Supporting additional properties with the IBM Endpoint Manager 9.0 adapter

The IBM® Endpoint Manager 9.0 adapter, by default, queries, and processes all of the computer instances that are defined in the target IBM Endpoint Manager. An optional property in the iem.properties file can be used to process data for only a single computer or limited number of computers. The data is then stored in the IBM Endpoint Manager data schema and mapped into the Deployed Asset tables. Optionally, you can import more data from IBM Endpoint Manager into the data schema.

1. Go to ITIC_HOME\data\properties\providers and open the iem.properties file in a text editor.
2. Uncomment additional.properties= and remove the example properties from it that you do not need.
3. Add properties to additional.properties= in the following syntax, separating each property key with a | (pipe) character: propertyKey1|propertyKey2|

   Each propertyKey identifies a property that is defined in IBM Endpoint Manager that you want to add to the schema. You can use three formats to identify a property.

   See the first table for detail on the three formats that you can use to identify a property.

   See the second table for a list of Site Identifiers and Site Names to choose from.

   Table 1. Formats that can be used to specify a property key

   Property Key Style	Property Key Format	Examples
   PID Triplet See the note after the table.	site-id,analysis-id,property-id where site-id is the unique identifier for the content site that contains the property analysis-id is the identifier (unique within the site) for the analysis that is associated with the property property-id is the identifier for the property within that analysis.	To add the “In Maintenance Window” property from the BES Support Site. specify: additional.properties=1,768,1 To add the "SCSI Devices - Windows" property from the BES Inventory and License Site, specify: additional.properties=3093,35,17
   Site ID and Property Name	site-id,propertyName where site-id is the unique identifier for the content site that contains the property propertyName is the English label for the property	To add the “SCSI Devices – Windows” property from the “BES Inventory and License Site”, specify: 3093,SCSI Devices – Windows To add the "SCSI Devices - Windows" property from the BES Inventory and License Site, specify: BES Inventory and License,SCSI Devices - Windows
   Site Name and Property Name	site-name,property-name where site-name is the unique identifier for the content site that contains the property property-name is the English label for the property	To add the “Name of Programs Run at Startup” property from the “BES Inventory and License Site”, specify: BES Inventory and License,Names of Programs Run at Startup To add the "SCSI Devices - Windows" property from the BES Inventory and License Site, specify: BES Inventory and License,SCSI Devices - Windows

   Note: You can determine the PID Triplet information for all defined properties by using the Relevance Language and the Presentation Debugger available in the IBM Endpoint Manager Console. From the menu, select Debug > Presentation Debugger. Enter the relevance expression, (id of it, name of it) of bes properties, and select Evaluate. A list of properties and corresponding PID triplets is displayed.

   Table 2. IBM Endpoint Manager Content Site Identifiers and Names

   Content Site identifier	Content Site Name
   -1	ActionSite
   1	BES Support
   3093	BES Inventory and License
   3107	BES Asset Discovery
   6013	Patches for ESX3
   8032	BigFix DSS Software Asset Management
   8344	Patches for ESXi
   8346	Virtual Endpoint Manager
   9278	TAMIT Integration
   11203	IBM Software Inventory

4. Save the file.
5. Run Integration Composer and run the mapping to load Deployed Assets from the IBM Endpoint Manager Server.