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Title
How-To Blackout some Windows Services for specific hosts -
Description
The IC Windows Agent is set to monitor some Windows services ( via Services to Monitor in Agent properties).The same Windows Services are being monitored on more than one host. Customer wants to create a blackout to suspend the Alarm on some of services for certain hosts. When attempting, we cannot tell which service is for which host ( See image attached).It would help if there is way to differentiate among the same services that are being monitored on different hosts on the same FMS. -
Cause
The hostname suffix is not listed for the hostservice property making it diffcult to identify the association among services and servers.
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Resolution
WORKAROUND: The following topology type addition has been created to resolve the issue ( also attached as newdef.txt).
Procedure listed below this XML definition.
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<!DOCTYPE types SYSTEM "../dtd/topology-types.dtd">
<types>
<type name='HostService' extends='HostComponent'>
<annotation name='Keywords' value='Core'/>
<annotation name='LabelProperty' value='longName'/>
<property name='longName' type='String'>
<annotation name='DerivationExprType' value='Script' />
<annotation name='DerivationExpression' value='scope.name + "_On_" + scope.topologyController.name'/>
</property>
<property name='name' type='String' is-many='false' is-containment='false' is-identity='true'/>
<property name='displayName' type='String' is-many='false' is-containment='false'/>
<property name='process' type='HostProcess' is-many='false' is-containment='false'/>
<property name='pid' type='StringObservation' is-many='false' is-containment='true' unit-name='count'/>
<property name='state' type='HostServiceStateObservation' is-many='false' is-containment='true' unit-name='count'/>
</type>
</types>---------------------------------------------------------------
PROCEDURE: To import the type definition (above),- Go to Administration|>Data|>Add Topology Type
- Paste the type definition into the Source Text Box
- Click Validate to ensure the copy was complete and valid
- Click Import. You should see a confirmation telling you that 1 type was affected by the import.
Now going back to creating a Blackout for the services:
- Go to Homes|>Administration|>Support|>Blackouts|>Create Blackout Wizard
- Select Suspend Alarms ( for example)|>Advanced Search (All Types
- Search for 'hostservice' or the hostname to display the Windows HostServices to blackout
- Select the respective service(s) and proceed with setting up the Blackout schedule.
STATUS
FGLUI-12341 submitted for future consideration post 5.6.7
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Defect ID
FGLUI-12341