Tool: select anything, generate everything (nimsoft_generate_pu)

[Luc Christiaens]

In attachment a Perl tool that was written to make it possible to:
- select almost every robot/host/device with flexible regex selection parameters
- generate any command (with the use of variables)

Examples:
- deploy the logmon probe 4.11 on all robots that have an older version installed
- deploy the logmon probe 4.11 on all robots that have an older version installed on all robots with origin xxx
- deploy the logmon probe 4.11 on all robots that have an older version installed on all robots under hub aaa
- generate probe_config_set to set proxy_mode=1 on all robots under hub aaa
- update all robots version to x.xx via distsrv and start distribution only at 10:10 and keep 5 minutes between each update and only 10 robot at the same moment
- list all robots that don't have the cdm probe installed
- generate probe_config_set to update user_tag1 on all robots with xxx in the robot name and have probe sqlserver installed 

Doc, perl source and compiled version is included in attachment.
Questions, remarks and enhancements/ideas are welcome

See later post to find version 1.6.2 (support TLS 1.2)

[Luc Christiaens]

Updated zip file, because the original compiled version missed an include. (all the rest isn't modified)

[hitesh sehgal]

Hi Luc,

I am not able to see the attachment, could you please upload again.


Thanks
Hitesh Sehgal

[David Michel]

It's there and just downloaded it to verify.

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Broadcom
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[Luc Christiaens]

Version 1.6.2 has a new parameter in nimsoft_generic.dat: sql_driver to support using a new ODBC driver compatible with TLS 1.2

[hitesh sehgal]

I can see and download the attachment now, thank @Luc Christiaens and @David Michel

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[Olaf Pape]

Hi Luc,

your tool looks very nice. I will give him a try during my next project.

Are you interessted in a Perl snippet to fetch connection string from data_engine by callback and to decrypt it?
I have a version that works up to version 8.5.1 and one that works from version 9 and newer.

[Luc Christiaens]

Hi Olaf, sounds interesting, you can always mail that to me. Thanks, Luc ([e-mail])

[Mohamad Suhairi Abdul Halim]

Hi Luc,

Where can i find your attachment? I want to download it and prepare for my new projects next years.

the planning is to move all the robot from multiple hub to temp shared hub. after original hub is ready need to move all the previous robot from temp shared hub to new dedicated hub.

[David Michel]

It's posted above in this thread. 

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[Luis Braum Garcia Vargas]

Hi David 

I am needing update de user_tag for 200 robots  adding a word , can i use this archive for it?
 and can you share the attachment. Thanks

[David Michel]

Luis,
It's Luc's not mine. 
Don't see that listed in the features.
The utility is attached in this thread. 
Here is the documentation for making a configuration package:

Distributing Multiple Probes and Configuration Files as a Super Package

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-4/administering/working-with-infrastructure-manager/general-probe-management-in-infrastructure-manager.html

Change Probe Configuration Setting On Multiple Robots

Article Id: 35048

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=35048

Article title: Editing probe packages (probe configuration files and templates, e.g., .cfx and .cfg, and tips on modification)

Article Id: 34027

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=34027

[Garin Walsh]

I think the suggested example "generate probe_config_set to set proxy_mode=1 on all robots under hub aaa" would do it for you.

Except it could be to use probe_config_set to set os_user1 to your desired value.

I've not used the tool but you could give it a try.

[Garin Walsh]

And not to pollute this thread with other suggestions, but you could also add the user tag values to the messages with a nas AO profile or preprocessing script.

That way you can correct the bad data as it arrives and take your time to fix the systems in the field.

Or, again depending on what the actual change is, you could create an archive package that just changed the one user tag field and deploy that.

[Luc Christiaens]

Hi Luis,
Do you need to add a word in an existing os_user1 or can you erase it if there is something existing?
In case 2 you could use: -sl"y" and -sc, this combination gives you the possibility to create any custom command with a lot of variables available.
- First try to create the selection criteria so that your 200 servers are selected
- Once the selection is ok, add the -sc".." custom command
--- (example with a simple selection criteria of a hub (-hi) )
perl nimsoft_generate_pu.pl -hi"your_hub" -sl"y" -bh"n" -sc"pu.exe -u $nimuser -p $nimpass /$UIM_Domain/$o_hub/$o_robot probe_config_set controller controller \"os_user1\" \"your_update\" \"\" \"$o_robot\""