Device objects

By default, AppViz does not change device object definitions on the device. When you edit a network or service object that is a part of an application's flows, regardless of whether the object originated from AppViz, an import, or a device, AppViz initiates a traffic change request to adjust the traffic that is required for the application as a result of the object's new definition in AppViz. When an object that is not used in an active application is edited in AppViz, no change request opens. Additionally, AppViz will not permit deleting a device object, even when it is not used in an application.

Manage network device objects in AppViz with the AppChange plugin

AppViz can be enabled to manage device network object definitions on the device via the AppChange plugin. Using it, device network objects can be edited and deleted directly from AppViz. AppChange initiates a FireFlow object change request (using the Multi Device Object Change Request workflow) whenever a device network object is edited or deleted.

Note:  

(1) The AppChange plugin applies only to network objects, not service objects. When it is configured, network objects can be changed on the device using an object change request, but service objects will still be changed using a traffic change request. Enabling AppChange has no affect on service objects.

(2) The AppChange plugin does not affect AppViz's handling of objects which originated in AppViz, from a CSV or CMDB import, or objects that originated on a device but are no longer defined on that device.

When AppChange is enabled:

  • AppChange opens a FireFlow object change request to change the definition of the object on the device every time a device object is edited, regardless of whether the object is being used in an application's flows.
  • AppChange enables deleting device objects by opening a FireFlow object change request to delete objects from their device(s).
  • AppChange allows adding invalid members to device groups.

    Note: If you attempt to add a member to a group object where the member is defined on some, but not every device the group is defined on, AppViz provides the following options:
    • Creating the member object on the device(s) on which only the group is defined and then adding the member to the group.
    • Splitting the group into two groups in AppViz.

AppChange will only modify the group on the devices where the group is defined.

AppChange will add the new member to the group on the devices on which the group is defined. For devices on which the member is not defined, the group will maintain its original definition (without the new member).

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