Object management

Object browser

Object browser organize all existing objects in hierarchical structure. NetXMS has eight top level objects – Entire Network, Service Root, Template Root, Policy Root, Network Map Root, Dashboard Root, Report Root, and Business Service Root. These objects served as an abstract root for appropriate object tree. All top level objects has only one editable attribute – name.

Overall description about objects can be found in concepts part: Objects.

Properties

Object browser has next options:
  • Show filter CTRL+F2, that shows search line that has special syntaxes for search. Syntaxes description can be found there: Filters.

  • Show status indicator CTRL+F3

  • Hide unmanaged objects

  • Hide check templates. This option will not show Business Services templates.

Filters

Buy default search is done by node name. In this type of search can be used ‘*’ and ‘?’ symbols for pattern search.

But there are few prefix that can be used for other search options:
  • ‘/’ - will search in comments

  • ‘>’ - will search by IP address

Objects

Detailed information about objects, it’s usage, parents and childes can be found in concept chapter, Objects. In this section will be described only actions and properties that can be applied on different object classes.

Next chapters will describe

Subnet

Menu items:

Full subnet can be managed or unamanged. Management status will be applied to all subnet node. If subnet is deleted and is the only parent of a node, then node also will be deleted with the subnet. Upload file menu item will upload file from server to all nodes that have agent and have access to upload directory.

Under Tools menu are available predefined object tools that will be executed on each subnet node. More about object tool configuration can be found there: Object Tools.

Alarms menu item will open view with all subnet nodes’ alarms. And 802.1x port state will open table with port authentication states, that can be exported to CSV.

Node

Menu items:

When node is unmanaged/managed - all it’s childes like interfaces and service monitoring are also unmanaged/managed. In unmanaged state metrics are not collected and no pols are scheduled.

If zones are enabled, then zone can be changed using Change zone… item. File manager will open agent file manager view. Upload file can be used to upload file from server to node. This action can be applied simultaneously to all nodes.

Take screenshot for now halfway implemented functionality. For now screenshot can be taken only from Windows machines.

Poll options:

Poll Name

Description

Status

Configuration

Configuration (full)

Instance discovery

Instance names

Topology

Under Tools menu are available predefined object tools that will be executed on selected node. More about object tool configuration can be found there: Object Tools.

If geolocation of the node is set, then with help of Geolocation item can be opened map with shown on it object location. Software Inventory will show full software list for nodes with Windows systems or Linux systems(that used rpn or deb packages) and have NetXMS agent installed. Service Dependency will build tree from this node with all container where this node is included. Alarms will open alarm view with alarms only for this specific node.

Find switch port will open view with log of searchs of switch port that with which this node is connected. Wile search we will check one by one interfaces and will show first successful result.

802.1x port state will open table with port authentication states, that can be exported to CSV.

Topology menu item contains all options of predefined network maps for this node and some other options:

Routing table IP route from… will build network map with route from selected node to node that is selected from Object selector window. IP route to… will build network map with route to selected node from node that is selected from Object selector window. IP Neighbors will show all IP neighbors of this node.

Switch forwarding database(MAC address table) VLANs Layer 2 Topology

Radio interface Wirless stations

Last values will open Last Values view.

Mobile Device

Menu items:

Each phone object can be managed/unmanaged and deleted. In umnanaged state metrics of this device are not collected and no pols are scheduled. When mobile object is deleted all it’s data is also deleted. No history data will be left.

Geolocation History will open view were will be shown history of displacement of this device. From the menu can be selected the period to show on history map. Geolocation will show last known location of this device. Alarms menu item will open view with all subnet nodes’ alarms.

Last values will open Last Values view.

Rack

Cluster

Intrface

Network Service

VPN Connector

Condition

Conditions may represent more complicated status checks because each condition can have a script attached. Interval for evaluation of condition status is configured in Server Configuration Variables as ConditionPollingInterval with default value 60 seconds. Input values for the condition script can be set in object properties. Such values are accessible via $1, $2, … variables inside the script. If the script returns 0, an activation event with the defined severity is created. If the script returns any other value, then a deactivation event is created.

Menu items:

Condition can be mangedunmanaged. If condition is unmanaged, evaluation of condition is not run. Condition can be deleted.

Container

Containers can be created in Infrastructure Services tree. Existing nodes and subnets can be added to containers by using Bind operation, and removed by using Unbind operation. New nodes, conditions, clusters, containers, mobile devices and racks can also be created. They can be created using required menu item of container under which this object should appear. Containers and nodes inside them can be moved by Move to another container menu item or using drag&drop.

Menu items:

There are special menu item for each object that can be created in container. Objects like rack, container, mobile device, cluster are manually created objects. Node can be manually created or found by network discovery. In case if it is required to add already existing object to container use Bind… menu item. To remove node from container, but do not delete it use Unbind… menu item.

Using Manage/Unmanage all nodes will be managed/unmanaged under container. Container can be deleted. If deleted container was the only one parent of the object, then this object will be also deleted. Upload file… will upload file from server to all nodes under container, same as each tool under Tools menu item will be executed on each node.

Geolocation will show location of container on geographic map.

Alarms will open alarm view with all active alarms for all children of this container. 802.1x port state will open table with port authentication states of all devices that are under this container. This information can be exported to CSV.

Object Details

Object details view provides main information about object. Each object has Overview tab that gisplays general information about object (like: ID, GUID, Class, and status of the object) and Comments.

Subnet

Object Tools

There can be created tools that will be executed on objects. Tools are shown under “Tools” item of node menu. There are some pre defined object tools, but they can be disabled or configured new by NetXMS administrator.

Last DCI values View