Syntax for ScheduleMaintenance through EDAA

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

What is the proper syntax for ScheduleMaintenance through EDAA

Environment

All Supported Smarts versions

Resolution

Several Service Assurance Manager (SAM) functions can be performed through the EDAA (EMC Data Access API) HTTP interface.

To use the ScheduleMaintenance function (which will put a device into a Maintenance status) is as follows:

To use a POST action via URL:

http://<server>:8080/smarts-edaa/msa/<SAM_DOMAIN>/instances/Router::#.#.#.#/action/scheduleMaintenance?pretty=true

<arguments>
<startTime>""</startTime>
<endTime>""</endTime>
<user></user>
<domainName></domainName>
<reason></reason>
</arguments>

Please be aware that in order to use Maintenance with SMARTS, the MBIM must be installed and configured and Maintenance must be enabled on the presentation SAM.