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Topology Discovery Syntax
The XML file that the discovery script creates and to which the mapping rules are applied must use the Operations Connector topology discovery syntax described in this section.
Configuration Item XML Schema Definition (XSD)
Your discovery script must output XML that conforms to the following schema:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Service">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:element ref="NewInstance" /> <xs:element ref="NewRelationship" /> </xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:key name="InstanceKey">
<xs:selector xpath="NewInstance">
</xs:selector>
<xs:field xpath="Key"></xs:field>
</xs:key>
<xs:keyref refer="InstanceKey" name="InstanceKeyRef">
<xs:selector xpath="NewInstance">
</xs:selector>
<xs:field xpath="@ref"></xs:field>
</xs:keyref>
<xs:keyref refer="InstanceKey" name="InstanceRef">
<xs:selector xpath="NewRelationship/*/Instance">
</xs:selector>
<xs:field xpath="@ref"></xs:field>
</xs:keyref>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="NewInstance" type="InstanceType" />
<xs:complexType name="InstanceType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Std" />
<xs:element ref="Virtual" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element ref="Key" />
<xs:element ref="Attributes" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="ref" type="xs:string" use="required" />
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="NewRelationship" type="RelationType" />
<xs:complexType name="RelationType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Parent" />
<xs:element ref="GenericRelations" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Std">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="DiscoveredElement" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Virtual">
<xs:complexType />
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Key" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="Attributes">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Attribute" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Attribute">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="value" type="xs:string" use="required" />
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Parent">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Instance" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="GenericRelations" type="RelationsList" />
<xs:complexType name="RelationsList">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Relations" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:string" use="required" />
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Instance" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Instance">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="ref" type="xs:string" use="required" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
Configuration Item XML Element Description
The following table describes the elements that the XML document can contain.
Element | Description |
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NewInstance |
Represents a discovered CI. You must add a |
DeleteInstance |
Represents a CI that you want to delete immediately. The agent automatically deletes previously discovered CIs from the agent repository if your discovery script runs five times (by default) without including the CI as a NewInstance in the XML document. You can control how often the discovery script must run before a missing CI is automatically deleted by changing the agent parameter |
NewRelationship |
Defines a new relationship between CIs. This element must contain exactly one Parent element and can contain one or more GenericRelations elements. |
DeleteRelationship |
Defines relationships that you want to delete. This element must contain exactly one Parent element and can contain one or more GenericRelations elements. |
Std |
Must contain the string |
Virtual |
Include this element if the CI is virtual. A virtual CI is abstract and does not exist on any node CI. Omit this element if the CI is hosted on a node CI. |
Key |
Contains the full CI ID for this CI, which must be unique. You must include this element in all NewInstance elements. You must not specify a NewInstance with the same key in the same XML document. |
Attributes |
Contains Attribute elements. |
Attribute |
Each Attribute element has the attributes Attributes with the following names have a special meaning:
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Parent |
Contains an Instance element, which defines the CI that is the parent of this relationship. The parent instance that you specify must exist in the RTSM and in the agent repository |
Instance |
Has a |
GenericRelations | Contains one or more Relations elements. |
Relations |
Has a For complex topologies which require a sync package, add the prefix |
The following example XML creates three CI instances with the IDs myUniqueID1
, myUniqueID2
, and myUniqueID3
. myUniqueID1
is the parent CI, and has a contains relationshipt to myUniqueID2
and myUniqueID3
.
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Service>
<NewInstance ref="myUniqueID1">
<Key>myUniqueID1</Key>
<Std>DiscoveredElement</Std>
<Attributes>
<Attribute name="myAttribute" value="myAttributeValue" />
<Attribute name="myAttribute1" value="myAttributeValue1" />
<Attribute name="myType" value="myTypeValue" />
<Attribute name="title" value="myTitle1" />
</Attributes>
</NewInstance>
<NewInstance ref="myUniqueID2">
<Key>myUniqueID2</Key>
<Std>DiscoveredElement</Std>
<Attributes>
<Attribute name="myAttribute" value="myAttributeValue" />
<Attribute name="myAttribute1" value="myAttributeValuew" />
<Attribute name="myType" value="myTypeValue1" />
<Attribute name="title" value="myTitle2" />
</Attributes>
</NewInstance>
<NewInstance ref="myUniqueID3">
<Key>myUniqueID3</Key>
<Std>DiscoveredElement</Std>
<Attributes>
<Attribute name="myAttribute" value="myAttributeValue" />
<Attribute name="myAttribute1" value="myAttributeValuey" />
<Attribute name="myType" value="myTypeValue2" />
<Attribute name="title" value="myTitle3" />
</Attributes>
</NewInstance>
<NewRelationship>
<Parent>
<Instance ref="myUniqueID1"/>
</Parent>
<GenericRelations>
<Relations type="omrel_contains">
<Instance ref="myUniqueID2"/>
</Relations>
<Relations type="omrel_contains">
<Instance ref="myUniqueID3"/>
</Relations>
</GenericRelations>
</NewRelationship>
</Service>
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