Smarts IP Suite: How to set EXPLICITLY_MANAGED for numerous devices with same vendor and type.

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Smarts IP Suite: How to set EXPLICITLY_MANAGED for numerous devices with same vendor and type.
How do I use a script to set the ports' managed status for a large number of devices instead of doing it manually?


Ports' status is UNKNOWN after discovery
User scenario:

• By default, ports are in unmanaged state.
• Upon discovery, ports' status is UNKNOWN for a large set of devices.
• User manually sets the ports as EXPLICITLY_MANAGED and hits Reconfigure.
• After Rediscovering the device, the ports are now UP/UP.

How can a user do it for all of these device type (same vendor)?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

1. Create a file called managePorts.asl.
    
2. Copy the below content to it.
   
   NOTE: The below script is an example for a device with system OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.958. Change the system OID to your requirement.
   
   START {
   }
   do {
    devicelist = getInstances("UnitaryComputerSystem");
    count = 0;
    print("Explicitly Managing all ports corresponding to System Object OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.958");
    foreach device (devicelist) {
     devRef = object(device);
     if (glob(devRef->SystemObjectID,".1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.958")) {
      portList = devRef->getPorts();
      foreach portObj (portList) {
       portObj = object(portObj);
       portObj->ManagedState = "EXPLICITLY_MANAGED";
      }
     }
    }
    stop();
   }
   
   
3. Save the file in your IP/smarts/bin directory and execute it as given in the following step.
    
4. Execute this script from your <BASE DIR>/IP/smarts/bin by giving the command:
   
   sm_adapter -s <am-pm-domain_name> managePorts.asl