Bulk configure url_response probe

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to configure the url_response probe en masse?

Environment

• Release: Any
• Component: URL Response probe

Cause

• administration

Resolution

Currently the probe does not have a bulk configuration option, however a possible workaround could be:

To use the probe cfg file to add new servers, since it’s a text file you can just change the URL, and the profile name. When doing this please make sure the probe is deactivated.

Below is an example of a profile section in the cfg file:

<example-url>
url = http://www.example.com
active = no
timeout = 15
retry = 3
QoS = yes
interval = 300
group = default
<alarm>
active = yes
max_samples = 5
average = yes
threshold = 8000
thresholdBelow = 0
</alarm>
</example-url>

When editing the url_response probe's configuration file directly, please note the following from the release notes:

url_response Release Notes

Important!

• Use a text editor like Notepad++ on Windows system and gedit on Linux system to edit your configuration file directly. If you use Notepad as an editor, it appends BOM (Byte Order Mark) for an UTF-8 encoding file and the probe does not start with a BOM included configuration file.

• Do not use Raw Configuration mode when the probe is deployed in a non-English locale.