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system.cmdbSync


system.cmdbSync(nodes)

Adds the given root node or list of root nodes to the CMDB synchronization queue for all sync connections where continuous synchronization is enabled.

Where:

  • nodes – a root node or a list of root nodes to be added to the CMDB synchronization queue.

The following example code is an except from the VMware_Event_Functions pattern module:

to_sync := list(); // List of things to sync to the CMDB

// add some nodes to the list
list.append(to_sync, source_host);

if to_sync then
    log.debug("Sync changes to the CMDB");
    system.cmdbSync(to_sync);
end if;

 

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BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises)