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Synchronizing a database with elements and views with the Surveyor

To synchronize a database (MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server) containing elements and views with the Surveyor in DataMiner Cube, a configuration file must be placed in the directory C:\Skyline DataMiner\AssetManager\MediationConfigs.

The configuration file needs to contain the following four tables:

Table Columns
View table - View ID (primary key)
- View name
- View ID of parent view (found in this same table)
- View property columns (optional)
Element table - Element ID (primary key)
- Element name
- Protocol name
- Protocol version
- Additional element fields (optional): TrendTemplate, AlarmTemplate, IPAddress, SubnetMask, Description, ElementTimeout, State, ReplicationDomain, ReplicationHost, ReplicationOptions, ReplicationPassword, ReplicationRemoteElement, ReplicationUser, IsReplicationActive, PingInterval, SlowPollBase, SlowPollValue, Type, CreateDVE, EnableSnmpAgent, EnableTelnet, Forceagent, IsReadOnly, PortPollingIPAddress, PortPollingIPPort, PortBusAddress, PortTimeout, PortRetries, PortGetCommunity, PortSetCommunity, PortType, PortBaudRate, PortDataBits, PortFlowControl, PortLocalIPPort, PortLocalNetwork, PortPingInterval, PortStopBits, PortSlowPoll, and/or PortSlowPollBase
- Element property columns (optional)
ElementView table Link table containing information about which views contain which elements:
- Primary key (optional)
- View ID (from View table)
- Element ID (from Element table)
Ports table Table containing the port-specific fields of the elements:
- Primary key
- Element ID (from Element table)
- Port number
- Additional port fields (optional)
Note

To ensure optimal functionality, it is best to have all available fields also defined in the Element table and Ports table in the database.

Example of a mediation configuration file:

<AssetMediationConfig forConfig="AssetManagerConfig">
  <SynchronizeData>
    <Sync direction="dual" type="ElementView" interval="60">
      <ElementView>
        <ViewID>27</ViewID>
        <ElementTable>
          <TableName>elements</TableName>
          <ElementNameColumn>name</ElementNameColumn>
          <Properties>
            <Property name="PropIAM" column="ElementProperty" />
            <!-- Additional Properties -->
          </Properties>
          <Fields>
            <Field column="Protocol" name="ProtocolName" />
            <Field column="ProtocolVersion" name="ProtocolVersion" />
            <!-- Additional Fields -->
          </Fields>
          <Ports>
            <TableName>Ports</TableName>
            <ElementKeyColumn>Element</ElementKeyColumn>
            <PortNumberColumn>Number</PortNumberColumn>
            <Fields>
              <Field name="PortPollingIPAddress" column="IPAddress" />
              <!-- Additional Fields -->
            </Fields>
          </Ports>
        </ElementTable>
        <ViewTable>
          <TableName>views</TableName>
          <ViewNameColumn>name</ViewNameColumn>
          <ParentColumn>ParentID</ParentColumn>
          <Properties>
            <Property name="PropViewIAM" column="ViewProperty" />
            <!-- Additional Properties -->
          </Properties>
        </ViewTable>
        <ElementInViewTableName>
          <TableName>elementview</TableName>
          <ViewKey>ViewId</ViewKey>
          <ElementKey>ElementID</ElementKey>
        </ElementInViewTableName>
      </ElementView>
    </Sync>
  </SynchronizeData>
</AssetMediationConfig>
Note
  • Elements covering DVE child elements will not be synchronized from database to DMA, but they will be synchronized from DMA to database.
  • If you set the sync direction to "dual" in the view configuration, applying a "Sync Now" in DataMiner will perform a sync from DMA to database, followed by a sync from database to DMA. Be aware that changes to the database might be overwritten.
  • It is possible to sync DataMiner views from multiple database tables. However, in that case, when synchronizing a new DataMiner view from DataMiner to database, the view will be added to all specified tables.
  • When views are synchronized from database to DMA, access rights to views will also apply to the Inventory & Asset Management view tree. A user with limited access to views will only be able to see a limited number of Inventory & Asset Management records.
  • For elements with multiple ports, properties that apply to different ports are synchronized with a pipe character ("|") as separator. If the properties contain pipe characters ("|") or ampersands ("&"), these are escaped as "&separator;" and "&" respectively.
  • For more information about configuration settings, see Configuring data mediation settings in DataMiner Inventory and Asset Management. However, note that the AssetMediationConfig.SynchronizeData.Sync.DMA and AssetMediationConfig.SynchronizeData.Sync.DB tags described in that section are replaced by the AssetMediationConfig.SynchronizeData.Sync.ElementView tag in this configuration.
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