporting
Map Asset Dependencies to Resolve Issues Faster
See how every asset connects. Server & Application Monitor provides visibility into the relationships between applications, servers, and the infrastructure that supports them. Use SAM to monitor application and server performance, identify affected components when issues occur, and organize monitored resources for easier management. With application and infrastructure monitoring in one view, SAM helps you investigate performance issues and identify potential causes more efficiently, so you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time keeping critical services running.
- View dependencies between applications, servers, and infrastructure
- Organize assets by logical groups for easier management
- Identify which components are causing performance issues in minutes
Alert on What Matters Across Your Server Environment
Server & Application Monitor helps you stay ahead of issues across your server and application environment—not just hardware. Create alerts based on monitored hardware health, application performance, availability, services, processes, ports, APIs, custom scripts, and dependencies—then trigger approved scripts, restart services, recycle app pools, or take other automated remediation actions. Centralize notifications, prioritize the most critical conditions, and give IT teams the context they need to resolve problems before they become service disruptions.
- Detect hardware and application issues before they affect availability or performance.
- Alert on services, processes, ports, APIs, custom scripts, and application dependencies.
- Automatically trigger approved scripts or other pre-approved remediation actions.
- Use thresholds and dependency-aware alerting to prioritize issues and automate low-risk remediation.
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- Automatically discover applications and inventory monitored servers.
- Monitor server and application performance, availability, and status.
- Track configuration changes and compare current and previous versions.
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