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ThisappendixdescribestheADMAPIandexplainshowtoaccessanduseit.Topicsinclude:
 “A P I Features”onpage 61
 “WebServicesAPI”onpage 63
API Features
TheAPIofADMallowsclientstoqueryitsdatabaseandexportpartsofitbymeansofawebservicesAPI.
Thefollowingcasesareexplainedinthefollowingsections:
 WritingthesystemstatusintoanXMLoutputfile;“Insight_control”onpage 61.
 SynchronizationofCMDBapplicationswithdataofADM;“A s y n c h API”onpage 62.
 PopulationofthirdpartyapplicationswithdataofADM.
 DumpingofentiredatabasetablesanduploadingtoanFTPserver;“DumpAPI”onpage 62.
 Accesstofiltereddatabybulk(paginated);“BulkAPI”onpage 63.
YoucandividetheAPIintothreesections,wheretwoarededicatedtoqueryingtheADM(DumpandBulk),
andthethirdisinchargeoftrackingthosequeries(Asynch).
Insight_control
TheInsight_controlutilitywritesthesystemstatusintoanXMLoutputfile.
To run Insight_control utility
1Logintotheapplianceasuserroot.
2 Changethedirectorybytyping:
cd /home/nlayers/Seneca/management/APIs
3Typethefollowingcommandtogenerateasystemstatusoutputfile:
./InSight_control.sh systemstatus --get --output /tmp/systemstatus
Service Status
Servicestatuscanbe:
 Running:Theserviceisrunning.
 Disabled:TheADMintentionallystopstheservice.
 NotRunning(PurposelyStopped):Theservicewasstoppedintentionally,forexample,aservicewas
manuallystoppedbytheadm_control.pl --stopcommand.
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NOTEYoucansubstituteadifferentfileandpathfor /tmp/systemstatus.