How to verify that various NetMaster attributes are being published to WatchTower 1.2?

Products

• NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP

Issue/Introduction

We are experiencing missing data on various Watch Tower 1.2 (WT) dashboards even though we are fairly certain NM is configured to publish the relevant data.

Is there a NM or WT installation verification program (IVP) or commands to execute to verify that data is in fact being sent to WT, or being sent and not correctly being received by WT?

Resolution

Yes, you can turn on tracing within Netmaster parameter group ($UT DATAMOVER) to see what attributes are being sent.
Ensure you have PTF LU13329 on as it added the additional trace parameters.


For example - Enabling Summary Trace

 DATAMOVER - Common Services Data Mover 
                                                           
  Enable Data Mover? .......... YES (Yes or No)            
  Enable Summary Trace? ....... YES (Yes or No)            
  Enable Record-Level Trace? .. NO  (Yes or No)            
  Enable JSON Recording? ...... NO  (Yes or No)            
  Enable JSON Trace? .......... NO  (Yes or No)            
                                                           
  Data Mover Status ........... CONNECTED: 1 RETRYING: 0   




If you turn on 'Enable Summary Trace?'  you will see something like the following - 

IPDM0198I Summary: IPAPPL resource NMAPPL1 published 4 metrics              
IPDM0198I Summary: EE resource EE published 59 metrics                      
IPDM0198I Summary: NwBizApp resource published metrics for 138 applications 

Additional Information

From the PF1 HELP on the $UT DATAMOVER panel.

Enable Summary Trace? specifies whether to enable       
summary tracing for records published by the Data       
Mover.                                                  
Valid values are YES or NO. Default is NO.              
                                                        
Enable Record-level Trace? specifies whether to enable  
detailed tracing for records published by the Data      
Mover. This option should only be enabled at the        
direction of the Broadcom Support team as it generates  
a large volume of messages in the activity log.         
Valid values are YES or NO. Default is NO.              
                                                        
Enable JSON Recording? specifies whether to save a      
copy of the most recent JSON produced by the Data       
Mover in diagnostic vartable $UTDMJSON.                 
Valid values are YES or NO. Default is NO.              

Enable JSON Trace? specifies whether to enable          
tracing of JSON produced by the Data Mover. This        
option should only be enabled at the direction of the   
Broadcom Support team as it generates a large volume of 
messages in the activity log.                           
Valid values are YES or NO. Default is NO.