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RE: Event/Ruleset Question

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Subject: RE: Event/Ruleset Question
From: "Ferreira, Linda" <FerreiraL@nabisco.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:57:51 -0500
Yes, you are right Julio.  All I need to collect is memory and CPU
utilization.  Thanks everyone for all your assistance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julio Leal [SMTP:jjllmm@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 5:04 AM
> To:   nv-l@tkg.com
> Subject:      [NV-L] Event/Ruleset Question
> 
> James:
> I think you won't be able to collect any SNMP data based on IP Status = 
> Critical
> What Linda means in this context by "critical" is "important" routers.
> 
> Julio Leal
> 
> From: owner-nv-l@tkg.com
> Date: 28/03/2000 12:58:22
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] Event/Ruleset Question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The first thing to note here is that you are not going to alter what
> netmon
> does.  His polling intervals should remain whatever they have been.  
> Dynamically
> altering your SNMP Configuration is not what is meant here. And it would
> be 
> a
> bad idea to attempt that .  Besides, netmon polling will take no notice of
> 
> cpu
> and memory utilization in those devices.
> 
> Rather, I think that what you are being asked to do is to collect your own
> 
> data
> via SNMP  and take action on it.    So you are going to create a
> collection
> based on isRouter and IP Status = Critical and then you are going to use 
> this
> collection in snmpCollect.    I cannot tell you what MIB values you will 
> have to
> use to obtain values for things like CPU and memory in the router.  You
> will
> have to determine that for yourself unless some other user responds with a
> suggestion.  I would use the mib browser against one of those routers and 
> see
> wht kind of data it will respond with.   In any case, once you have 
> snmpCollect
> collecting on these MIB values, you can set a threshold and have it notify
> 
> you
> with an event when that threshold is exceeded.  That event can then be
> used 
> to
> drive a pop-up window or whatever alert mechanism you need.   That's where
> 
> the
> ruleset or automatic action in trapd comes in -- at the very end.
> 
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX and NT) L3 Support
> 
> 
> 
> "Ferreira, Linda" <FerreiraL@nabisco.com> on 03/28/2000 12:43:44 PM
> 
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
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> To:   "'NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU'" <NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
> cc:    (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  [NV-L] Event/Ruleset Question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> I have been asked to poll critical routers (I have a collection) at
> different intervals for different criteria.
> Example:  Poll critical routers every 2hrs. and alert if memory is less
> than
> 4M
>          Poll critical routers every 30 minutes and alert if CPU
> utilization goes highter than 65%
> 
> Can anyone tell me what's the best way to do this?  Filter/ Ruleset or
> other?  If I have the same collection, but I want to poll at different
> time
> intervals, where do I set that up?  Right now they are being polled every
> 5
> minutes.  Do I need to add this collection to the SNMP configuration, and
> if
> I do, can I add it twice?  One time for 2 hr. polling and the other for
> 1/2hr polling.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Linda Ferreira
> Network Management Center
> 973-682-6065
> ferreiral@nabisco.com
> 
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