Smarts IP: IP Tagging is not working; Configured IP tagging rules but IP address remains in the DuplicateIP class and IP addresses are not tagged

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Smarts IP: What configuration changes are required in order to have my duplicate IPs tagged according to my IP Tagging settings?
Smarts IP: In addition to configuring IP tagging rules in Polling and Thresholds, what other configuration changes are required in order to have my duplicate IPs tagged correctly?

IP Tagging is not working in Smarts IP after configuring IP tagging rules in Polling and Thresholds dialog
Devices configured for tagging and discovered in Smarts IP fall into the correct Tagging groups, but the IP address remains in the DuplicateIP class and the IP addresses themselves are not tagged

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

To enable IP Availability Manager for MPLS VPN overlapping IP discovery, do the following to ensure that the IP Availability Manager configuration parameters are set properly:

1. Open the discovery.conf file using sm_edit.
    
2. Find and set the following parameter as follows:
   
   importExternalTagsConnections = True.
    
3. Save and close the discovery.conf file.
    
4. Use the appropriate DMCTL command to make this discovery.conf file change the current setting in your environment. See 51484 for instructions in how to do this step.
    
5. Open the tpmgr-param.conf file using sm_edit.
6. Find and set the following parameters as follows:
   
   DisableOverlappingIP = False
   
   UseVPNIP = False*     This UseVPNIP setting has been deprecated in Smarts IP version 9.0.x and newer 
    
7. Reload the tpmgr-param.conf file to make sure these are the current settings in your environment. See 9097 for instructions in how to do this step.
8. Verify the current settings that the IP domain is using by executing the following commands:
   
   ./dmctl -s AM invoke ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager findParameter DisableOverlappingIP
   
   ./dmctl -s AM invoke ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager findParameter UseVPNIP
   
   ./dmctl -s AM get ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager::importExternalTagsConnections
   
    
9. Once you verify that these parameters are set correctly, delete and re-discover the devices.
10. Verify that the IP addresses are now correctly tagged.

Additional Information

Please Note:  If you set the DisableOverlappingIP = False in Smarts IP you must also set  importExternalTagsConnections = True.