RE: Object Label

["Stamper, Steve" <Steve_Stamper@foremost.com>]

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Ya but....  What if you have specific interfaces with labels in the DNS?  How 
can you get the interface to pickup the Name and not the IP Address?
 



Thanks² - Steve Stamper 

-----Original Message-----
From: Davis, Donald [mailto:donald.davis@firstcitizens.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 11:11 AM
To: 'IBM NetView Discussion'
Subject: RE: [NV-L] Object Label


Santosh,
Placing an entry in /etc/hosts will cause NetView to update the selection name 
when the node is demand (or configuration) polled.
When you demand poll the node after putting the sysname in /etc/host, you 
should see "New name found ...." in the output window.
The label of the node will change to this new name. The label of the interface 
itself will Always be the IP Address.
I have been told that the label change may not happen immediately, depending 
how busy NetView is doing other things.
 
This entry in /etc/hosts will cause the SelectionName and thus the label to be 
updated with "SuperXyzRouter".
/etc/hosts
10.2.3.123     SuperXyzRouter   # Comment
 
Be certain that you have an /etc/netsvc.conf file and it is configured like 
this:
 
/etc/netsvc.conf
hosts=local,bind4
 
(The number after bind is the version of bind that you are running.)
If you have not configured /etc/resolv.conf for a nameserver, the netsvs.conf 
file is not needed.
This will cause the OS to check /etc/hosts before going to DNS.
 
Don Davis
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: z_esm_karekars [mailto:z_esm_karekars@bharatpetroleum.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:00 AM
To: 'IBM NetView Discussion'
Subject: RE: [NV-L] Object Label



Hi Don, 

Can U please be little clear on this, I could enter the Interface IP addresses 
in /etc/hosts file locally ( Infact I had done it earlier but could not work on 
that more that time. I tried demand poll after I did the same which did not 
helped me) How will the interface pickup the Name from hosts file then, please 
advice.

Regards, 
Santosh 

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From:   Davis, Donald[SMTP:donald.davis@firstcitizens.com] 
Reply To:       IBM NetView Discussion 
Sent:   Thursday, June 21, 2001 7:47 PM 
To:     'IBM NetView Discussion' 
Subject:        RE: [NV-L] Object Label 

        Santosh, 
NetView does NOT do this natively (like HP OpenView does). NetView uses only 
the resolved name. 
The workaround is to write a script that does an SNMPGET for the sysName and 
writes it to /etc/hosts so that NetView can resolve to that insted of the DNS 
name. You will need to modify /etc/netsvcs.conf so that local comes before 
bind. 

        
Don Davis 

        -----Original Message----- 
From: z_esm_karekars [ mailto:z_esm_karekars@bharatpetroleum.com 
<mailto:z_esm_karekars@bharatpetroleum.com> ] 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:59 AM 
To: 'nv-l@tkg.com' 
Subject: [NV-L] Object Label 



        Hi, 

        I had Netview 6.0.1 on AIX 4.3.3. 

        How can the Router Interfaces pick up the System Description 
"RouterName:I/FName" in place of IP address which comes by default.

        It's very very urgent. 

        Regards, 
Santosh 

        
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Ya but....  What if you have specific interfaces with labels in the DNS?  How can you get the interface to pickup the Name and not the IP Address?

 

Thanks² - Steve Stamper

-----Original Message-----
From: Davis, Donald [mailto:donald.davis@firstcitizens.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 11:11 AM
To: 'IBM NetView Discussion'
Subject: RE: [NV-L] Object Label

Santosh,

Placing an entry in /etc/hosts will cause NetView to update the selection name when the node is demand (or configuration) polled.

When you demand poll the node after putting the sysname in /etc/host, you should see "New name found ...." in the output window.

The label of the node will change to this new name. The label of the interface itself will Always be the IP Address.

I have been told that the label change may not happen immediately, depending how busy NetView is doing other things.

 

This entry in /etc/hosts will cause the SelectionName and thus the label to be updated with "SuperXyzRouter".

/etc/hosts

10.2.3.123     SuperXyzRouter   # Comment

 

Be certain that you have an /etc/netsvc.conf file and it is configured like this:

 

/etc/netsvc.conf

hosts=local,bind4

 

(The number after bind is the version of bind that you are running.)

If you have not configured /etc/resolv.conf for a nameserver, the netsvs.conf file is not needed.

This will cause the OS to check /etc/hosts before going to DNS.

 

Don Davis

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: z_esm_karekars [mailto:z_esm_karekars@bharatpetroleum.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:00 AM
To: 'IBM NetView Discussion'
Subject: RE: [NV-L] Object Label

Hi Don,

Can U please be little clear on this, I could enter the Interface IP addresses in /etc/hosts file locally ( Infact I had done it earlier but could not work on that more that time. I tried demand poll after I did the same which did not helped me) How will the interface pickup the Name from hosts file then, please advice.

Regards,
Santosh

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From:   Davis, Donald[SMTP:donald.davis@firstcitizens.com]
Reply To:       IBM NetView Discussion
Sent:   Thursday, June 21, 2001 7:47 PM
To:     'IBM NetView Discussion'
Subject:        RE: [NV-L] Object Label

Santosh,
NetView does NOT do this natively (like HP OpenView does). NetView uses only the resolved name.
The workaround is to write a script that does an SNMPGET for the sysName and writes it to /etc/hosts so that NetView can resolve to that insted of the DNS name. You will need to modify /etc/netsvcs.conf so that local comes before bind.


Don Davis

-----Original Message-----
From: z_esm_karekars [mailto:z_esm_karekars@bharatpetroleum.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:59 AM
To: 'nv-l@tkg.com'
Subject: [NV-L] Object Label





Hi,

I had Netview 6.0.1 on AIX 4.3.3.

How can the Router Interfaces pick up the System Description "RouterName:I/FName" in place of IP address which comes by default.

It's very very urgent.

Regards,
Santosh

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