From cf9ae34d0337805eab159d94555ea0965845004f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avinash Nigam <56562150+avinash-nigam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:55:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] SqlServer - fix for default server list (#8655)

---
 plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
index 67571d23d6f26..c789ace9b3994 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@@ -221,10 +221,6 @@ func (s *SQLServer) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(s.Servers) == 0 {
-		s.Servers = append(s.Servers, defaultServer)
-	}
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	for _, serv := range s.Servers {
@@ -327,8 +323,16 @@ func (s *SQLServer) accRow(query Query, acc telegraf.Accumulator, row scanner) e
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *SQLServer) Init() error {
+	if len(s.Servers) == 0 {
+		log.Println("W! Warning: Server list is empty.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("sqlserver", func() telegraf.Input {
-		return &SQLServer{}
+		return &SQLServer{Servers: []string{defaultServer}}
 	})
 }