Exclude certain interfaces from discovery

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Steps to exclude to certain interface from being discovered in Smarts.

Environment

SMARTS - 10.1.x

Resolution

To exclude certain interfaces from discovery on a device, do the following:

• Open the tpmgr-param.conf configuration file for editing as follows:
  <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/bin/sm_edit ../conf/discovery/tpmgr-param.conf
• Exclude the interface using IFType or IFDescr. The following example (using IFType) will exclude IfType 1 from being discovered on device having SysOID as .1.3.6.1.4.1.529.1.2.2                                                                                             

• • Add below entry to file: 
    IFTypePattern-.1.3.6.1.4.1.529.1.2.2 ~1

• Save and exit the file.
• Reload the conf file on to the domain with below command.
  BASEDIR/IP/smarts/bin/sm_tpmgr -s <IP domain name> --load-conf=tpmgr-param.conf
• Delete and add the device.