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Re: NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.

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Subject: Re: NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.
From: "Boyles, Gary P" <gary.p.boyles@INTEL.COM>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 08:15:35 -0700
Reply-to: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView et alia <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
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Scott,
Is the UNIX version of nvsniffer different from the NT one
(i.e. no -r switch that will run an at/cron job)?

Thanks.

Gary Boyles,            gary.p.boyles@intel.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott_Donohoo@TIVOLI.COM [SMTP:Scott_Donohoo@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 5:35 AM
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:      Re: NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.
>
> Joe,
>
> The NetView for Unix 5.1 version of nvsniffer is not that dynamic. It
> detects TCP services on nodes in your database, creates fields in the
> objects for the nodes that respond (such as isFTP=True), then creates
> collections of nodes based on those fields.
>
> There is no periodic checking of the services or status icons created to
> represent the service. If you discover a new node that you want included
> or
> start a new service you want detected, you will need to run nvsniffer
> again.
>
> Scott Donohoo
> Tivoli Customer Support Team (NetView for Unix)
>
>
>
>
> "Prokott, Joe" <Joe.Prokott@WESTGROUP.COM> on 09/28/98 05:27:00 PM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>       NetView et alia <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Scott Donohoo/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.
>
>
>
>
>
> Does the new NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" functionality periodically status check
> the
> specific TCP ports and display their status via a symbol color change in
> the
> NetView maps and generate the appropriate event(s) when the particular TCP
> port is unreachable/reachable?  Or does the nvsniffer functionality just
> check for the existence of the TCP port and nothing more (i.e., no ongoing
> status checking)?  The man page on nvsniffer seems to indicate that it
> just
> discovers the TCP services, but it does not mention anything about ongoing
> status checking of these services.  Thanks,
>
> Joe Prokott - West Group
> Network Architect
> 610 Opperman Drive
> St. Paul, MN  55123
> Phone: 651-687-4536
> Fax: 651-687-6946
> E-mail: joe.prokott@westgroup.com

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