This option doesn't work in NT. The way I ended up
doing is if you know the IP address range where the
workstations are located, or the DHCP range. Setup
the netmon.seed file to exclude the ranges, so they
won't even get discovered. Therefore, keeps the node
count down.
Xu He
--- Alok Gera <agera@RPM.COM> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried the AIX commands on the oid-to -type file by
> adding DEFAULT_IP:::U.
> This didn't work the way I hoped, Netview for NT is
> still discovering and
> managing PCs and other such devices. Any help on
> this would be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Alok
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER
> Manager on NetView
> [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of Boyles,
> Gary P
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:37 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Re: Discovering specific objects as
> unmanaged in Netview for NT
>
> I don't believe this is possible. Maybe someone
> from Tivoli can
> answer this one.
>
> As a workaround, what we do is create a smart-set of
> objects with
> the "isPC" or vendor=Microsoft as the smart-set
> rule. Then, we
> can periodically go in and just unmanage the entire
> suite.
>
> Actually, we've taken this a step farther. Once we
> get our network
> to a quiet state... I'll create a smart-set (called
> net_devices)
> with all routers, hubs, and switches in it, use the
> utility
> smartsetutil to get a list of all of the devices in
> the smartset
> (e.g. smartsetutil l net_devices), and then use this
> list as the
> basis for a seed-file. Then I re-init the database,
> tell NetView
> to use "Seed-File Only", and clean out all unwanted
> devices.
>
> Since I'll know when new routers/switches/hubs are
> to be added...
> I can just keep updating the seed-file from that
> point on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary Boyles
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alok Gera [mailto:agera@RPM.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 12:38 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Discovering specific objects as unmanaged
> in Netview for NT
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way on Netview for NT to discover objects
> such as PCs and
> automatically unmanage them. I know this is
> possible on AIX but can't seem
> to find where to do this on NT. I want to only
> manage routers, servers and
> switches, and basically unmanage all other devices.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alok Gera
> RPM Consulting Inc.
>
===
Xu He
Consulting Services Engineer
Network Solutions, Inc
http://www.netsol.com/consulting
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