Unfortunate, the web-based paging system we wrote was for a client's
help desk environment, and they own the code. I can't disclose the
actual code, but the basic concept is fairly simple. Also, after a few
development cycles, the paging scripts have evolved into a paging
software, it contains about 5000 lines of code now. I didn't really
develop the thing, so I only scratches surface the when it comes to the
whole system.
The system is custom written with TCL (Tool Command Language) scripts
with ODBC, CGI and HTTP extensions. All three major paging company,
Mobilecomm/skytel/pagenet have a web interface (i.e.
http://www.skytel.com/cgi-bin/page.pl ) to their system, so we
basically wrote scripts to issue the same command to their paging
system as if we were using a web browser, that done through the TCL CGI
and HTTP extensions. The guy who wrote the code made it extremely
modular, and we can tap in very easily. All I had to do is issue a
command from the event browser, (sendpage PIN MESSAGE). The sendpage
will call another script on our local webserver and send the page to
the paging company.
Since trapd.conf allows you to issue commands and scripts, TCL or Perl
scripts are great for doing stuffs like that. I am kind of new to TCL
and Perl, but i found it pretty easy if you have any scripting or
programming background. I used TCL and the network management
extensions (called Scotty) to rewrote the NVSTATUSTRAP.bat, now it
doesn't have to resolve all of the names and community string in
OVSNMP.CONF file before it issues the trap. All of my community
strings are the same. I hardcoded the community string in the script
and it can get a response back in a second or two. It's not as fool
proof as the Netview implementation, but it's about 10 times as faster.
I apologize if my answer on the paging system is kind of vague.
Unfortunately, I can only disclose certain information.
Xu He
Network Solutions, Inc.
--- OGrant <OGrant@PEC.COM> wrote:
> Don't know about anyone else, but I'd be interested
> in seeing your
> trap-to-page script - we have a similar setup here.
>
> Thank, Oliver Grant
> PEC
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xu He [SMTP:xuhe@YAHOO.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 8:56 AM
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: Re: Event Automation in NetView for
> WindowNT
> >
> > The is also a NET SEND in NT that will pop up a
> message the screen of
> > all Netview Clients. If you have a lot of
> messeages, it can be
> > annoying, but for the expecially crucial ones, you
> can implement use
> > it.
> >
> > the syntax looks like this
> >
> > NET SEND /USER "Your Message"
> >
> > We have a web based paging system here where I
> work, and we wrote
> > command line script that send the page directly to
> the
> > Mobilecomm/skytel/pagenet website.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- James Shanks <James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM> wrote:
> > > There is rudimetary paging provided by NetView,
> > > similar to what is
> > > available in UNIX, using the nvpage command.
> See
> > > the info in
> > > /usr/ov/doc/pager.readme. NetView for NT also
> > > provides nvecho.exe,
> > > similar to ovxecho, and nvplay.exe, which is
> similar
> > > to ovxbeep except that
> > > it plays the .wav file of your choice.
> > >
> > > James Shanks
> > > Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Geoffrey Cheng <gcheng@CA.IBM.COM> on 05/19/99
> > > 09:42:36 PM
> > >
> > > Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and
> > > POLYCENTER Manager on
> > > NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
> > >
> > > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> > > cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> > > Subject: Event Automation in NetView for
> WindowNT
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > In Windows NT, can I send e-mail and paging
> via
> > > command line?
> > > I am thinking about using it to configure
> the
> > > event automation
> > > (trapd.conf)
> > > on NetView for NT as I used to did on
> NetView
> > > for AIX.
> > >
> > > Secondly, is there any equivalent command
> of
> > > ovxbeep in NetView for
> > > NT?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Geoffrey Cheng
> > > e-mail: gcheng@ca.ibm.com
> > >
> >
> >
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