Network Flow Analysis (NFA) devices seen as pingable in the Netops Portal and there is no corresponding Data Aggregator (DA) device

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• DX NetOps
• CA Network Flow Analysis (NetQos / NFA)

Issue/Introduction

Network Flow Analysis (NFA) devices seen as pingable in the Netops Portal and there is no corresponding Data Aggregator (DA) device under Manageable Devices.

The setting "Contribute inventory to Data Aggregator" was checked for the NFA data source but this was unchecked.

Environment

Release : 21.2

Component :

Cause

The devices were discovered in the Data Aggregator (DA) as pingables but were deleted at some point.

Resolution

The devices in the Netops Portal are now only contributed by Network Flow Analysis (NFA) but the type will still be seen as pingable in searches, and on the device context page the device will have a context type of router.