I'm using Netview 5.1. with AIX 4.3
I want to add icons to the netview map that can be used to easily
monitor whether certain daemons (non-Netview daemons) are running on the
system. For example, I would like to be able to open up the Netview GUI
and see whether or not ftpd is running on machineA.
I know Netview provides a nice and easy way to add items to the maps
through the GUI, however, I can't figure out an easy way to A) monitor
whether a certain process is running on a machine B) Update a map object
that I've added through the GUI.
I know that I could run a script every few minutes on each machine to
determine whether a process is running. Netview can list the services
running on a machine, can I use this information without running my own
shell script?
I also have been able to use the wtotapi example program to add objects
to the map. When I add objects this way, I can send traps to update
these objects, but if I add objects through the GUI, I can't update
them. It just seems like I should be able to add objects through the
GUI and update these objects through Object Status traps.
Also, Netview comes with an snmptrap command, can someone suggest a
program to send snmptraps from non-Netview machines?
If these are stupid questions, I'm sorry, I'm not a network
administrator, I'm more of a software developer. I've been thrown into
Netview because my boss didn't like when he opened the Netview box and
saw 12 different manuals.
Thanks in advance,
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