This page is for collecting up various zendmd tips, tricks, and examples.
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use a zendmd script as standalone program
Scott Haskell's Useful Tips and Tricks
Wouter D'Haeseleer's zendmd Tips and Tricks
Examples!
Device Add - Unmonitored, No IP address
dmd.Devices.Unmonitored.createInstance('deviceName1')
dmd.Devices.Unmonitored.createInstance('deviceName2')
commit()
Use this to create an unmonitored device, with no IP address. This is useful for devices that will act as an inventory placeholder for a Location. Also useful for creating reserved space in a cabinet, or knowing where cable trays are placed in a cabinet.
What to do before hand:
Create a device class called /Unmonitored and set the zPingMonitorIgnore and zSnmpMonitorIgnore to true on it.
Notes:
It is unknown if a device added with this method is compatible with modeling or not. Will this device simply not be modeled during modeling cycles?
zProperties viewing
deviceOfInterest = find('test.zenoss.loc')
deviceOfInterest.zSnmpMonitorIgnore
deviceOfInterest.zSnmpPort
deviceOfInterest.zCollectorClientTimeout
deviceOfInterest.zCollectorClientTimeout = 190
commit()
Gives value of zProperties for a specified device and can change the zProperties as seen in last example line
Other Info:
test.zenoss.loc is an example device name; replace with a real device on your zenoss system
Any zProperty should work
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