It's strictly naughty, but I tend to use
ovtopofix -r nodename.
If you don't delete it first though you get some orphaned symbols.
I usually force discovery using the loadhosts command. Seems cleaner
to me than seedfiles and restarting the daemon.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf Of Raymond Tuggle
> Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2000 08:39
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Rediscovering a device
>
>
> Can someone tell me what is the proper procedure for deleting
> a node so
> it will be re-discovered? I have tried highlighting the node and
> cutting it from all submaps. After doing this I will try to ping the
> device. It never shows up in the maps again. If I enter
> ovtopodump -l
> nodename then data is displayed for the node. Do I have to remove the
> data from this database? If so how do I do it? I have tried doing
> ovtopofix -u nodename but it says the node can't be found.
>
> Thanks
>
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