Todd, the spaces in between the colons are required. You need to
ovstop/ovstart netmon for the change to take effect. Finally, the change is
for "from now on" - it will not un-manage any already discovered objects.
This you have to do manually or rediscover your network.
Blaine Owens
Eastman Chemical Company
Email - bowens@eastman.com
Phone - (423)229-3579
Fax - (423)229-1188
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd E. Lewis [SMTP:telewis@PROVIDENTBANKMD.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 1:48 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: Device Status
>
> I tried your suggestion put the DEFAULT_IP:::U, but it doesn't seem to
> unmanage no-responding snmp devices (ie workstations w/o snmp agent
> loaded).
>
> Does the syntax matter DEFAULT_IP:::U or DEFAULT_IP: : :U ?
>
>
> >>> Todd E. Lewis 04/21 8:21 AM >>>
> Ok, thanks alot.
>
> >>> Rob Rinear <robr@DIRIGO.COM> 04/20 11:40 AM >>>
> Netview will only do status polling on the devices that you tell it to
> manage; by default, that is everything it finds. There are several ways
> to
> tell it to manage only the network devices:
>
> 1. Manually unmanage all the devices you don't care about (which is
> probably
> not practical if you have a good sized network)
> 2. Use a seed file to limit discovery to only the network nodes (if you
> have
> an ip address scheme that makes it feasible to identify these)
> 3. Have netview manage only those devices that respond to snmp. To do
> this,
> modify the /usr/OV/conf/oid_to_type file and make the first line:
> DEFAULT_IP: : :U
> This will cause netview to automatically unmanage an device that doesn't
> respond to snmp upon discovery (so you will have to delete all the pc's
> and
> they will not be managed when they are rediscovered).
> 4. Have netview DISCOVER only those devices that respond to snmp. To do
> this, modify the /usr/OV/conf/oid_to_type file and add the line:
> DEFAULT_SNMP: : :U
> This is risky, as you will never see devices if their snmp is not working
> correctrly.
>
>
> What's best? Personally, I use a combination of 2 & 3; I usually exclude
> DHCP ranges in my seed file to eliminate the bulk of workstations, and
> only
> manage devices that respond to snmp.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf Of Todd E. Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 9:21 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Device Status
>
>
> Whats the best way to check availability of devices on the network, but
> limit the status polling to specific smart sets, SNMP POLLING OPTIONS
> maybe
> ?
>
> For example I only want to check servers,routers,and hubs for up/down
> status. I don't care about workstations. What's the best way to handle
> this.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Todd
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