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ItemFacets

Important! ItemFacets is a new section that will likely change to support future, complex metric family structures. Its use is discouraged.

ItemFacets lists the facets that are created during discovery that identify items as devices.

Facet

Specifies a facet that is attached to the item during discovery.

Can be updated: Yes

Possible values: QName of the facet

Effect of updating: Component is visible on the REST service for the specified facet. If the component facet is synchronized to CA Performance Center, the component is visible in CA Performance Center.

When does the update take effect: Rediscover

Required actions for updates to take effect: Delete the device and rediscover.

Example:

<ItemFacets>
<Facet>{http://im.ca.com/inventory}Host</Facet>
<Facet>{http://im.ca.com/inventory}Device</Facet>
<Facet>{http://im.ca.com/inventory}ConsolidatedAndDiscoveredMetricFamilyHistory</Facet>
<Facet>{http://im.ca.com/core}Syncable</Facet>
<!-- The IPDomainID attribute will be filled in by discovery  -->
<Facet>{http://im.ca.com/core}IPDomainMember</Facet>
</ItemFacets>

More information:

ItemReconciliation