How to Extract Servers, Installed Probes, and Monitoring Configurations in DX UIM

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

As part of yearly monitoring validations or environment audits, administrators often need to export a comprehensive inventory of all servers, installed probes, and active monitoring configurations across their DX Unified Infrastructure Management (UIM) environment.

Environment

DX UIM 23.4 and above

Resolution

To extract a complete list of servers, installed probes, and active monitoring configurations from DX Unified Infrastructure Management (UIM) / Operator Console (OC), there are a few standard methods available depending on your operational preference.

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Method 1: Operator Console (Monitoring Governance & Views)

The Operator Console provides built-in views to export metrics and device configurations directly:

1. Monitoring Governance Report:

   • Navigate to Groups > Monitoring Governance (as seen in your current tab).

   • Select tabs such as View by QoS or View by Threshold to inspect configurations applied across devices.

   • Use the Add Filter(s) option (e.g., filter by specific probe like cdm, processes, etc.).

   • Customize grid columns using Edit columns to include target devices, thresholds, or sample rates.

   • Export the filtered table output to CSV / Excel directly from the table options.

2. Inventory Management View:

   • Go to Inventory Management > Devices (or Groups > Members).

   • Display all discovered servers/robots and select columns for installed probes, active policies, and monitoring metrics.

   • Export the table to CSV for validation.

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Method 2: Probe Configurations Report Utility (Infrastructure Manager)

For comprehensive auditing of probe configurations across all hubs/robots, Broadcom provides an out-of-the-box reporting executable on the Primary Hub:

1. Log in to the Primary Hub server.

2. Open File Explorer and navigate to the UIM installation bin directory:

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   <UIM_Installation_Path>\Nimsoft\bin\
   

3. Run ProbeReport.exe (or probe_config_report.exe).

4. In the utility window:

   • Select the target Hubs and Robots.

   • Select the probes you want to audit (e.g., cdm, processes, ntservices, net_connect).

5. Execute the report and click the Excel icon on the toolbar to export the report directly into a spreadsheet.

Please note the Probe Report tool supports up to 1000 profiles per report.

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Method 3: Direct Database Query (SQL Export)

For a raw database dump containing servers, active probes, and QoS metrics configured in the backend database (NIS Database):

Run the following SQL query against your CA_UIM / NIS database to retrieve all reporting devices along with their associated probes and quality-of-service metrics:

SQL

 

SELECT DISTINCT 
    cm.name AS "Server_Name",
    cm.ip AS "IP_Address",
    qd.robot AS "Robot_Name",
    qd.probe AS "Probe_Name",
    qd.qos AS "QoS_Metric",
    qd.target AS "Monitored_Target"
FROM CM_COMPUTER_SYSTEM cm
JOIN S_QOS_DATA qd ON cm.name = qd.source OR cm.ip = qd.host
ORDER BY cm.name, qd.probe;