Host name definition file (imdd_host_name.conf)

Format

{
  "meta":{
    "version":"1"
  },
  "hostNameDef":[
    {
      "sourceHostName":["host-name-1-in-configuration-information","host-name-2-in-configuration-information"],
      "hostName":"host-name-in-tree",
      "label":"display-name-on-screen"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

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Files

imdd_host_name.conf

imdd_host_name.conf.model (model file for the host name definition file)

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Storage directory

In Windows

For a physical host:

Manager-path\conf\imdd\

For a logical host:

shared-folder\jp1imm\conf\imdd\

In UNIX

For a physical host:

/etc/opt/jp1imm/conf/imdd/

For a logical host:

shared-directory/jp1imm/conf/imdd/

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Description

A structure of IM management nodes can include products that can have aliases for host names. In such a case, this file is used for mapping between aliases and real host names. If aliases are mapped to their real host name, the real host name is used as a host name in a tree chart. This allows the tree chart to group aliases into the same host even when different management tools use different aliases.

You also use this definition file when you change the host name displayed in the integrated operation viewer.

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When the definitions are applied

The settings in the host name definition file are applied to the Intelligent Integrated Management Base when the jddcreatetree and jddupdatetree commands are completed successfully.

For details about the jddcreatetree and jddupdatetree commands, see jddcreatetree and jddupdatetree in Chapter 1. Commands.

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Information that is specified

The host name definition file must be saved in UTF-8 without BOM (byte order mark). If you specify a backslash (\) as part of a character string, immediately before \, specify \ as an escape character.

hostNameDef

Either sourceHostName or label must be specified. Specifying hostName is required.

sourceHostName

List the host names that you want to represent a particular host. You can specify up to 10 host names. Each host name can be up to 255 characters in length.

Acceptable characters are alphanumeric characters and the following symbols: exclamation mark (!), dollar sign ($), left parenthesis ((), right parenthesis ()), asterisk (*), plus sign (+), comma (,), hyphen (-), period (.), forward slash (/), colon (:), left angle bracket (<), equal sign (=), left square bracket ([), backslash (\), right square bracket (]), caret (^), left curly bracket ({), vertical bar (|), and right curly bracket (}).

hostName

Specify a host name in the tree data. The host name can be up to 255 characters in length.

Acceptable characters are alphanumeric characters and the following symbols: exclamation mark (!), dollar sign ($), left parenthesis ((), right parenthesis ()), asterisk (*), plus sign (+), comma (,), hyphen (-), period (.), forward slash (/), colon (:), left angle bracket (<), equal sign (=), left square bracket ([), backslash (\), right square bracket (]), caret (^), left curly bracket ({), vertical bar (|), and right curly bracket (}).

label

Specify a label name to be displayed on the screen. Specify it as a string no more than 255 characters, without any control and machine-dependent characters.

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Host names displayed on the screen

Host names displayed on the screen are determined by the priorities as shown in the table below.

Legend: --: Not applicable

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Example definition

Example 1: Display hostX as Host X on the screen

{
  "meta":{
    "version":"1"
  },
  "hostNameDef":[
    {
      "hostName":"hostX",
      "label":"Host X"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Display hostX as Host X on the screen when hosts defined as alias hostA and alias hostB are represented as hostX

{
  "meta":{
    "version":"1"
  },
  "hostNameDef":[
    {
      "sourceHostName":["hostA","hostB"], 
      "hostName":"hostX",
      "label":"Host X"
    }
  ]
}

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