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device_xml

The device_xml command returns an xml document containing information about an asset. To access the asset the user must be a member of the user group assigned to the asset.

Syntax

http://localhost/knm/extract.xsi?cmd=device_xml&user=Admin&id=2

cmd

device_xml

user

KNM user username

id

ID number of the asset

Returned data

An xml document.

XML fields

DEVICE

Root of tree

NAME

Real name

DESC

Description of the asset

IP_ADDRESS

IP address or host name of asset

MAC_ADDRESS

MAC address of asset (if available)

ACTIVE

YES if asset is enabled, NO if disabled

MAINTENANCE

"Available" if user is scheduled and on duty, "n/a" if not on duty or not scheduled

MONITOR

Child to ASSET

NAME

Monitor name

TEST_INTERVAL

Interval between tests, in seconds

ALARM_DELAY

Interval between tests when monitor is in alarm state, in seconds

ALARM_GENERATION

How many consecutive tests that have to fail before an monitor is considered to be in alarm state

LAST_TEST

Time of the most recent test

LAST_OK_TEST

Time of the most recent ok test

LAST_FAILED_TEST

Time of the most recent failed test

TEST_DONE

Number of tests done since last reboot

ACTIVE

YES if monitor is enabled, or NO if disabled

TYPE

Type of monitor

STATUS

State of monitor, can be OK, FAILED or ALARM

STATUS_STRING

The most recent status string

UPTIME

Time that the monitor have been in OK state or ALARM state, when in ALARM state the string is prefixed with a '*' sign

INM_ALARM_MESSAGE

Child to MONITOR, shows the last 5 status strings

MESSAGE

Status text

TIME

Time of the entry

STATUS

OK, FAILED or ALARM

INM_GRAPH_LINK

Child to MONITOR, contains information about the realtime charts displayed in the monitor information page

LINK

A data extraction link to the chart

DESC

Description of the chart

UNIT

Unit of the Y axis of the chart

PERIOD

Time period of the chart

STATUS_EX

Extended status for SNMP, SSH2 Script, ODBC and WinPerf monitors

STATUS

State of monitor can be OK, FAILED or ALARM

UNIT

User defined unit

COMPARE_VALUE

User defined value that value returned from test is compared with, to evaluate the result of the test.

COMPARE_OPERATION

Operation to compare returned value from test and the user defined compare value.

Can be:

  • EQUAL
  • NOT EQUAL
  • GREATER
  • LESS
  • EQUAL OR GREATER
  • EQUAL OR LESS

LAST_VALUE

Last value returned from test.

Example

<DEVICE>
	<NAME>DOMAINSERVER</NAME>
	<DESC></DESC>
	<IP_ADDRESS>192.168.1.1</IP_ADDRESS>
	<MAC_ADDRESS>00-00-5A-A8-07-D8</MAC_ADDRESS>
	<ACTIVE>YES</ACTIVE>
	<MAINTENANCE>NO</MAINTENANCE>
	<MONITOR>
		<NAME>Bandwidth test</NAME>
		<TEST_INTERVAL>10</TEST_INTERVAL>
		<ALARM_DELAY>600</ALARM_DELAY>
		<ALARM_GENERATION>5</ALARM_GENERATION>
		<LAST_TEST>2004-06-10 13:38:55</LAST_TEST>
		<LAST_OK_TEST>2004-06-10 13:38:40</LAST_OK_TEST>
		<TEST_DONE>0</TEST_DONE>
		<ACTIVE>NO</ACTIVE>
		<TYPE>Bandwidth test</TYPE>
		<STATUS>OK</STATUS>
		<STATUS_STRING></STATUS_STRING>
		<UPTIME>23t 4m 45s</UPTIME>
	</MONITOR>
</DEVICE>