I am already logging events from NetView into the syslog using the logger
command. I have a local.debug syslog set up that I use. It works quite well.
Thanks for your help. I think I have some things to try now.
Scott
>From: "James Shanks" <SHANKS@us.tivoli.com>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>Subject: RE: [NV-L] Manipulate the SNMP sysLocation field?
>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 07:52:30 -0400
>
> >>"Or even better...if I could somehow
>capture what was in that field, I could pass it to the the syslog for
>capture from the TEC syslog adapter."
>
>Well, I am still unclear about all this, but if you add a field thru
>nvdbimport, then you can view it though ovobjprint -s <selection_name> and
>then you could use the errlogger command to send it in a message to the AIX
>syslog, but I don't see how you could get AIX to write it to the records he
>already keeps.
>
>James Shanks
>Team Leader, Level 3 Support
>Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
>
>"Scott ." <pepsiasg@hotmail.com>@tkg.com on 07/19/2001 10:24:38 PM
>
>Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>
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>cc:
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>
>
>
>Actually, I didn't do a very good job of describing my situation. I will
>use
>the field that I create and customize, to match in a rule set and then run
>a
>script that logs events to syslog. We then have a TEC AIX syslog adapter
>that matches the format of the message and processes the events from there.
>The issue is we have so many sub-groupings, that we need more granularity
>in
>our descriptions. For example, we have several different types of Dell
>servers running Winnt 4.0 server. The servers have many different
>functions,
>and different groups that are responsible for them. If I can build or
>customize a new field, I can get more descriptive and therefore create
>different smartsets for processing. Or even better...if I could somehow
>capture what was in that field, I could pass it to the the syslog for
>capture from the TEC syslog adapter.
>
>Scott
>
>
> >From: "Davis, Donald" <donald.davis@firstcitizens.com>
> >Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> >To: "'IBM NetView Discussion'" <nv-l@tkg.com>
> >Subject: RE: [NV-L] Manipulate the SNMP sysLocation field?
> >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:32:45 -0400
> >
> >Scott,
> >James, of course is right :)
> >
> >You can add a field to the database and make a pass/fail decision in a
> >ruleset for forwarding to TEC.
> >But, you cannot forwarding that field information to TEC, nor can you
> >modify
> >any of the existing trap variables.
> >If you want to send something special to TEC based upon what node sourced
> >the trap, read on.
> >You will need to setup custom traps in trapd configuration based on
>"Event
> >Sources".
> >Then, have some custom variable (slot mapping) sent to TEC when a trap is
> >received from the specific node(s).
> >You can use files as lists of nodes for each special grouping (Routers,
> >Hubs, Servers, etc...)
> >I have used this to send a custom event variable to TEC to identify if
>the
> >trap was received from a router, hub or server.
> >The event then receives special(1) processing at TEC if it was from a
> >router,
> >special(2) processing if it was from a hub, special(3) processing if it
>was
> >from a server or normal processing if it fell through.
> >
> >Let me know if you need more details.
> >Hope this helps,
> >Don Davis
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Scott . [mailto:pepsiasg@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 2:36 PM
> >To: nv-l@tkg.com
> >Subject: [NV-L] Manipulate the SNMP sysLocation field?
> >
> >
> >AIX 4.3 NetView 6.0.2
> >
> >Is there a way to add/change the value in the sysLocation field ID in the
> >NetView database, or does it HAVE to be changed in the nodes SNMP
>settings?
> >I am looking for a free form field that I can assign a decimal delimited
> >line to for sorting messages sent to TEC. Is there another field that can
> >be
> >
> >manipulated by using nvdbimport? Or is there a way to add another field
>id
> >that I could use for this? I was looking throught the docs for anything
> >that
> >
> >would tell me if that was possible. Thanks for your time!
> >
> >Scott Bursik
> >Pepsico
> >
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