Leslie Clark wrote:
> I'm not saying what should or should not work, just suggesting a route
> for problem determination. It helps a lot when you call Support if you have
> already narrowed it down. Loadhost is a whole other thing than discovery,
> in my book. I suspect that it was probably designed as a development
> tool. So I never trust it to be a full alternative to the real thing. Maybe
> it is,
> these days. It is widely used and supported, so if it misbehaves, Support
> will help you, I am sure.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
>
> "Jeffrey G. Fitzwater" <jfitz@Princeton.EDU>@tkg.com on 01/18/2001 08:55:12
> AM
>
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>
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> To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] Re:seting oid to type with W option
>
> Leslie Clark wrote:
>
> > I've done this with nodes that were discovered naturally,
> > as opposed to being created with loadhosts, and it worked fine.
> > If that's a clue...
> > And today I tried the P flag, which makes things get polled via
> > snmp, and that, to my surprise, worked without deleting or anything.
> > Maybe a stop/start of netmon is all. I was very pleased.
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Leslie A. Clark
> > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> > Detroit.
> >
> > William.Stringfellow@bankofamerica.com@tkg.com on 01/17/2001 12:53:58 PM
> >
> > Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> >
> > Sent by: owner-nv-l@tkg.com
> >
> > To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> > cc:
> > Subject: [NV-L] Re:seting oid to type with W option
> >
> > Jeff,
> > Did you try running ovw -fields and -verify?
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Bill
> >
> > =========================================================================
> > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:09:44 -0500
> > From: "Jeffrey G. Fitzwater" <jfitz@Princeton.EDU>
> > Subject: seting oid to type with W option
> >
> > Running 6.01 on Sol 2.7
> >
> > I have APC devices which support a WEB interface. I have modified the
> > oid-to-type file using vi editor to add the W to all our APC
> > devices...1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1:American Power Conversion:APC UPS:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.1:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 250:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.2:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 400:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.3:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 600:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.4:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 900:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.5:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 1250:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.6:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 2000:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.7:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 450:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.8:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 700:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.9:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 1000:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.10:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 1400:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.11:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 2200:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.2.12:American Power Conversion:APC Smart-UPS 3000:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.3.1:American Power Conversion:APC Matrix-UPS 3000:W
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.3.2:American Power Conversion:APC Matrix-UPS 5000:W
> >
> > I have 1 map running and have deleted all the APC nodes, did a ovtopofix
> > -a on database then did a loadhost on all my APC devices. Also did a
> > netview -fields. They all show up but I never get the new fields in
> > DB for the APC devices.
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Jeff Fitzwater
> > CIT Systems & Networking
> > Princeton University
> >
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> I accept the clue, so loadhosts does not do things as NATURAL as a
> DISCOVER.
>
> Shouldn't they both end up with the same result when adding a node?
>
> To me LOADHOSTS is the best way to control what gets put in database.
>
> Jeff F.
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Thank you Leslie, I will debug some more and then talk to support.
Jeff F.
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