Example use case scenarios for web services that retrieve data from BMC ProactiveNet
This section lists a few use case scenarios for BMC ProactiveNet web services. It can help you to use the BMC ProactiveNet web service APIs effectively. Each scenario is explained using a sample URL and its subsequent response details.
Retrieving monitor instance configuration data from a single device
URL
http://bppmwsserver/bppmws/api/Device/192.168.123.46/
configdata?idType=IPAddress
Response
URI of monitor instances and attributes based on the IP address of the resource
Retrieving monitor type metadata from multiple devices
URL
http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/Device/192.168.123.46,192.168.123.2/
metadata?idType=IPAddress
Response
Metadata information about monitor types and attributes for each device, based on the IP addresses of the resources
Retrieving performance statistics data from multiple devices having multiple monitor types
URL
http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/Device/192.168.123.1,192.168.123.2,
192.168.123.3/stats?starttime=2010-06-23T17:00:00&endtime=
2010-07-07T17:00:00&idType=IPAddress&monitor=CPU:CPU_UTILIZATION,
CPU_EXTRA;Processor:CPU_TOTAL_UTIL
Response
Performance statistics data from multiple devices for the specified monitor types, based on the IP addresses of the resources for the specified time period
Retrieving performance statistics data for the monitor instances using their URIs
URL
http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/MonitorInstance/NGPServ3:1234:345,
NGPServ3:1234:346/stats?starttime=2010-06-23T17:00:00&
endtime=2010-07-07T17:00:00&idType=URI
Response
Performance statistics data for the specified monitor instances for the specified time period (grouped by monitor instances) for the attributes that are of type KPI
Retrieving performance statistics data for the monitor instances using their URIs and the specified monitor types and attributes
URL
http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/MonitorInstance/NGPServ3:1234:345,
NGPServ3:1234:346/stats?starttime=2010-06-23T17:00:00&
endtime=2010-07-07T17:00:00&idType=URI&monitor=CPU:CPU_UTILIZATION,
CPU_EXTRA;MEMORY:MEMORY_Utilized,MEMORY_Baloon
Response
Performance statistics data grouped by monitor instances for the specified attributes for the specified time period
Retrieving performance statistics data from multiple devices with multiple monitor types based on the IP addresses of the resources
URL
http://bppmwsserver:80/api/Device/192.168.123.1,192.168.123.2,
192.168.123.3,192.168.123.4,192.168.123.5/stats?idType=
IPAddress&monitor=CPU:CPU_UTILIZATION,CPU_EXTRA;Processor:CPU_TOTAL_UTIL
Response
Performance statistics data from the specified devices for the specified attributes