Ionix NCM/VoyenceControl: How to delete SNMP v3 objects using the VoyenceControl API; Receive "ApiSystemException: Unsupported credential type" error

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


How to delete SNMP v3 objects using the Ionix Network Configuration Manager (Ionix NCM) API
How to delete SNMP v3 objects using the VoyenceControl API

The following error is received when trying to delete an SNMP v3 objects using the Ionix NCM/VoyenceControl API:

com.powerup.configmgr.common.api.ApiSystemException: Unsupported credential type

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Cause

The above problem symptom occurs when the deleteCredential(ResourceIdentityInfo credentialId) code is used as in the following:

ResourceIdentityInfo networkRII = new ResourceIdentityInfo(null, "NETWORK", networkName);
networkRII = ionix_api.getNetworkInfo(networkRII, false).getResourceIdentityInfo();
Collection<ResourceIdentityInfo> networkCredentialObjects = ionix_api.getAllCredentials(networkRII);

for(ResourceIdentityInfo rii : networkCredentialObjects){
try{

if(rii.getResourceName().equals(credentialName)){
rii = ionix_api.getCredentialInfo(networkRII, rii).getId();
ionix_api.deleteCredential(networkRII, rii);
break;
}
}catch(Exception e){
LOG.error(e);
}
}

Resolution

To delete SNMP v3 objects, instead of the deleteCredential() call highlighted in the code snippet above, use the following API call: 

deleteSNMPV3Credential(ResourceIdentityInfo credentialId)