I could get node down events even with non SNMP nodes just by using the
netview traps itself.
U need to specify the action for the node down event.
Rajiv
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 9:29 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: How to trigger an event when a specific node down?
>
> To trigger your pager on a specific node down for NetView for NT you will
> need
> to write a script or program which is passed the hostname from the Node
> Down
> event -- this will be in var bind 2 for NetView events. Your script then
> checks the incoming hostname against a list of hosts that require a page
> and
> calls nvpag to do it. You run your script by configuring the Node Down
> event
> using Trap Settings. In the "Run this command" box you put the full path
> to
> your executable, like this:
> C:\\usr\\ov\\bin\\myscript $2
>
> Note that in this example you can have your script anywhere you like, it
> does
> not have to be in \usr\ov\bin (and probably should not be since it is
> yours and
> not NetView's). But you must remember to use the double backslashes "\\"
> as a
> single one is an escape character.
>
> Good luck
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> Louis Liu <Louis_Liu@CONSYS.COM.TW> on 08/18/99 04:55:21 AM
>
> 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: How to trigger an event when a specific node down?
>
>
>
>
> Dear All:
> How's everything going?
> Allow me to ask you a silly question...:)
> I can set up to trigger an pager event when some devices' MIB values
> exceed
> some threshold.
> But how can I implement a NT NetView environment when a specific node down
> (non-SNMP)
> or map status change to sent events?
> Thanks and Best Regards
> Louis Liu
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