How do I make connections between landscapes in DSS? I've read the documentation and experimented, but CA's solution (proxy model) seems to have a serious flaw.
Scenario: In the real world, router-Z connects to 6 other routers. In a single SpectroServer, this routers interface list (in Details) shows connections to the other 6 routers. Now split this across two landscapes. I have router-Z that exists in two landscapes; one is a managed model, one is a proxy. In landscape A, router-Z is connected to 4 other routers. In landscape B, the proxy model of router-Z is connected to two other routers. According to CA Support, the only way to show all connections to router-Z is to display the router, its proxy, and all connecting routers in a global collection. So, in a global collection which contains router-Z and all 6 other routers, Topology looks correct (Router-Z surrounded by 6 other routers), although in the Navigation panel the list shows 7 devices (including the proxy). Now here is the problem: When I select router-Z in the Topology, the Interfaces tab in the Details panel only shows the connections to the 4 routers in landscape A. It does not show the connections in landscape B, where the proxy is connected to two routers. Apparently, the "real" router and proxy are not merged in global collections, only super-imposed, one on top of the other. So... For that global collection, Topology shows one router-Z but Navigation shows two router-Z's. Exactly how is a user supposed to know which instance of router-Z to select? And how can there be event correlation, when landscape-A=>router-Z is not aware of connections to landscape-B=>router-Z? I sure do hope I'm missing some significant detail. This is a Spectrum 9 environment, upgraded from 8.1. The old environment was a single SS; I upgraded to 9, then added a landscape and started moving devices and experimenting with DSS. Does anyone else see this? And does anyone else see it as a very bad thing? If not, how do you get around it? Sean Onion Qualcomm Global Monitoring Team "Shunyun" [cid:[email protected]]W) 858-658-4085 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body: unsubscribe spectrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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