server association

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Use the server association to retrieve information about unique physical servers in your infrastructure.

Association

server

Applicable REST APIs

You can use the server association with the following REST API:

Syntax

<URL>?columns[]=server.<column>&date=<date>
For example:
GET https://hostname:port/api/sam/v2/license_usage_per_server?columns[]=server.name&date=2021-04-28

Schema description

To retrieve the list of all columns that are returned by this REST API together with their descriptions, use the following request.
GET https://hostname:port/api/sam/v2/schemas/server.json

Available columns

Table 1. Columns with information about servers
Column Description Type
id Identifier of the server. Integer
name A unique system in the infrastructure.
  • For a physical machine, it is the hardware manufacturer, type, and a machine serial number.
  • For a virtual machine, it is the manufacturer and host name.
  • For a virtual machine with an incomplete definition, it is a UUID that is prefixed with TLM_VM_.
 String
type Type of the server. Possible values are:
  • 0 - physical
  • 1- artificial or temporary
  • 2- public cloud
 Integer
hardware_serial_number Serial number of a physical server. For artificial servers with incomplete definitions, it is the UUID of a virtual machine prefixed with TLM_VM_. String
hardware_vendor A manufacturer of the server. String
hardware_model A hardware model of the server. String
hardware_type A hardware type of the server. String
total_processors Number of processors on the server. Float
cores Number of processor cores that are used by the server. Float
processor_brand_string Full specification of the processor including its brand, model and speed as read from the computer operating system. String
processor_model Model of the processor. String
processor_type Type of the processor according to the number of cores. String
processor_vendor Vendor of the processor. String
pvu_per_core Number of PVUs that are assigned to a processor core on the computer. By default, the value is taken from the PVU table. Integer
default_pvu_value Indicates whether a default number of PVUs is assigned to the computer. Possible values:
  • 0 - false
  • 1 - true
 Boolean
custom_pvu_value Indicates whether the number of PVUs was manually specified by the user overriding the detected value. Possible values:
  • 0 - false
  • 1 - true
 Boolean
active_computers Number of active computers (computers that were not deleted) that run directly on the server or on any partitions or virtual machines on that server. Integer