# pmm can only monitor on proxysql

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**Category:** PMM 1.x\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-can-only-monitor-on-proxysql/7005 "2019-05-09T04:46:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/fan/32/40_2.png) [@Fan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fan)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-can-only-monitor-on-proxysql/7005/1 "2019-05-09T04:46:49Z")

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we install multi proxysql on one machine , but pmm can only add one proxysql to monitor

 ![photoid=54023](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/2X/e/e575becb2588f297c38b18ad6ba70fcc13745bb1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Roma\_Novikov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/roma_novikov/32/1161_2.png) [@Roma\_Novikov](https://forums.percona.com/u/Roma_Novikov)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-can-only-monitor-on-proxysql/7005/2 "2019-05-13T05:00:33Z")

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Hi [Fan](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/41523) ,

Usage:  
pmm-admin add proxysql:metrics [flags] [name] [-- [exporter\_args]]

can you try to add Name for the instance? because you already have one with default name, so you need unique names

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**Author:** ![Fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/fan/32/40_2.png) [@Fan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fan)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-can-only-monitor-on-proxysql/7005/3 "2019-05-14T05:12:47Z")

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> [@roma.novikov;54049](#):
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> Hi [Fan](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/41523) ,
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> Usage:  
> pmm-admin add proxysql:metrics [flags] [name] [-- [exporter\_args]]
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> can you try to add Name for the instance? because you already have one with default name, so you need unique names

Thank you [roma.novikov](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/33948) It works, but by the way ,what is the flags mean?