Smarts AM: Using IFDescrPattern to exclude interface creation in tpmgr-param.conf does not work

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:




Using IFDescrPattern in Smarts AM to exclude interface creation in tpmgr-param.conf does not work

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

When excluding interface from being discovered with IFDescrPattern, it must be used in combination with IFTypePattern.

Resolution

To use IFDescrPattern to exclude a statement, you need to add the IFTypePattern to the tpmgr-param.conf configuration file. The following shows how you could exclude the word "Voice": 

1. Use sm_edit to open the tmpgr_param.conf configuration file for editing as follows:
   
   <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/bin/sm_edit conf/discovery/tpmgr-param.conf
   
    
2. Add the IFTypePattern to this file as in the following example (see Note statement):
   
   IFTypePattern-.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.558 ~103
   IFDescrPattern-.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.558 ~Voice*
   
    
3. Run the following command for the changes in this file to take effect:
   
   <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/bin/sm_tpmgr -s <AM server name> --load-conf=tpmgr-param.conf
   
    
4. Rediscover/discover the device.

Additional Information

The IFDescrPattern is not case sensitive. In the above example, you could specify "Voice" or "voice" as the exclusion statement.