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Status Future consideration
Workspace SevOne
Categories Network Management System (NMS)
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 19, 2023

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Updates on the WMI Plugin

The WMI Plugin is quite outdated at this point.   Additionally managing the mapping  of devices to WMI Proxies is a nightmare, as it can only be done through the API.  Additionally, WMI Proxies are set on a per device basis.  Ideally I'd like the ability to select a WMI Proxy, and list the devices which will be using that poller.  This way when I need to migrate devices from one poller to another, I can select all devices from WMI Proxy 1, and instead add the to WMI Proxy 2.  As opposed to writing a script and then manually updating each device with the new proxy ID.   After I have to use the API to expose the Proxy ID.

 

Additionally, with patching of WMI Proxies, I end up having downtime in polling while that Proxy is rebooting.   Realistically devices should have a primary and secdonary WMI Proxy defined.  If the first WMI Proxy becomes unhealthy, the secondary takes over.

Today, I have to get an alarm that the WMI Proxy is down, then run a script to find the WMI Proxy ID, and then update each device manually.

Idea priority Medium

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