topic Re: Delete a custom device? in Dynatrace API

Delete a custom device?

tarjei_utnes — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:30:45 GMT

The documentation provides information on how to delete custom metrics.

However, I do not see any way of deleting custom devices.

Using the custom metrics and custom devices I have created a custom device. Is it possible to delete it afterwards?

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-a...

Re: Delete a custom device?

hayden_miedema — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:14:31 GMT

Hi Tarjei,

There is no way to delete them explicitly. The device will fall out of Dynatrace after not receiving traffic for 72 hours.

HTH,

Hayden

Re: Delete a custom device?

satish_a_prasad — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:49:58 GMT

looks like a feature request is needed.. i don't want to be spammed by problem notifications from Hosts that i know have been decomissioned..

Re: Delete a custom device?

kelvin_klein — Tue, 29 May 2018 13:03:06 GMT

Hi question on deleting custom devices. What if a custom device is created where it is mapped to IP addresses and ports that are consistently receiving traffic? Does the custom device still get removed 72 hours later if no API traffic calls are made, or is it all forms of traffic?

Re: Delete a custom device?

Enrico_F — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 08:26:49 GMT

Custom devices that were created through the UI can be deleted any time by navigating to it and clicking on the "..."

Those that were created through the API cannot be deleted directly. Instead they will be automatically deleted when either

all their associated custom metrics were deleted via Timeseries API (this is according to feedback from support and unverified by me) or
they were manually tagged with "dt.junk:<timestamp>" where <timestamp> must be later than the "last seen" timestamp for the custom device. This will make sure the entity is deleted from the index during one of the next index-cleanup runs which are performed in best effort manner (it may take up to a few days to take effect).