KB1245: Identifying and Locating Devices in TrueSight | Knowledge Base

Introduction

When deploying the Sentry’s Monitoring KMs for the first time, you may face difficulties in locating your systems in the Devices page of TrueSight Presentation Server.

This situation generally occurs when the Sentry’s Monitoring KMs are configured through a proxy (SMI-S provider, Data Collector, etc) to which your systems are attached. You might therefore not know what the actual devices are.

This article explains how to easily identify and find your systems in TrueSight Presentation Server.

Procedure

To identify your systems in TrueSight Presentation Server:

Log on to TrueSight Presentation Server.
In the navigation pane, click Configuration and select Managed Devices.
Click a PATROL Agent menu and select Query PATROL Agent. The Agent Query Tool opens in a new browser window.

In the Command box, enter the following PSL Code to identify the device names and click Execute:

CLASS_NAME = "<SENTRY_CLASS_NAME>";
        nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes");
        foreach node (nodes)
        {
        objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node;
        instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN");
        output  = [output, "Device Name:  ".instanceName ];
        }
        print(output);

where <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> should be replaced with the appropriate class as shown in the examples below.

Examples

Dell Compellent KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_CMPL_STORAGECENTER.

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_CMPL_STORAGECENTER"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name: compel-san.internal.sentrysoftware.net
  Device Name: compel2-san.internal.sentrysoftware.net

Dell-EMC Unity KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_UNITY_STORAGESYSTEM.

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_UNITY_STORAGESYSTEM"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name: emc-unity.internal.sentrysoftware.net

EMC Disk Arrays KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_EMC_ARRAY.

Command :
CLASS_NAME = "SEN_EMC_ARRAY"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);

Results : 	

Device Name:  000297800620
Device Name:  EMC-SAN
Device Name:  CKM00120300966
Device Name:  000294901120

EMC Storage Devices

For EMC Symmetrix systems, the PSL code will return the serial number and not the device name.

Hitachi Disk Arrays KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_HDS_ARRAY.

Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_HDS_ARRAY"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);

Results : 	

Device Name:  svp-pc.internal.sentrysoftware.net

Hitachi Storage Devices

Hardware Sentry KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is MS_HW_MAIN.

CLASS_NAME = "MS_HW_MAIN";
nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes");
foreach node (nodes)
{
objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node;
instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN");
output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ];
}
print(output);

IBM XiV KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_XIV_STORAGESYSTEM.

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_XIV_STORAGESYSTEM"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name:  10.0.15.58

NetApp Filers KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_NAP_C_CLUSTER in C-Mode, SEN_NAP_7_STORAGESYSTEM in 7-Mode, .

C-Mode

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_NAP_C_CLUSTER"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name:  10.0.15.235
  Device Name:  netapp9-san.internal.sentrysoftware.net

7-Mode

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_NAP_7_STORAGESYSTEM"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name:  netapp-san-00.internal.sentrysoftware.net

Pure Storage KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SEN_PURE_STORAGESYSTEM.

  Command :	CLASS_NAME = "SEN_PURE_STORAGESYSTEM"; nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes"); foreach node (nodes) { objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node; instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN"); output = [output, "Device Name: ".instanceName ]; } print(output);
  Results : 	

  Device Name:  pure-san.internal.sentrysoftware.net
  Device Name:  purem-san.internal.sentrysoftware.net

Storage Analyzer KM

In this example, the <SENTRY_CLASS_NAME> is SKM_SYSTEM.

  CLASS_NAME = "SKM_SYSTEM";
        nodes = get_vars("/".CLASS_NAME, "subnodes");
        foreach node (nodes)
        {
        objectPath = "/".CLASS_NAME."/".node;
        instanceName = get(objectPath."/MetaFQDN");
        output  = [output, "Device Name:  ".instanceName ];
        }
        print(output);

Identifying and Locating Devices in TrueSight