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RE: Rule Set not working as expected

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Subject: RE: Rule Set not working as expected
From: Aizprua Jerry <JAizprua@pacifico.fin.ec>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:01:26 -0500
Thanks you James.

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:   James_Shanks@tivoli.com [SMTP:James_Shanks@tivoli.com]
> Enviado el:   Jueves 29 de Junio de 2000 03:27 PM
> Para: IBM NetView Discussion
> Asunto:       Re: [NV-L] Rule Set not working as expected
> 
> 
> 
> What is the setting for your initial Event Stream node, Block or Pass?  it
> should be Block.  If not, all events will be forwarded.
> 
> Is this the ruleset you are using for TEC in your
> /usr/OV/conf/tecinit.conf
> file?  It must be if that is what you want to determine what goes to TEC.
> 
> I don't know what to make of your 25 minute delay, except to say that this
> is
> usually the result of poor name resolution.  Every trap contains IP
> addresses
> which must be resolved into hostnames at several points along the way in
> this
> process and if your reverse name resolution is not set up properly this is
> exactly what can happen.   Also, you can have other system related
> effects, such
> as a very busy ovwdb (it takes a call to ovwdb to resolve the smartset
> membership) or a very busy nvcorrd because many other rulesets are running
> at
> the same time.      I would start to pursue this by turning on the nvcorrd
> trace
> (issue nvcdebug -d all  from the command lien) and looking at the
> nvcorrd.alog/blog to see if you can determine where the problem might lie.
> I
> would call Support if you think you need help.
> 
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
>  Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
> 
> 
> 
> Aizprua Jerry <JAizprua@pacifico.fin.ec> on 06/29/2000 04:12:01 PM
> 
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> 
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> cc:    (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  [NV-L] Rule Set not working as expected
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Operating System: AIX 4.3 Product Group: NetView for UNIX Fileset or
> Version: Netview 6.0 .
>  Environment: Netview server has 512 Mb RAM, 1.2 Gb of Swap Space, Fast
> Ethernet NIC, 2 x 166 Mhx risc processors TEC Server has 512 Mb RAM, 1.2
> Gb
> of Swap Space, 2 x 166 Mhx risc processors .
> 
>  Hi :
> We want to manage events from servers, routers and switchs. We have
> created
> a smart set that includes the nodes mentioned before.
> Then we created a rule that does the following :
> 1 Event Stream
> 2 Trap Settings - Here we specify that we only are intrested in the
> entreprise netview6000 and the specific events 58916864 (Node Up)
> ,58916865
> (Node Up), 58916866 (Interface Up),58916867 (Interface Down).
> 3 Query Smartset - Here we specify the smart set that only has the
> machines
> that we want to monitor.
> 4
>  4.1 Forward - (Thist will display the events and forward them to tec)
> 4.2 Action -Here we have a small script that logs all the results in a
> file.
> 
> a ) Now the problems are that when we generata an event, we can find it in
> the file trapd.log but it takes a long time until (25 min) until the trap
> is
> displayed in the file mentioned in section 4.1 and also in the TEC
> Console.
>  b ) As you could see, we are trying to filter the events to those coming
> only from the nodes in the smart set but for some reason we are also
> receiving events coming from other nodes that are not part of the smart
> set.
> 
> We are also receving events that we don't want to manage. To be sure that
> the rule is woking we use the file that we created in section 4.2 and we
> only see the events filtered by the nodes in the ruleset but still the
> events coming from other nodes are displayed in the event window from the
> dynamic work space and also are sent to TEC.
>  Pls, Any help is apreciated.
> 
> Jerry
> 
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