Yes, it will. Sorry, thought you were wanting to start from scratch. On the
other hand it is usually not too bad even if you have done some
customization to the maps (locations, etc.). We have done it several times
here after major network changes.
Blaine Owens
Eastman Chemical Company
Email - bowens@eastman.com
Phone - (423)229-3579
Fax - (423)229-1188
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Ashfield [SMTP:mda@unb.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 12:58 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: discovering a change in ip address??
>
> Won't this destroy all my maps?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owens, Blaine C <bowens@eastman.com>
> To: NV-L@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu <NV-L@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: discovering a change in ip address??
>
>
> >I see you are on AIX. You may use smit (or smitty) Communications --> TME
> 10
> >NetView --> Maintain --> Clear databases --> Clear topology database
> >(completely). Thus will shut down daemons and any EUI's until completed.
> >When you restart the EUI the topolgy will be rediscovered from scratch.
> >
> >Blaine Owens
> >Eastman Chemical Company
> >Email - bowens@eastman.com
> >Phone - (423)229-3579
> >Fax - (423)229-1188
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Matt Ashfield [SMTP:mda@unb.ca]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 8:40 AM
> >> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> >> Subject: Re: discovering a change in ip address??
> >>
> >> Sounds about right. How do I do it?
> >>
> >> Matt
> >> mda@unb.ca
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Todd E. Lewis <telewis@providentbankmd.com>
> >> To: NV-L@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu <NV-L@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu>
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 9:34 AM
> >> Subject: Re: discovering a change in ip address??
> >>
> >>
> >> I wonder if you may have to dump your discovery database and
> re-discover
> >> your network ip changes.
> >>
> >> >>> Matt Ashfield <mda@UNB.CA> 05/11 8:21 AM >>>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Recently a bunch of our servers changed ip addresses. Their new
> addresses
> >> are in a different subnet. These new addresses used to belong to other
> >> machines that were taken out of service at the same time the servers
> >> assumed
> >> their ip addresses. I have tried to discover the servers at the new
> >> address,
> >> but when I do a demand poll at the server address I get the message
> that
> a
> >> node already exists in the database for that name. I've deleted the
> >> server's
> >> objects at their old ip address? Shouldn't that have deleted them from
> the
> >> database as well?
> >>
> >> Any help would be appreciated!
> >>
> >> PS. Using Netview 5.1.1, AIX4.3.2
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Matt
> >> mda@unb.ca
> >
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