James,
Thanks for the information. I have changed to $4 instead of $3 through trap
customization. But still the same message text is displayed in Event window
display. This text message suppose to be forwarded to TSD which in turn
lodge the calls. could you please help me?
regards,
varadhu
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> From: James_Shanks@tivoli.com[SMTP:James_Shanks@tivoli.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:13 PM
> To: IBM NetView Discussion
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] IP address instead of hostname in EVENTs
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> Well, you cannot tell trapd not to translate IP addresses if he can, that
> is not a customization option. But NetView does not send link up / link
> down traps. So if those are the ones you are talking about you will have
> to see what variables the vendor provides. If the trap says "serial 2"
> then that is what the vendor sent. Interface up / Interface down traps by
> NetView are a different matter. netmon send the traps and it contains the
> name of the interface ("serial 2") not its IP address as part of variable
> 3, the message text, which is what is displayed by default. However, the
> actual IP address of the interface is sent in variable 4, along with a
> time
> stamp and the object id's of the node and the interface in the object
> database. To see this information in the trap, just use xnmtrap (trap
> customization) to modify the log message to say "$4" along with whatever
> it
> says now (probably just "$3", the NetView default).
>
> I am not sure what you are passing to TSD, but if it is just the
> displayed
> text, then that would be how to change it. Unfortunately perhaps, you
> must
> display all of var 4, you cannot just show the first part of it, so your
> TSD customization will have to account for that.
>
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
> Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
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>
>
> "S. Varathu, IBM" <Varathu@bom4.siemens.co.in>@tkg.com on 03/26/2001
> 03:29:21 AM
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> Hi,
>
> Netview 5.1 is loaded into AIX4.2.1.
>
> Node name (hostname of the device) is displayed instead of specific IP
> address for the interface in EVENT browser for any link Down or UP event.
> How do i configure to show IP address for the interface instead of node
> name and serialx( example node cisind serial2 is down). This is required
> to
> forward the events to TSD which in turn lodge and close the calls for any
> link Down and Up event.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> varadhu
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