1. Create template on SAM
2. Apply it to a node being monitored
3. When you do that an application monitor would be created on the node and same would be linked in the DB as well
4. If you modify the components on the template and submit the same , it would get reflected on all nodes to which the template has been assigned to
5. Note: If you modify the template name and submit it would not change the template name (application monitor) assigned on the nodes
If you have to change the name of the template you will have to either manually change them on each and every node or through a DB query or you will have to remove the nodes assigned to the template, change the template name and re-apply the template to all nodes
Rather than this I would want to have a simple mechanism - When you rename the template name the same should automatically change the application monitor/ template name on the node as well
Below is an example for the same:
Scenario:
1. Created a template named Testing_OLDNAME and assigned it to node being monitored on Solarwinds
2. You can see the old name under Template Applied to:
3. Renamed the template name from Testing_OLDNAME to Testing
4. It would not automatically change the application monitor name on the NODE