Hi James,
Thanks for the insight. How do I go about fixing this. The Diagnosis manual
mentions something about setting to Name Server Environment variables. I will
attempt this today.
Regards
Mogamat
James Shanks wrote:
> The number one cause of this symptom is a name resolution problem. It
> usually means that the nameserver for your NetView box has poor timeout
> parameters or is handing off to another server, which hands off to another
> and so on before timeout. Every NetView trap conatins at least two IP
> addresses to resolve into hostnames, and this resolution is repeated by
> each daemon which handles the trap on its way to your event window.
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
> Mogamat Kahaar <mogamat@SNSCON.CO.ZA> on 11/25/98 02:29:11 PM
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> Hi,
>
> We are experiencing a few strange problems with the "events" in our
> trapd.log as well as "events browser". When I simulate an event using the
> snmptrap command it takes about 1/2 hour before it is visible in the
> trapd.log. The simulation is run on the same box. When I unmanage an object
> on the ipmap for example, an event is immediately visible in the trapd.log.
> I have tested the same snmptrap command to another Netview 5.0 box and it
> almost immediately appeared in the trapd.log as well as the events browser.
> It also takes a awhile before the events in the trapd.log appear in the
> events browser.
>
> The machine is running Netview 5.0, Framework 3.6 and AIX 4.2.1. It also
> has Ciscoworks and Optivity installed.
>
> Any ideas are welcome ???? Do I need to load a patch or are there a few
> configuration parameters I need to change ???
>
> Thanks a million in advance.
>
> Regards
>
> Mogamat
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