I suppose destroying the maps wouldn't be a terrible fatality. I just
thought there had to be an easier way to delete a single object not only
fromt the maps but from the database as well.
Cheers
Matt
mda@unb.ca
-----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 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: discovering a change in ip address??
>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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