Sadly, the GUI is the only way to do this. I suppose it *might* be
possible to dig deep into the NetView API and do it, but noone has
really had enough of a reason to invest the time to develop something
like this.
We have over four times as many branches, and we are doing the same
thing. Its a painstaking process, but if you take good backups, you
only have to do it once.
We actually use the loadhosts command to load the devices in a
controlled fashion, then make the map changes as we go along. We have
found this to be more reliable than using autodiscovery. But it does
require us to know in advance that we have accounted for all of the
devices.
Good luck
Art DeBuigny
Bank of America Network Operations
debuigny@dallas.net
art.debuigny@bankofamerica.com
SZEWCZYK, Jack wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My problem:
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> We have over 1100 branches (as a bank branch) which we will
> be polling using Netview servers (typical branch = cisco router+ hub+ NT
> server etc) .
> I want to poll only routers and hubs.
>
> If I create a seed file with only a part of
> our branch network devices - "IP Internet" view becomes very "crowded" with
> subnet symbols. I am looking for some way of automating a process
> of manually moving the IP subnet symbols + devices into appropriate
> containers/location symbols. Ideally I would prefer not to use GUI but
> to use a comand line which would move let's, say: all devices 10.200.*.* to
> Queensland
> location symbol.
> Is it possible?
> Is it possible to modify object properties in Netview database so the object
> gets moved to another view/location?
>
> I know I can run discovery in stages, eg. add some extra nodes to seed file
> and re-run "netmon -y". It just desn't seem right ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jack
>
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> Jack Szewczyk | email: jszewczyk@westpac.com.au
> Network Systems Administrator |
> Westpac Banking Corporation +---------------------------------
>
> Level 2, 72 Christie Street | phone: +61 2 9902 6497
> St Leonards NSW 2065/AUSTRALIA | fax: +61 2 9902 5111
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