OEM User's Guide

OEM External Specification

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OEM Request API (Client Application to OEM)

The OEM Request API defines the interface that client applications use to access the

Open Enterprise Management Gateway. The examples included in the following

descriptions are given using pseudo code similar to Visual BASIC; they might not be

syntactically correct for Visual BASIC or any other environment.

ReportingLevels

ReportingLevels returns the number of levels the OEM Server requires in the object

hierarchy. All clients must ensure that they report objects at this level. For example, if

ReportingLevels is 3, the OEM Server expects to receive objects in the form

\node\entity_type\object_name, where:

node

is a node name.

entity_type

is the type of object being reported on (for example, CPU or DISK).

object_name

is the name of the actual object.

If ReportingLevels is 1, only \node would be expected.

Parameters

None

Return Value

The number of levels in the OEM Server object hierarchy.

Considerations

All clients using the OEM must determine the supported ReportingLevels before

reporting objects to the OEM and must report only at that level.

Because ReportingLevels is user-configurable, clients should check the value before

every OEM update.

Example

Dim OEM As New OEMClass

Dim Levels As Integer

Levels = OEM.ReportingLevels

Function ReportingLevels() As Integer