Under 'Manage Dependencies' in the web console, there is a line that says "Calculate dependencies automatically:Turned OFF"
How do you turn that on, or does it require NTM to do it?
UI Issue- thanks for flagging sir. Setting also found under Settings->Polling Settings
Running NPM v11.5?
Yep.
Is there a good doc on the implications of doing this? For instance, while I'm all for the tool doing the work, I'd really like to know when and if it makes changes in dependencies so that perhaps I can approve or deny those dependencies.
I'd hate for something to be missed because it was marked as dependent on the wrong upstream object.
Outside of the admin guide, we don't have further documentation. I believe a KB is in the works. If auto-dependencies are enabled, we we will recalculate dependencies every topology polling interval.
Auto-dependencies are displayed on Manage Dependencies grid as "Calculated Automatically" under "Origin." If a calculated dependency is not accurate, it can be deleted and it will move under the "Ignored Dependencies" list. These dependencies will not be recalculated. If you have a current manually-defined dependency, any auto-deps that would duplicate will be discarded.
rob.hock
Any news on the KB?
any new KB released on this?
Looks like the closest I saw, and this came out pretty recent. I don't think they are going to release too much info with what is happening under the hood.
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