The topology daemon uses it:
ovtopmd 8888/tcp # NetView IP Topology daemon
Best Regards,
Frank W. Hansen
Tivoli Certified Enterprise Consultant
www.EnterpriseInnovations.com
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From: "kaveh taghi-zadeh" <kaveh_t@hotmail.com>
To: <nv-l@tkg.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [NV-L] NV does not start
> Hi Pieter,
>
> Answerbook is running in my case and as it was
> a standard installation it is running on port 8888.
>
> But does NV need port 8888?
> What for?
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> Just a thought...
> Are you sure all required tcpip port are free?
> Like 8888 which is Answerbook on solaris (I moved it to 8887)
>
> Pieter
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> "kaveh taghi-zadeh" <kaveh_t@hotmail.com> on 21/08/2001 13:37:50
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> Subject: [NV-L] NV does not start
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> Hi,
>
> On Solaris 2.7, I've just installed FWK3.7,
> NV 6.0
> NV 6.0.1
> NV 6.0.2,
> and CiscoWorks2000.
>
>
>
> the problem is that NV doesn't start. I found
> the following error report in nv6000.log:
> "Fatal Topology Error: Unable to connect to ovtopmd
> Reason: Could not send and/or receive: sys 146: Connection refused"
>
> and ovstatus reports:
> object manager name: ovtopmd
> behavior: OVs_WELL_BEHAVED
> state: NOT_RUNNING
> PID: 860
> last message: Could not get port for ovtopmd, likely one already
> running
> exit status: exit(1)
>
> object manager name: netmon
> behavior: OVs_WELL_BEHAVED
> state: NOT_RUNNING
> PID: (never run)
> last message:
> exit status: -
>
>
> some other daemons are not running either.
>
> I didn't find any hints in the NV Diagnosis Guide, Admin Guide...
>
>
> Could anyone help me with this?
> Thanks!
>
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