Sarah,
I found the limits you are looking for via the online Help page in the SNMP
Configuration window. Each field has a description and value limits, if
applicable. You'll need Netscape installed to view them.
As far as what values to choose, that is almost always unique to each
network. It depends on how many interfaces are you polling, how many devices
are you scanning for config changes, etc. I've never had to customize this
much, others on this list may have and can provide more insight into just
how this can be done for large, very dynamic networks (if that's whet you
have). Networks I've managed have always been rather small (1750 nodes, 3200
interfaces, presently) and fixed, so I've been able to get by with polling
cycles of 5 minutes and configuration check and discovery cycles of 1 day.
Regards,
Steve Elliott
Sr. Network Mgmt. Engineer
epicRealm, Inc.
214-570-4560
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Romeis [mailto:sromeis@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 7:37 AM
To: nv-l@tkg.com
Subject: [NV-L] polling values
I reviewed the Netview administration guide and can not find where it lists
the range of values that the following polling cycles can be set to:
1- config changes of existing elements...the default is one day, but can I
set this to 15 minutes? 5 minute? 10 days?
2- status poll ... default is 5 mins, but how low to how high can I set
this?
Is any value acceptable to the system, and I can just judge what is
appropriate or are there limits imposed by Netview (as opposed to common
sense) Does anyone know this? Thank you!
Sarah Romeis
Network Management/Application Support
IBM Global Services 1630 Long Pond Rd Rochester, NY 14626
Internet: sromeis@us.ibm.com
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