REST API GET Filtering

Hi @Cole McDonald -

For the query parameters, it should be "?filter=preferredCollectorId:$($fromHost.id)". It's explained here: https://www.logicmonitor.com/support/rest-api-developers-guide/v1/devices/get-devices/. Are you looking at the Swagger docs for v2 of the API? 

Thanks,

Sarah

I've got a link to this one: https://www.logicmonitor.com/swagger-ui-master/dist/#/

Is there a list of which properties are immutable?  Here's the list I'm working with currently (some names have been changed to protect the innocent) :

type    name                            value                                    
----    ----                            -----                                    
system  system.collector                false                                    
system  system.collectordesc            *******                 
system  system.collectorid              6                                        
system  system.collectorplatform        windows                                  
system  system.collectorversion         28002                                    
system  system.deviceGroupId            174,12,5                                 
system  system.deviceId                 2092                                     
system  system.devicetype               0                                        
system  system.displayname              *******                            
system  system.domain                   <domain>.local                          
system  system.enablenetflow            false                                    
system  system.groups                   <company>/Data Center - MN,Devices...
system  system.hostname                 *******                               
system  system.ips                      *******                               
system  system.model                    PowerEdge R610                           
system  system.netscaninfo              Discovered by Collector (id=5) via Net...
system  system.prefcollectordesc        <domain>\<collector name>                 
system  system.prefcollectorid          6                                        
system  system.resourceCreatedOn        1548440971                               
system  system.staticgroups             <company>/Data Center - MN           
system  system.sysinfo                  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enter...
system  system.sysname                  *******                          
system  system.systemtype               x64-based PC                             
system  system.totalphysicalmemory      119.99GB                                 

I'm trying to force a device to move to a different Collector.  Since the Collectors don't seem to know which devices are looking at them, I'm assuming the change has to be made on the device itself...  I have everything working on my simplified autobalancer except for the payload. (the built in autobalancing collector groups don't seem to work yet).  Here's what I've got for the payload:

$resourcePath = "/device/devices/$($toMove.id)"
$data         = @"
{
    `"Name`"             : `"<system name>`" ,
    `"systemProperties`" : [
        {
            `"type`"  : `"system`"      ,
            `"name`"  : `"system.collectorid`" ,
            `"value`" : `"5`"
        },
        {
            `"type`"  : `"system`"      ,
            `"name`"  : `"system.prefcollectorid`" ,
            `"value`" : `"5`"
        }
    ]
}
"@

# Make Request
$response           = Send-Request  `
    -company          $company      `
    -accessid         $accessID     `
    -accesskey        $accessKey    `
    -resourcePath     $resourcePath `
    -data             $data         `
    -httpVerb         "PATCH"

It doesn't complain about the request... but doesn't make any changes.

@Cole McDonald all system properties are read only, except system.categories (idea being they are set by the "system" - LM). But many of those system properties are set based on the device attributes that you can configure directly, e.g. displayName, preferredCollectorId, etc.

Well, that's a problem.

Specifically, what mechanism do we use when LM gets it wrong?  I'm not going to manually change potentially hundreds of items.  And as the centerpiece to our business, we can't afford to have our monitoring get it wrong.

Is there some API where we do have access to those fields?  If I start coding out java modules for our implementation needs will I be able to access those fields and alter them?

I guess for the purposes of this thread, my question is... what is the correct, LM approved method for forcing a device to move to a different collector?

@Cole McDonald just update the preferredCollectorId for the device (not the system property, but the actual preferredCollectorId field)

ok... so prefcollectorID rather than system.prefcollectorID?  When does the device move from the current to the new one?