Provisioning with XML Imports

From OpenNMS

• Updated:

OpenNMS now supports importing from multiple sources with the newly added attribute to the XML integration file (See: Integration XML Format)

 <attribute name="foreign-source" type="string" use="optional" default="imported:" />

Nodes in the export file are managed using the provisioning system's ID (foreign-source) and node ID (foreign-id) that are now attributes on an OpenNMS node called: "foreignSource" and "foreignId". It is this source and ID values that OpenNMS uses to determine of a node is under management by the Importer process (i.e. not discovered by OpenNMS). Nodes are managed as sets using the foreignSource so they can be managed seperately from other data sources.