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SWQL Query tool

uidzer0

Can i attach the SWQL Query tool to Virtualization Manager?

If not, what is the process to get attached to the database for queries?

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lukas.cerny

Hello,

yes starting with Virtualization Manager 6.0 provides a SWIS service to which you can connect using the SWQL Studio. However, be aware that since support for this was added mainly for purpose of integration with SAM and NPM it was tuned up for that specific purpose. This means that you may not be able to access all the data that you would like to this way.

Connecting to the Virtualization Manager is a little bit different from connecting to the Orion SWIS:

You need to specify full endpoint address in the following format:
https://[VMan.IP.address.or.hostname]:443/swvm/services/InformationService
Then for the Server Type select: Java over HTTP
You can then log in using Virtualization Manager credentials

Following is the screenshot of the log in dialog:

Now I suppose that you have default Virtualization Manager installation which uses self signed certificate for the HTTPS port, if that is the case you will see another dialog informing you about certificate issue. When you see this dialog just hit Yes.

After that you should be able to see and query some of the Virtualization Manager entities:

Let me know if you have any questions.

uidzer0

Perfect will try it out when u make it back to my desk. Will let you know the results. Thanks for taking time to reply

Charles Russell

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uidzer0

I see alot of data that i wanted. Querying all the tables in your post function as expected. Thank you very much, it'll gets me to the next step of my endevour.

While exploring the data database info through SQL, i see alot of references about VMAN.OrionIntegration and i don't recall setting anything up of the sort in my VMAN configuration. Is this just prepatory stuff for coming changes?

And a final new question about the SWQL Studio tool. Anyway to close open tabs??? As i'm digging around exploring, i find tables i want to work with but the workspace gets cluterred with the 5 other tables i opened to find what my data of interest.

bmrad

RE: VMan Orion integration - yes, version 6.0 added extensive integration features in Orion - if you have not turned them on, you are missing the all the good stuff! For more info on features and how to turn on the integration, please review:

As far as the SWQL question, Lukas can give you a better answer. Note that 6.0.1 was just released and has some improvements to the SWQL integration.

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager v6.0.1 Release Notes

Brian

bluefunelemental

I would like to have my integration engineer get familiar with this but I cannot get to even the login portion -I can get the WSDL here but not the connection dialog.

https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443/swvm/services/InformationService.wsdl

Should I pass this off to them or is there something I might be doing wrong?

lukas.cerny

Hello bluefunelemental,

you need to use SWQL Studio from Orion SDK to connect to Virtualization Manager SWIS Service. You can find the download links in theOrion SDK forum. It comes with several example scripts.

Lukas