Functioning of auto-sync

Auto-Sync functions in the following ways:

  • Changes for instances, associated devices, and groups 
  • Removes instances that do not exist after a pre-specified period of time 
  • Deletes instances and re-creates them when required

Auto-sync changes for instances, associated devices, and groups

The auto-sync framework dynamically detects and creates monitor instances, its associated devices, and groups, during periodic auto-sync poll. For example, the SCOM process monitor detects all devices, groups, and its processes and creates a monitor instance, devices, and groups for each of the process.

If an instance is deleted at the source, the auto-sync engine internally marks the instance as disabled.

Removing instances that no longer exist after a specified period of time

If the instance continuously does not load over a specified time (by default, seven days), the automatically created instance is removed from Infrastructure Management Server.

You can configure the length of time before an unavailable instance is removed by adjusting the pronet.autodiscovery.cleanuptime property in the pronet.conf file, located in the installationDirectory\pw\pronto\conf directory. Specify the time in seconds. By default, the time is 604800 s, which is seven days.

 

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