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Using Resource Types

5-8 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1

Using Resource Types

The Active System Manager software uses resource types to model the various types of hardware resources

in your environment. A resource type serves as a template for resource instances. A resource type does not

represent a particular piece of network hardware; it describes the basic structure of the basic model for that

equipment.

A single resource type can serve as the template for a variety of actual resource instances that exist in your

environment. For example, assume your environment includes 50 servers. These servers have varying

elements: different ports and different software versions. The purpose of a resource type is to serve as a

baseline model that you can use to describe each individual resource’s unique characteristics. This baseline

model describes the total number of interface ports that a server supports, the minimum time required to set

up the software image, and so forth. Later, this resource type is accessed and modeled to fit one particular

server as a resource instance. However, more than one resource type may be required if mutually exclusive

options are available for the resource model.

The following topics are described in this section:

• Building Resource Types

• Modifying Core Properties for Resource Types

• Adding Resource Interface Types

• Adding Provisioning Parameters

• Adding Inventory Parameters

• Creating Custom Icons for Resource Types

• Deleting Resource Types

Building Resource Types

You can build a resource type by copying an existing resource type, importing one, or creating a new one.

This section describes some of the guidelines you should follow:

• Analyze—Identify what interfaces, other components, properties, and attributes the resource has.

Compile the information into a spreadsheet for reference.

• Copy and Modify—Find the most similar resource of that type that already resides in the Active

System Manager inventory and use it as a starting point. Copy that resource and make the changes

necessary to the properties and interfaces to match your target resource type.

• Create a New Resource Type—If copying or importing an existing resource type is not practical, you

can create a new resource type within the Active System Manager software.

This section describes how to build a resource type using the following methods:

• Creating a New Resource Type

• Importing a Resource Type

• Copying Existing Resource Types

• Updating Multiple Resource Types at Once

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