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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

Software pod node

The Software Pod node represents a pod of running software

Attributes and relationships of the SoftwarePod node

The attributes of the SoftwarePod node are described in the following table:

UI Name
Attribute Name and Type

Description

Key
key : string

Globally unique key

Name
name : string

Name of the pod

Type
type : string

Type of the pod

Not shown in UI
ip_addr : string

Pod IP Address

Not shown in UI
pod_id : string

ID of the pod

External Identifiers
external_ids : list:string

Identifiers in other systems

Tags
tag_set : dictionary

Tag set

Creation Time
creation_time : date

Time when this pod was created

Resource Version
resource_version : string

Resource version of this pod

Listening Ports
listening_ports : list:int

Ports the pod is configured to listen on

The relationships of the SoftwarePod node are described in the following table:

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Administrative Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 AdminCollection

Administrative Collections this Software Pod is a member of

Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Collection

Collections this Software Pod is a member of

Deployments

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Deployment

Deployments this Software Pod is a member of

Subnets

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Subnet

Subnets this Software Pod is a member of

Namespace

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Namespace

Namespace this Software Pod is in

Clusters

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Cluster

Clusters where this Software Pod is defined

Software Containers

Collection:
 Collection:
 Member:
 SoftwareContainer

Software Containers in this Software Pod

Clusters Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 Cluster

Clusters that depend on this Software Pod

Databases Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 Database

Databases that depend on this Software Pod

Details Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 Detail

Details that depend on this Software Pod

Software Clusters Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 SoftwareCluster

Software Clusters that depend on this Software Pod

Software Components Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 SoftwareComponent

Software Components that depend on this Software Pod

Software Containers Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 SoftwareContainer

Software Containers that depend on this Software Pod

Software Instances Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 SoftwareInstance

Software Instances that depend on this Software Pod

Clusters This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 Cluster

Clusters that this Software Pod depends on

Databases This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 Database

Databases that this Software Pod depends on

Database Details This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 DatabaseDetail

Database Details that this Software Pod depends on

Details This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 Detail

Details that this Software Pod depends on

Files This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 File

Files that this Software Pod depends on

Runtime Environments This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 RuntimeEnvironment

Runtime Environments that this Software Pod depends on

Software Clusters This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 SoftwareCluster

Software Clusters that this Software Pod depends on

Software Components This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 SoftwareComponent

Software Components that this Software Pod depends on

Software Instances This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 SoftwareInstance

Software Instances that this Software Pod depends on

Software Pods This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 SoftwarePod

Software Pods that this Software Pod depends on

Software Pods Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 SoftwarePod

Software Pods that depend on this Software Pod

Virtual Machines This Depends On

Dependant:
 Dependency:
 DependedUpon:
 VirtualMachine

Virtual Machines that this Software Pod depends on

Virtual Machines Depending Upon This

DependedUpon:
 Dependency:
 Dependant:
 VirtualMachine

Virtual Machines that depend on this Software Pod

Cloud Service

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 CloudService

Cloud Service on which this Software Pod is running

Cluster

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 Cluster

Cluster on which this Software Pod is running

Host

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 Host

Host on which this Software Pod is running

MF Part

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 MFPart

MF Part on which this Software Pod is running

Network Device

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 NetworkDevice

Network Device on which this Software Pod is running

Maintaining Pattern

Element:
 Maintainer:
 Pattern:
 Pattern

Pattern maintaining this Software Pod

Load Balancer Member

ServiceProvider:
 SoftwareService:
 Service:
 LoadBalancerMember

Load Balancer Member that this Software Pod is implementing a service for

 

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BMC Helix Discovery 24.2 (On-Premises)