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Important This documentation space contains information about the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises).

Load Balancer Service node

The Load Balancer Service node represents a virtual server on a load balancer.

Creation/update

A Load Balancer Service node is created or updated when BMC Discovery scans a network device with load balancing options enabled.

Removal

A Load Balancer Service node is removed when its parent Load Balancer Instance node is removed. This is Containment Removal, see Containment Removal.

Attributes and relationships of the LoadBalancerService node

The attributes of the LoadBalancerService 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 service

Not shown in UI
short_name : string

Short name of the service

IP Address
ip_addr : string

IP address of the service

Port
port : int

Port of the service

Type
type : string

Type of service

State
state : string

State of service

Protocol
protocol : string

Protocol of service

DNS Names
dns_names : list:string

DNS names for the service IP address

Associated IP Addresses
ip_addrs : list:string

IP addresses of the service hosted in a cloud when the service is identifiable only by DNS name

Primary DNS name
primary_dns_name : string

Primary DNS name used for identifying the service hosted in a cloud

Cloud Hosted
cloud : boolean

Flag indicating if the service exists directly within a cloud

Cloud Identifier
cloud_id : string

Unique cloud identifier

Service Visibility Scheme
scheme : string

Visiblity of the service hosted in a cloud

Virtual Private Cloud ID
vpc_id : string

ID of Virtual Private Cloud in which the service exists

tags
tag_set : dictionary

Tag set

Scope
scope : string

Distinguish overlapping address spaces

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

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Activity Records

ActedUpon:
 Activity:
 ActivityRecord:
 ActivityRecord

Record of model activity associated with this Load Balancer Service

Administrative Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 AdminCollection

Administrative Collections this Load Balancer Service is a member of

Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Collection

Collections this Load Balancer Service is a member of

Deployments

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Deployment

Deployments this Load Balancer Service is a member of

Subnets

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Subnet

Subnets this Load Balancer Service is a member of

Namespace

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Namespace

Namespace this Load Balancer Service is in

Client Software Clusters

Server:
 Communication:
 Client:
 SoftwareCluster

Client Software Clusters

Client Software Components

Server:
 Communication:
 Client:
 SoftwareComponent

Client Software Components

Client Software Containers

Server:
 Communication:
 Client:
 SoftwareContainer

Client Software Containers

Client Software Instances

Server:
 Communication:
 Client:
 SoftwareInstance

Client Software Instances

Client External Elements

Server:
 Communication:
 Client:
 ExternalElement

Client External Elements

Load Balancer Pools

Container:
 Containment:
 ContainedPool:
 LoadBalancerPool

Load Balancer Pools contained in this Load Balancer Service

Cloud Service

ContainedService:
 Containment:
 Container:
 CloudService

Containing Cloud Service

Cluster

ContainedService:
 Containment:
 Container:
 Cluster

Containing Cluster

Load Balancer Instance

ContainedService:
 Containment:
 Container:
 LoadBalancerInstance

Containing Load Balancer Instance

Excluded from Model Definitions

ExcludedItem:
 DefinitionContainment:
 Definition:
 ModelDefinition

Model Definitions this Load Balancer Service has been excluded from

Included in Model Definitions

IncludedItem:
 DefinitionContainment:
 Definition:
 ModelDefinition

Model Definitions this Load Balancer Service is included in

Details

ElementWithDetail:
 Detail:
 Detail:
 Detail

Details belonging to this Load Balancer Service

Hardware Details

ElementWithDetail:
 Detail:
 Detail:
 HardwareDetail

Hardware Details belonging to this Load Balancer Service

Weakly Identified External Element

StrongIdentity:
 Identification:
 WeakIdentity:
 ExternalElement

Weakly identified External Element

Maintaining Pattern

Element:
 Maintainer:
 Pattern:
 Pattern

Pattern maintaining this Load Balancer Service

Incoming Connections from Candidate SIs

Listening:
 ObservedCommunication:
 Connecting:
 CandidateSoftwareInstance

Candidate Software Instances observed connecting to this Load Balancer Service

Incoming Connections from Software Containers

Listening:
 ObservedCommunication:
 Connecting:
 SoftwareContainer

Software Containers observed connecting to this Load Balancer Service

Incoming Connections

Listening:
 ObservedCommunication:
 Connecting:
 SoftwareInstance

Software Instances observed connecting to this Load Balancer Service

Incoming Connections from Unassigned Connections

Listening:
 ObservedCommunication:
 Connecting:
 UnassignedConnections

Unassigned Connections observed connecting to this Load Balancer Service

Containing Business Application

ContainedSoftware:
 SoftwareContainment:
 SoftwareContainer:
 BusinessApplicationInstance

Containing Business Application

Containing Business Service

ContainedSoftware:
 SoftwareContainment:
 SoftwareContainer:
 BusinessService

Containing Business Service

Containing Technical Service

ContainedSoftware:
 SoftwareContainment:
 SoftwareContainer:
 TechnicalService

Containing Technical Service

Upstream Load Balancer Member

ServiceProvider:
 SoftwareService:
 Service:
 LoadBalancerMember

Load Balancer Member that this Load Balancer Service is implementing a service for

 

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