Legal RGM Names

This section lists the requirements for legal characters for Resource Group Manager (RGM) names and values.

This section covers the following topics:

• RGM Legal Names

• RGM Values

RGM Legal Names

RGM names fall into the following categories:

• Resource group names

• Resource type names

• Resource names

• Property names

• Enumeration literal names

Rules for Names Except Resource Type Names

Except for resource type names, all names must comply with these rules:

• Names must be in ASCII.

• Names must start with a letter.

• Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, dashes (-), and underscores (_).

• The maximum number of characters that you can use in a name is 255.

Format of Resource Type Names

The format of the complete name of a resource type depends on the resource type, as follows:

• If the resource type's resource type registration (RTR) file contains the #$upgrade directive, the format is as follows:

  vendor-id.base-rt-name:rt-version

• If the resource type's RTR file does not contain the #$upgrade directive, the format is as follows:

  vendor-id.base-rt-name

A period separates vendor-id and base-rt-name. A colon separates base-rt-name and rt-version.

The variable elements in this format are as follows:

vendor-id

Specifies the vendor ID prefix, which is the value of the Vendor_id resource type property in the RTR file. If you are developing a resource type, choose a vendor ID prefix that uniquely identifies the vendor, such as your company's stock ticker symbol.

base-rt-name

Specifies the base resource type name, which is the value of the Resource_type resource type property in the RTR file.

rt-version

Specifies the version suffix, which is the value of the RT_version resource type property in the RTR file. The version suffix is only part of the complete resource type name if the RTR file contains the #$upgrade directive.

For more information, see Resource Type Properties.

Example 1-1 Complete Name of a Resource Type With the #$upgrade Directive

This example shows the complete name of a resource type for which properties in the RTR file are set, as follows:

• Vendor_id=ORCL

• Resource_type=sample

• RT_version=2.0

The complete name of the resource type that is defined by this RTR file is as follows:

ORCL.sample:2.0

Example 1-2 Complete Name of a Resource Type Without the #$upgrade Directive

This example shows the complete name of a resource type for which properties in the RTR file are set, as follows:

• Vendor_id=ORCL

• Resource_type=abc

The complete name of the resource type that is defined by this RTR file is as follows:

ORCL.abc

RGM Values

RGM values fall into two categories: property values and description values. Both categories share the same rules:

• Values must be in ASCII.

• The maximum length of a value is 4 megabytes minus 1, that is, 4,194,303 bytes.

• Values cannot contain the following characters:

  • Null

  • Newline

  • Comma (,)

  • Semicolon (;)