Thanks for the info. Is there any info from Tivoli about this? Is NV 5.0
RevB not supported on NT4 sp4?
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OGrant [SMTP:OGrant@PEC.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 3:23 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
>
> I had some similiar problems with an earlier attempted install of sp4 and
> nv
> 5.1; as in your case, odbc drivers appeared to be the likely culprit,
> although I was never able to determine why nv 5.1 would be so sensitive to
> them. I finally re-staged the server, re-installed nt 4.0 w/ *sp 3*, nv
> 5.1, and sql server *with no patches* - results seemed to be quite good.
> However, as I described in earlier posts, upgrading to nv 5.1.1/mdac 2.0
> appeared to have *again* put the khybash (sp?) on my netview
> server...again,
> newer odbc drivers seem to be wreaking havoc. After some wrestling with
> trapd and the object database, I retreated to the safe territory of nv
> 5.1.
> My $0.02.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wigg, David [SMTP:David.Wigg@WANG.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:41 AM
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
> >
> > Hi, I am installing Netview V5.0 RevB on NT4 Sp4. The installation
> > completes
> > ok and everything looks ok except for netmon and snmpcollect.
> >
> > There seems to be a problem with the ODBC access. If I set snmpcollect
> to
> > not use ODBC it starts up ok. This is not the real problem however. I
> > cannot
> > get netmon to run. (fairly basic requirement!)
> >
> > The netview logfile shows:
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] The ODBC data source Tess_ds does not seem to
> be
> > configured correctly in the registry.
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] Trapd: (initODBC) SQL could not connect to
> data
> > source tess.
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] 1. () [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
> > source name not found and no default driver specified
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] trapd.exe: ODBC database setup failed. Trapd
> > will
> > continue, but will
> >
> > log events in \usr\ov\log\trapd.log only.
> > 05/06/99 08:27:41 [nvcold] Initialization complete.
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] The ODBC data source Snmpcollect_ds does not
> > seem
> > to be configured correctly in the registry.
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] (ConnectToODBC) Couldn't connect to data
> source
> > snmpcollect_ds. Exiting snmpodbc.
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] 1. [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
> > source
> > name not found and no default driver specified
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] snmpcollect starting up
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] snmpcollect about to spin thread
> >
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [ovstart] Done
> > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] Output storage mode: flat files
> >
> > 05/06/99 09:53:02 [nmpolling] Failed to connect to netmon's shared
> memory
> > segment; error: The system cannot find the file specified.
> >
> > 05/06/99 09:53:25 [ovstatus] Done
> >
> > ODBC looks like the culprit but why? I have had to reinstall NT for
> > another
> > reason and the problem is still there. I have tried installing the ODBC
> > drivers from the netview cd - still no go. I don't want to use ODBC
> > anyway.
> > How can I get netmon to start up? Am I doing (or missing) something
> daft?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Dave
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