Yes, Netview does add nodes without name resolution. It always has.
Where DNS becomes a problem is when you have forward resolution
set up, but not reverse. Or when you have incorrect name resolution.
I've seen cases where interfaces were moved from one device to
another but DNS was never updated, or only updated in one direction.
At sites like this, you are better off without name resolution until you
can get it cleaned up. Just plain missing name resolution is not a
problem for Netview (except in the case of the new code for serials,
where the entries in CDP need to match up with name resolution on
the server.) If you have this sort of poor name resolution, 6.0.1 will
not be able to handle it any better.
When I suspect that name resolution is an issue, I put the /etc/hosts
ahead of DNS and carefully resolve all addresses involved, delete
nodes thoroughly, and rediscover the node using a seedfile. It always
comes out right then, provided the database is reasonably clean.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
Stephen Elliott <selliott@epicrealm.com>@tkg.com on 09/20/2000 10:21:32 AM
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Hello, All,
Picking up on this DNS 'issue', shouldn't NetView add the node even if it
doesn't resolve the name? I would expect NV to add it under the IP address
in this case. Sounds like a bug to me.
Regards,
Steve Elliott
Sr. Network Mgmt. Engineer
epicRealm, Inc.
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The turbo business is covered in Appendix G of the Inst & Config
manual for Netview for Unix.
Guillermo may be on to something. Poor or incomplete name
resolution can cause discovery problems.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
Salinas Sangines Guillermo <gsalinas@scanda.com.mx>@tkg.com on 09/18/2000
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We had the same error, and we correct it after various tests.
Just disable the DNS resolve method at the AIX server, and use /etc/hosts
file.
Be shure to DISABLE DNS.
Regards
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> De: lesdickert@nsimail.com [SMTP:lesdickert@nsimail.com]
> Enviado el: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:13 PM
> Para: nv-l@tkg.com
> Asunto: [NV-L] NetView 6.0 Discovery Problem
>
> Running NetView 6.0 under AIX 4.3:
>
> I have 3 main Cisco routers that are not being
> discovered, which is new since converting to
> NetView 6.0 from NetView 5.1.1. Some things that
> I know are:
>
> 1. The routers are not in the object database
> (according to ovobjprint) after discovery
> settles down.
>
> 2. For a brief few seconds, one of the routers
> (and maybe the others) is in the object database,
> but not after that.
>
> 3. The router addresses are in the seedfile.
>
> 4. I can snmpget and snmpwalk the routers using the
> addresses from the seedfile, verifying (I think)
> that the entries in ovsnmp.conf are correct.
>
> 5. I can ping the routers.
>
> 6. I have been doing nv6000_smit automapgen and ovtopofix -a
> many times to diagnose this problem.
>
> 7. I turned on netmon -M 12 tracing, and it looks like the
> routers are returning SNMP data according to entries in
> netmon.trace.
>
> 8. Another nearby router that is similar in function gets
> discovered fine.
>
> I saw a comment (by Leslie) on a previous posting about using the
> Turbo form of the databases if routers have more than 20 interface,
> however I can't find any reference to 'Turbo' databases in the NetView
> for UNIX Installation and Configuration Version 6.0 manual.
>
> Thanks for any help/suggestions, other than going back to Version 5.1.1!
>
> Les Dickert
> Network Solutions
>
>
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