Stop or start DX NetOps Data Aggregator devices via REST

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

How to use REST to change the polling state of select items in DX NetOps Data Aggregator.

Allows for automated and scheduled polling state changes for select devices and/or elements.

Environment

All supported DX NetOps Performance Management releases

Resolution

To start or stop polling for a device via REST

URL: protocol://DAHOST:PORT/rest/tenant/TENANTID/devices/DEVICEID 

   protocol      : http or https
   PORT         : PORT DA is running on (defaults: http/8581 https/8582)
   DAHOST    : DA Host Name. 
   TENANTID : Tenant ID for the Tenant that hosts the target device. 
   DEVICEID  : target Device ID. 

Content-Type: application/xml

Body: <Device version="1.0.0"><StopPoll>VALUE</StopPoll></Device>

   VALUE = true (for Stop) or false (for Start).

Additional Information

Example using curl to stop a device

curl -kv -X PUT -u admin -H 'Content-type: application/xml' -d '<Device version="1.0.0"><StopPoll>true</StopPoll></Device>' https://dahost.dom.tld:8582/rest/tenant/8/devices/12345