Well, trapd has to see where the trap is from - so it will need to
process it. (the origin is not always the ip address that originated
the SNMP packet).
As with all traps you don't want to see, it is best to filter them at
the source.
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Scott McCambly wrote:
> I neglected to add a related question on to this post - Is there any way to
> prevent traps from being processed AT ALL if the related node is unmanaged?
> I am assuming (and testing seems to confirm this) that the "supress traps
> from unmanaged nodes" feature is specific to filtering the nvevents
> display, but the events would still cause trapd.conf actions to be launched
> and be processed through the rule sets. It would be nice if integrated
> into the backup facility or netmon there was a way to switch trap
> processing on and off depending on managed status of a node. If someone
> can confirm that this can't be done currently, I'll submit it as a feature
> request.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> At 08:51 AM 17/07/98 +0200, you wrote:
> >Original Subject:
> >RE: Suppress Traps from Unmanaged Nodes as t
> >
> >
> >Hallo Scott,
> >
> >I don't know a way about nvevents-Environment, but
> >I have done that with a Query in Ruleset (see Bitmap).
> >The Ruleset don't work perfectly. It make a Query of
> >the IP-Status in Object-DB not in Map.
> >
> >regards
> >Uwe
> >
> >
> >
> >>===== Original Message From Scott McCambly <SMTP:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU> =====
> >>Original Subject:
> >>Suppress Traps from Unmanaged Nodes as the default
> >>
> >>
> >>Hello all,
> >>
> >>Does anyone know of a way to force the "Suppress Traps from Unmanaged
> >>Nodes" setting in nvevents to be set "ON" as the default? There doesn't
> >>seem to be an X-resource setting listed in the app-defaults file, nor does
> >>there seem to be an entry recorded in the saved environment file for
> >nvevents.
> >>
> >>If anyone knows specifically that it can't be done, I'd appreciate a
> >>response on that (plus any other ideas would be great!).
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Scott.
> >>Scott McCambly
> >>AIX/NetView/ADSM Specialist - Unopsys Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> >>(613)799-9269
>
> Scott McCambly
> AIX/NetView/ADSM Specialist - Unopsys Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> (613)799-9269
>
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