Revalidate probes via script when ...'FAILED to start file check determines changes in the probe'

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

If probe machine name, IP Address or Mac Address changes, this could cause probes installed on a machine to fail and the system will generate an alarm with message: Probe '<PROBE_NAME>' FAILED to start, file check determines changes in the probe ", as an example:

 

 For this circumstance, a security re-validation used to be enough to address the inconvenience.

By default, UIM provides the option to re-validate security for the probe manually pressing right-click on failed probe and selecting option Security -> Validate.

Environment

• UIM 8.4 and higher

Resolution

The purpose of this note is the automation of the re-validation process. For this purpose, please follow the next steps:

• On your NAS machine create a script file name VALIDATE_SCRIPT.CMD with lines: 

WINDOWS 

SET SUSER=<IM_USER_WITH_ADMINISTRATOR_RIGHT>

SET SPASSWORD=<PASSWORD>

SET SHOSTNAME=/<IM_DOMAIN>/<HUB>/%1

<NIMSOFT_PATH>\bin\pu -u %SUSER% -p %SPASSWORD% %SHOSTNAME% probe_verify <PROBE_NAME>

<NIMSOFT_PATH>\bin\pu -u %SUSER% -p %SPASSWORD% %SHOSTNAME% probe_activate <PROBE_NAME>

 UNIX

SET SUSER=<IM_USER_WITH_ADMINISTRATOR_RIGHT>

SET SPASSWORD=<PASSWORD>

SET SHOSTNAME=/<IM_DOMAIN>/<HUB>/$1

<NIMSOFT_PATH>/bin/pu -u $SUSER -p $SPASSWORD $SHOSTNAME probe_verify <PROBE_NAME>

<NIMSOFT_PATH>/bin/pu -u $SUSER -p $SPASSWORD $SHOSTNAME probe_activate <PROBE_NAME>

Notes:

You need to change <IM_USER_WITH_ADMINISTRATOR_RIGHT> , <PASSWORD>, <IM_DOMAIN> ,<HUB> and <PROBE_NAME> by the correct values.

 

Script Example:

SET SUSER=administrator

SET SPASSWORD=<PASSWORD>

SET SHOSTNAME=/<UIM_Domain>/<UIM_Primary_Hub>/%1

C:\nimsoft\bin\pu -u %SUSER% -p %SPASSWORD% %SHOSTNAME% probe_verify cdm

C:\nimsoft\bin\pu -u %SUSER% -p %SPASSWORD% %SHOSTNAME% probe_activate cdm

 

Create a NAS Auto-Operation profile following next steps:

Open NAS Configuration window

Goto Auto-Operator tab

Right-Click on background screen and select New option.

Select Action Type: command

Command String: <YOUR_SCRIPT_PATH>\VALIDATE_SCRIPT.CMD $hostname $message

Message String: *FAILED to start, file check determines changes in the probe

Click OK button to save.

Example: 

• Activate the NAS Auto-Operation Profile with steps:

At NAS Auto-Operator -> Profile tab , right-click on profile created and click on Activate.

Press OK button to save and then test (NAS will be recycled)

Note: In case you have multiple Domains/HUBs one script and one profile should be created for each Domain/Hub combination and NAS Profile will also need to be filtered by Domain and hub Names. 

Additional Information

Is it possible to re-validate a probe via the PU Command? (broadcom.com)