See comments below.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
"Geoffrey Cheng/Markham/IBM" <gcheng@CA.IBM.COM>@tkg.com on 09/14/2000
01:33:38 PM
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Subject: [NV-L] Nways Database and NetView database
Hi,
I have several questions regarding Netview database and Nways Campus
Manager database(LAN, ATM).
(1) Is there any relationship between these two sets of databases? If
I clear up the Nways objectStore database only, Will there be any impact on
NetView database?
>> Nways uses the Netview database, and adds fields and symbols, and sets
>> status in it, etc. It also stores other data in its Ostore database. It
>> populates the Ostore based on the contents of Netview's database. So
>> Netview controls the discovery and Nways works from that. If you clear
>> the Netview database, you should do the same for Nways.
(2) If these two database system are independent of each other, after
I clear out the Nways database, but not NetView's, when will the database
be
repopulated with device data? restart of cmld?
>> Yes.
(2a)Will there be an independent polling on Nways side? Or it will
read data from NetView database and then poll the devices for additional
information?
>> Both. Netview does discovery and IP status polling. The various Nways
>> applications do additional snmp polling for device-specific things.
>> Under smitty cml, you have options to control that polling. Well, for
>> the atm app you can only control the frequency. For the 8250/60 Hub
>> Manager you can control whether it is regular or only done when the
>> Hub view is opened. And the JMAs have a whole 'nother thing. And they
>> all have the equivalent of a demandpoll. But all of this polling is
>> vendor and device specific, not an overlap with Netview polling
function.
(3) In NetView, when the database size is big and adding/deleting
objects
happens quite often, we have tools to compat the database, is there any
tool
in Nways to do similar job ?
>> Yes. Under smitty cml, maintain, there are options to clear the ostore
>> databases for the lan and atm components. Then they get repopulated.
>> I only do that when I think there is something funny going on, or after
>> a restore or major change in the Netview database.
Thanks..
Best Regards,
Geoffrey Cheng
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