Re: API for retrieving MIB description based on oid

["James Shanks" <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

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It's not that simple.  There is no externalized interface and one would 
have to be created.  Right now there is an undocumented mib info 
structure, the header file for which is not published, which would have to 
be included and then the function which populates it would have to be 
extracted from the Xt callback routines which populate the dialog boxes. 
So the short answer is that a simple mechanism to retrieve this 
information outside of the xnmbrowser dialog does not exist.  It was never 
created because NetView itself has no need of it. 

If you think it is a worthwhile enhancement, then I urge you to contact 
Support and ask for an enhancement request. 

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
 





"Cowan, Chris" <Chris.Cowan@2ndwaveinc.com>
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Is there a call similar to OVmib_get_objid_name that will retrieve the 
Description?   I believe the answer is yes, and that is when you hit the 
"Describe" button under xnmbrowser (and similar applications).

I realize that I can parse either the raw MIBs or the binary MIB database, 
but this seems like it would be easier.   I suspect the call is 
undocumented but present in the libraries.

Thanks in advance for any help, 
Chris Cowan 


  


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It's not that simple.  There is no externalized interface and one would have to be created.  Right now there is an undocumented mib info structure, the header file for which is not published, which would have to be included and then the function which populates it would have to be extracted from the Xt callback routines which populate the dialog boxes.  So the short answer is that a simple mechanism to retrieve this information outside of the xnmbrowser dialog does not exist.  It was never created because NetView itself has no need of it.  

If you think it is a worthwhile enhancement, then I urge you to contact Support and ask for an enhancement request. 

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

"Cowan, Chris" <Chris.Cowan@2ndwaveinc.com> Sent by: owner-nv-l@tkg.com 10/29/2001 03:50 PM Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion

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Is there a call similar to OVmib_get_objid_name that will retrieve the Description?   I believe the answer is yes, and that is when you hit the "Describe" button under xnmbrowser (and similar applications).

I realize that I can parse either the raw MIBs or the binary MIB database, but this seems like it would be easier.   I suspect the call is undocumented but present in the libraries.

Thanks in advance for any help, 
Chris Cowan 


  


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