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Object Subtype Manager

The Object Subtype Manager enables you to manage the object subtypes that group the objects you want the Deferred Data plugin, Process plugin, and SNMP plugin to poll. Object discovery varies from plugin to plugin. The Object Rules page enables you to define rules to disable polling of objects and the Object Manager enables you to manage the objects on each device.

To access the Object Subtype Manager from the navigation bar, click the Administration menu, select Monitoring Configuration, and then select Object Subtype Manager. You can also access the Object Subtype Manager from the Object Types page.

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Object Subtypes List

The list displays the object subtypes for the object type you select above the list. When the object type is disabled, no metrics are polled for the object subtypes you define.

Name - Displays the object subtype name.
Description - Displays the object subtype description.
Rules - Displays the number of object subtype rules.
Is Common - Displays Yes when you mark the object subtype as common. Displays No when you do not mark the object subtype as common. Common is a filter criterion when you define a policy and TopN views.

Manage Object Subtypes

Perform the following steps to manage object subtypes. Filters enable you to display object subtypes in the list.

Click the Plugin drop-down and select the plugin whose object subtypes you want to manage.
Click the Object Type drop-down and select the object type that contains the object subtypes to manage. Click the Object Types link to navigate to the Object Types page.
Click Add Subtype or click to display the Add/Edit Object Subtype pop-up.
In the Name field, enter the name of the object subtype.
In the Description field, enter the object subtype description.
Select the Is Common check box to enable the objects associated with the subtype to appear in lists of common objects.
For the Process plugin and for the SNMP plugin, click Add to add a new line to the Rules list.
- For the Process plugin:
  1. In the Run Name field, enter the run name.
  2. In the Run Path field, enter the run path.
  3. In the Run Argument field, enter the run argument.
- For the SNMP plugin:
  - In the Identifier field, enter the string to match in order to apply the rule.
Click Update to save the rule.
Repeat the Add rule steps to define additional rules. Each rule is evaluated and appropriate rules are applied.
Click Save.