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Status Future consideration
Workspace SevOne
Categories Cloud Network Management System (NMS)
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 8, 2024

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Device Reimport Options | Managing device upgrades IRT.

Today, when we are doing device management and we identify when device hardware has changed, we must reimport the device into the solution.

That process today requires us to add the device to the deletion queue, wait for deletion, then readd via csv or manual import (there are also API options we are exploring)

A simple idea is that on the device editor page, there is a "Reimport Device" Option. Where all of the same plugin/peer information is kept, but requires manual input for the Name, AltName, Description and IP Address to be added. Device Groups could have an option to "Pin to Groups" if there is no planned change for device reporting procedure or alerting. The device would create a candidate in discovery manager before deletion, deletes the device, and then discovery takes care of the rest.

This solution would help administrators address changes in the network, this could even be an API function that could be automated to perform when a certain criteria is identified. A use-case today is when devices are upgrading to new hardware, we can have a process where ServiceNow Change Records create a subtask of SevOne to reimport automatically after a hardware change. Automation of this, allows our team to focus on new devices, and working towards more automated features of the tool.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 28, 2024

    So what we see is that a device upon initial discovery will inherit certain object types/indicators with its working SNMP OIDs. We reimport devices because of physical hardware changes and the historical data no longer matches what the current operating system or model is of the new hardware.

    We reimport devices to fix baselines of snmp objects that picked up again, gather new objects, clear all previous alerts, and update reports.

    Its also to mention that this does happen frequently due to planned system upgrade timelines in the environment and there is a need to reimport when device hardware is being changed due to data integrity. 

    Outside cluster settings clearing the objects per automation, nothing will fix historical data of generic objects are captured for the same ifMIBs, it will just continue on the same object once picked up again.

  • Admin
    Ryan Wilson
    Reply
    |     Apr 9, 2024

    Hey Jacob, also please tell us more about the business use case driving the need for this and how often does it occur?

    I could guess that you want to "reset" the device by deleting all the historical data, alerts, group memberships, etc., and start over with a new device but using the some of its previous base configuration, but not others?

  • Admin
    Matt Sweet
    Reply
    |     Apr 8, 2024

    Hi Jacob,

    Thanks for the suggestion, I just want to make sure I completely understand. Have you tried editing the existing device and changing the Name, Description and IP Address? Discovery will add new objects that didn't exist before the hardware change and the orphaned objects will be automatically cleaned up as per your cluster settings (30 days by default).

    Otherwise, are the only fields you'd like to change the ones you mentioned? All other settings should be preserved?

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