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Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM

  • 1.  Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM

    Posted Fri March 15, 2024 11:44 AM

    Hi Team,

    We are using ILMT v9.2.34 with Linux server Rhel8 and DB211.5 and managing 2 different tenant.

    Tenant 1 (sources 1) : VMs are managed by Ansible automation platform to install/upload/run ILMT task and get Inventory from endpoint/servers

    Tenant 2 (sources 2) : VMs are managed by ILMT disconnected scanners to get Inventory from endpoint/servers.

    In "data source" we want to different like VMs from Ansible and VMs from ILMT Disconnected scanners in computer reports (ILMT web console)

    Do we have any option to do this requirement in ILMT web console?

    Thanks,

    Nagarajan. 



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    Nagarajan Singaram
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  • 2.  RE: Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM

    Posted Fri March 15, 2024 02:08 PM

    Hi Nagarajan,

    The only possibility you get is to create two dedicated data sources :

    • One for disconnected scanner,
    • One for Ansible,

    The one for Ansible needs to be setup through 'lmt_server_datasource_path' parameter.


    Subsequently, in Computer/HW Inv reports you can filter by 'Data Source Name'... 



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    Thank you,
    Oktawian

    Oktawian Powązka, L3 Support
    IBM License Metric Tool
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  • 3.  RE: Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM

    Posted Fri March 15, 2024 03:52 PM

    Hi Oktawian,

    I have created 2 data sources, but I am not seeing the VM different with data sources in report. 

    Could you help me more understanding here?

    Thanks,

    Nagarajan. 



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    Nagarajan Singaram
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  • 4.  RE: Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM

    Posted Tue March 19, 2024 11:48 AM

    Hi Nagarajan,


    I take that by 'not seeing the VM different with data sources' you mean that you just see all VMs under one 'Data Source Name', correct ?
    Which Data Source is it ?
    Which upload method are you using, 'Scan Results Upload' panel or manual copy ?


    At first, I'd check following:

    • confirm if indeed VMs from both disconnected scanner & Ansible are being discovered and reported,
    • confirm that 'lmt_server_datasource_path' parameter points out the 'Ansible data source',
    • confirm if disconnected scanner packages are being placed in 'Disconnected data source' folder,


    At last,
    if you enable 'debug_logging_for_imports' the import log itself should also give you some hint :

    DEBUG:  (ImportThread) Processing disconnected scan folder 'xxx'
    INFO:  (ImportThread) DisconnectedScannerProcessingStatistics::printStatistics::STATISTICS: Number of sucessfully processed files: 'yyy'

    You should see some processed files (yyy) from each disconnected scan folder (xxx)



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    Thank you,
    Oktawian

    Oktawian Powązka, L3 Support
    IBM License Metric Tool
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  • 5.  RE: Data source differentiate for Disconnected scanner VM and Ansible automation VM