How to Maintain IP Manager Settings

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Overview
Use the Configuration Manager in the UI to apply a centralized copy of configuration settings to all IP Managers in your deployment. Configuration settings can include: polling intervals, thresholds, device access credentials, unique tagging identifiers for discovered topology, and discovery configuration parameters.
Requirements
When using the Configuration Manager in the UI to control your configuration settings, ensure that you have the following components set up in your deployment:
Workflow for maintaining IP Manager settings
Use the Configuration Manager to apply a centralized copy of configuration settings to all IP Managers in your deployment.
Adding an IP Manager to Configuration Manager
Add one or more IP Managers to the Configuration Manager list if they are not included.
Disabling an IP Manager from Configuration Manager control
You can temporarily stop the Configuration Manager from sending the centralized settings to an IP Manager without removing it from the Configuration Manager list. For example, you can disable the transfer of settings for a specific IP Manager while you create new groups or change settings.
Modifying IP settings while Configuration Manager transfer is delayed
Use this alternate approach if you want to configure groups and settings while delaying the transfer of the settings.
Removing an IP Manager from Configuration Manager control
One method to stop the Configuration Manager from sending the centralized settings to an IP Manager is to permanently remove it from the Configuration Manager list. Or, if you accidently added the incorrect IP Manager to the Configuration Manager list, you can remove it.
Configuring settings for a selected group
You can accept the default settings or change the settings and their parameters for a selected group.
Configuring matching criteria for a selected group
You can configure matching criteria for a selected group. The matching criteria determines group membership. A managed object becomes a member of the group, when the managed object matches a group’s target class and matches all of the attributes defined for the target class.
Configuring target domains for a selected group
You can specify IP Managers for a selected group and assign the setting to specific IP Managers. For example, you have a group of routers with a specific threshold setting and three IP Managers monitor the routers.
Adding a description for a selected group
You can create a description to identify a group.
Configuring device access for a selected group
You can configure the device access setting for a selected group. Device credentials, for example login credentials, are used for command line interface (CLI) discovery, CLI polling, and XML discovery.
Configuring unique identifier tags for a selected group
You can configure an IP tag naming convention that the IP Manager uses to uniquely identify discovered topological objects that have identical names.
Configuring discovery settings
You can configure the discovery process for the IP Manager. You can specify whether the IP Manager performs a full discovery or autodiscovery, the time intervals for discovery, whether pending discovery is performed for candidate systems, user-defined community strings, and SNMPV3 specifications.
Configuring discovery filters
You can configure discovery filters for candidate systems that the IP Manager uses during the discovery process. The filters can include IP address ranges, System OIDs, and so on.
Adding a new group
When you are using the Configuration Manager to maintain settings for IP Managers, you can add a new group to the group category for Polling, Thresholds, Device Access, or Tagging.
Deleting a group
When you are using the Configuration Manager to maintain settings for IP Managers, you can delete a user-defined group or a default group from the group category for Polling, Thresholds, Device Access, or Tagging.
Changing the priority of the groups
In any group category, you can arrange the groups in a high-to-low priority. During the matching criteria process which determines the members of a group, a candidate member object is compared against the highest priority group first. The candidate becomes a member of the first group for which there is a criteria match.
Copying the configuration of a group
When you are using the Configuration Manager to maintain settings for IP Managers, you can create a new group by copying an existing group with its configurations, making minimal changes, and reassigning IP Managers to it.
Displaying IP Manager groups
You can view all of the groups for a specific IP Manager.
Displaying IP Manager attributes
You can view all of the attributes for a specific IP Manager.
Automatically loading settings from a running IP Manager into the Configuration Manager
Manually transferring settings from a running IP Manager into the Configuration Manager can be time-consuming. You can use an automated alternative, the sm_settings.pl script, to export the settings from the IP Manager and import them into the Configuration Manager.
sm_service install commands for Linux
The command for products that interoperate with the User Interface includes additional options. Before you start the service, if you have not already done so, you need to issue the command from the directory to register the product with the Broker.
sm_service install commands for Windows
The command for products that interoperate with the User Interface includes additional options. Before you start the service, if you have not already done so, you need to issue the command from the directory to register the product with the Broker.

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