Devices with multiple IP addresses


Infrastructure Management supplies aliases and alias formulas for all devices. However, the alias only applies to the first device-IP association, when the device is associated with multiple IP addresses. You must create a custom alias formula to supply an alias to any subsequent device-IP associations. For example, the following alias formula associates the alias pn_vm-w23-sms29_<IPAddress> to a device with the attributes EA_EVENT class and with the mc_object slot equal to testobj1:

BMC_SIM_MATCH_TABLE;
data_handle=966;
mc_udid='mc.pncell_vm-w23-rds847.ad85f87.0';
mc_creation_time=1255694215;
mc_modification_time=1255694275;
mc_modification_requestor=admin;
publish_env_id='';
ReadSecurity=[];
WriteSecurity=[];
name=Custom_AF1;
tag=alias;
input_match=['<EA_EVENT>','*','*','*','*','<testobj1>','*'];
ref_instances_classes=[EA_EVENT];
output_expressions=['sprintf("pn_vm-w23-sms29_%s",
[$1.mc_host_address])'];
END

To add or edit an alias formula associated with a component instance

  1. In the Services tab View window, open a service model.
  2. Right-click a component instance and select Event Alias Formulas to open the Alias Formulas Editowindow.

    Note

    If the host names of the component instances are not in lower case, then you must define a custom alias formula to associate the event with the CI.

  3. See Working-with-event-alias-formulas.

 

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