Sounds very similar to the setup that my firm has......
We have one Central NetView server (plus one other as a hot stndby
machine, but let's not complicate things...), and 8 regional Mid-Level
Managers (MLM).
All our operators log onto the Central server and all maps are generated
on that machine. The MLMs are used to offload some of the processing
from the Central machines.
The MLM knows only about the Central NetView Server and its own region.
It is responsible for pinging devices within its own region and reports
status changes to the Central server (which then updates the map).
Using the MLM for pinging, you can set a very high ping rate, without
impacting performance on your core network or your Central server.
The MLM is also responsible for handling all SNMP traps from devices in
its region. You can filter and set up up automation on these traps and
relay them onto the Central Server.
I've never tried to run NetView on the same machine as the MLM, but Is
ee no reason why it can't be done- probably have to play around with
port numbers for trap reception etc, but shouldn't be impossible.
Regards
Neil Whitehead (x22808)
IT Services (Telecoms)
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Tel: 0131-523 2808
e-mail: whitern@rbos.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zahir Tohir [SMTP:Zahir@MESINIAGA.COM.MY]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 5:00 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Large Scale Netview Implementation Design
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> I am required to design a large scale Netview implementation :
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> The requirement is :
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> 1) Need 1 Central Netview Server - which have all the maps of regional
> servers and all below it.
> 2) Need 9 Regional Server - each regional maitain the view of its own
> Regional nodes only (map of its region)
> 3) Regional Netview server do polling on each region an update Central
> HQ -
> so that it minimize network traffic.
> 4) Regional Netview server filter all traps & event and forward only
> the
> CRITICAL event to the Central Netview.
> 5) All will be on AIX Machine
>
> First of all, can it be done ? I never done it before. Need help on
> this
> please...
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