Hi Frederic,
when you install the TDS including the NetView guides, the script setupUnixtds
run another
script named initavail. This one generates a file named "availData_init" which
includes all
nodes known by NetView at that moment. This file generates a reference for all
following Node UPs and DOWNs. The columns of that file are:
NODE-Key IP-Address/Hostname Timestamp
=> The node-key is used as reference in the DB later, the same with the
timestamp.
The following files "availData_1999xxxx" file then only include all changes of
UP/DOWN. This
is done by using the node-key, a "1" or "-1" for up and down and the related
timestamp.
Here is an example:
889258280 -1 932990035
889258280 1 932990335
(This is a node with node-key 889258280 that went down at timestamp 932990035
and
came back at time 932990335)
This is it in theory, but may be in practice you still may have a problem.
E.g. we are testing
the TDS since several weeks together with oracle DB and found problems with
the ODBC
driver to get that data right into the DB. But there are already some PMRs
/APARs open
against thit so hopefully it will be solved soon.
I hope this helps !?
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Frederic Mottiat schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> Bundled in the TDS Network Element performance guide comes a new patched
> netmon binary. This binary is there to enhance the basic functionnality of
> the netmon daemon, extending it to collect availability data. Availability
> data files are to be uploaded once a day to the TDS server for further
> upload in the database.
>
> Each day, a new availability data file is created as
> /usr/OV/databases/availData_<date>.
> Entries in this file have the following format :
> 159672821 bebb245.benelux.ibm.com 931516254
>
> I couldn't find in TDS docs any explanation to this format. What are the
> first and last number for ? Anyone had a look at this already ?
> I'd like to process this file for availability reporting, if possible.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frederic
>
> Frederic Mottiat - IBM Global Services (PSS-SMNS)
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