Smarts AM: How do you find out which devices have duplicate IP addresses?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

How do you find out which devices have duplicate IP addresses in Smarts AM?

To determine which devices have duplicate IP addresses in Smarts AM, do the following:

1. Open the Smarts Domain Manager console and find the object called DuplicateIP.
2. Expand the DuplicateIP object and there may be one or more sets of IP addresses. 
3. Expand each IP address instance and you will see an DuplicatedBy relation object.
4. Expand a DuplicatedBy relation object to view the Class or Classes of device that are configured to use this IP address.
5. Expand each class object and expand the ComposedOf relation object of either the Interface or Port class. 
6. Search for the IP address listed in the DuplicateIP object for each device listed in the class object.