About option MinimumDemandGet in discovery.conf file

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

Explanation of the option named "MinimumDemandGet" in the discovery.conf file of the IP domain.

Environment

All supported releases of Smart

Resolution

• To optimize discovery performance, ICF_TopologyManager uses the parameter "MinimumDemandGet" to control the demand get requests. 

• If MinimumDemandGet is set to TRUE and the server is running DISCOVERY_MANAGER, the following demand get will be skipped:

  • ifMtu, ifSpeed, ifAlias, ifHCInOctets, ifHighSpeed

• This should not be enabled if performance monitoring is to be done.