Utility for manual IPtagging

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

There is a utility 'ic-autoIPTagging.asl”.that is in the IP/Smarts/rules/utils folder.  Provided the criteria below in the solution this script is available to users, but it is not supported by VMware by Broadcom  as this is considered customization of your Smarts IP domain.

 

Environment

Smarts 10.1.x

Resolution

Customers can utilize the 'ic-autoIPTagging.asl”.that is in the IP/Smarts/rules/utils folder 

1) A new utility (via asl script) has been introduced, file name: ic-autoIPTagging.asl present under IP/smart/rules/utils directory that runs through all the duplicateIP present in the topology and creates appropriate tag groups based on the device name that it is duplicatedBy.
 
Note: This is mainly useful for tagging purpose where RD (route distinguisher) is not populated. 

2) Using sm_edit from the smarts/bin directory on the base file you can edit the file and save it and it will save to the local/rules/utils/ic-autoIPTagging.asl 

Note: Before running the utility, please take a backup of the RPS file (in case if tagging needs to be redone).

3) To run the utility, execute the following command:

./sm_adapter -s <server_name> -b <broker_port> ../local/rules/utils/ic_autoIPTagging.asl

4) Also, the tool is a framework for automating the manual IP tagging, and hence this  tool can be customized as per user requirement.

Additional Information

Please Note: The use of this script and the results are not supported by VMware Technical Support, as this is considered customization and each environment may have different requirements with regards to the desired outcome for IPtagging. Recommended that customers test in their DEV or UAT environments before running in Production. 

Customer should you require assistance with IPtagging in their environment please contact your VMware Account Manager and request an engagement with Professional Services.