Devices and Device Groups

The contents of device entity definitions are mostly based on Add Device settings in the user interface.

The following XML tags are present in an exported devices and device groups XML file:
XML Tag Description
DeviceName Name of the device group or device as it appears in the UI.
Description (optional) Description of the device group or device as it appears in the UI.
deviceType Number indicating the type of device. The numbers are indexed in the logappconfig.admDeviceType table.
enableFlag Flag indicating whether data collection for this device is enabled.

1 = Yes. 0 = No.

isGroup Flag indicating whether this XML definition is for a device group or device.

1 = device group. 0 = device.

applianceIP IP address of the exporting Appliance. This entry is always 127.0.0.1.
dnsRefresh Flag indicating whether this device has DNS refresh enabled.

1 = Yes. 0 = No.

deviceIP IP address of the device.