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8-34 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
The Grouping Manager
• uniqueID will be used as the resource’s unique name. It can be the same or different
fromtheresourcename.Foradevice,theuniqueIDmustbethedeviceIPaddress.For
a port it is the IP address of the device followed by the port number.
•
resource_type can be user, host, group, device,orport.
•
resource_name is the name that will be displayed as the name of the resource.
•
attribute defines thevalueofthe attribute thatcorrespondstothispositioninthelist.
The combination of
uniqueID and resource_type must be unique within this section.
Duplicate definitions generate a warning.
For example,assume the following format definition at the beginning of the import file:
Resource_UniqueName Resource_Type Resource_Name Location Department RoomNo
To create a user resource named Judy Jones, with three attributes:
— Location, whose value is Denver
— Department, whose value is Sales
— RoomNo whose value is 3050
Enter a resource definition as follows:
judy user Judy Jones Denver Sales 3050
You cannot use the Importfunctionto create new deviceor portresources.You can import
attributes fordevice andport resources, anddefine relationships for them. The deviceand
port resources must already exist in the EPICenter database, and the names you specify
must match their names in the database.
See“ResourceDetails”on page 8-6for moreinformation onthecomponentsof a resource.
Group and Relationship Definitions
The second part of the file defines the relationships between the resources—both group
membership and relationships between the resources themselves (see “Adding
Relationships to a Resource” on page 8-16 for more information about relationships).
The
#GROUPS# specification is required, even if you do not define any groups.
#GROUPS#
Each line in this section has the following form: