Smarts IP: BridgeProbeEnabled attribute no longer listed in discovery.conf file; Is the BridgeProbeEnabled still used? How to load it?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Is the BridgeProbeEnabled still used? If so, how to load it?

BridgeProbeEnabled attribute no longer listed in discovery.conf file.

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

Yes this setting is still relevant. It is not included in the discovery.conf file, but from the following command you can see that it is still used by the topology manager:
 
./dmctl -s INCHARGE-AM-PM get ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager | grep BridgeProbeEnabled
BridgeProbeEnabled = TRUE
 
The attribute is not included in the discovery.conf file any longer, however you can still add it to the discovery.conf file using sm_edit:
 
./sm_edit ../conf/discovery/discovery.conf
 
Add this attribute to any part of the file:
 
BridgeProbeEnabled = FALSE
 
Save and close the file.
 
Reload the discovery.conf file:
 
./sm_tpmgr -s INCHARGE-AM-PM --load-conf=discovery.conf
 
Once the file has reloaded, check the parameter value again:
 
./dmctl -s INCHARGE-AM-PM get ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager | grep BridgeProbeEnabled
BridgeProbeEnabled = FALSE