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Lewis_Beard's avatar
Lewis_Beard
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2 months ago

Which property source sets system.collector?

I realized I have several windows collectors that have system.collector set to false for some reason, and I cant figure out why. Because they are definitely collectors.

I hate to ask such a basic question but does anyone know which PropertySource sets that? I looked through the Device_BasicInfo code, and I didnt see it. Maybe I missed it. Maybe its upstream from Device_BasicInfo, because I do see Device_BasicInfo referring to some other system properties as part of its logic, from the host properties.

I need to figure out why I have a bunch of collectors, in my collector section, that monitor themselves, have valid links to themselves in the resource tree, but on the resource tree, system.collector is false. But on some it is true.

Thanks!

  • Mike_Moniz's avatar
    Mike_Moniz
    2 months ago

    I don't exactly recall the rule that LM uses to tie a Collector to a specific device (normally it happens automatically during the wizard). When LM doesn't link them up, the Collector page doesn't hyperlink to the device.

    I think it was something like making sure the collector monitors itself and has the "collector" category. LM support can likely confirm that. If you get confirmation, let us know!

  • Mike_Moniz's avatar
    Mike_Moniz
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    2 months ago

    I don't exactly recall the rule that LM uses to tie a Collector to a specific device (normally it happens automatically during the wizard). When LM doesn't link them up, the Collector page doesn't hyperlink to the device.

    I think it was something like making sure the collector monitors itself and has the "collector" category. LM support can likely confirm that. If you get confirmation, let us know!

    • Lewis_Beard's avatar
      Lewis_Beard
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      2 months ago

      This collector does monitor itself, but I still have the issue. I guess I'll have to reach out to support. But I have had no luck with support being helpful recently.

    • Lewis_Beard's avatar
      Lewis_Beard
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      2 months ago

      Actually I have to eat crow on that one. It USED to be monitoring itself, we always do that, but somehow it was being monitored from some other completely different collector in a different group. I switched it back to match the others and now all is well. Now I just have the mystery of who switched it.

      So I guess I'll leave this thread and say that it was SPECIFICALLY because it has to monitor itself. I'll mark your comment as solution. Thanks!