Smarts SAM: How are the 'ElementName' and 'ElementClassName' of a Smarts SAM Notification determined?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:




How are the ElementName and ElementClassName of a Smarts SAM Notification determined?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

The Element of a given Smarts SAM Notification is set to the relationship that exists between the notification and the object it OccurredOn. The ElementClassName and ElementName are computed over the related object.

The ElementClassName and ElementClass are dependent on what you are importing from IP. The Element of a given notification is set to either of the following:

• The instance where the event has occurred (if the instance is existing/imported in the SAM).
• If not the instance, then the system of the instance (if the system object is existing/imported in the SAM).

For example if you run the following dmctl command:

get ICS_Notification::NOTIFICATION-TrunkCable_LINK-PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x<->PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x_Down::OccurredOn

This command would return the following output: 

TrunkCable::LINK-PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x<->PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x

The ElementClassName in this example is set to TrunkCable and the ElementName is set to LINK-PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x<->PORT-10.x.x.x/x.x