Leslie,
Regarding option #2, how reliable is wpostemsg? Will the NV server cache the
events if oserv process fails in the same way NV does with native TEC event
forwarding?
I suppose this will force us to introduce oserv process monitoring on the
NetView server. :)
Thanks very much.
Ray Westphal
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Clark [mailto:lclark@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:07 PM
To: Westphal, Raymond
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Question about forwarding node down event to TEC.
The answer is that you cannot modify the event being forwarded.
There are a couple of approaches commonly taken.
1) Many people use wpostemsg to send their own event from the
ruleset, rather than passing the Netview event. Generate that event
from an Action in a Netview ruleset running in ESE.automation.
2) Many people use snmptrap to generate new, custom events in the
Netview enterprise, one which contains additional slot mappings for
use by the TEC rule. Do this in a ruleset running in ESE.automation,
and use another ruleset, aimed at the TEC, to just pass those long.
3) Add name resolution from the point of view of the Netview box and
the TEC box. The events will go over with meaningful names. This
will only get you so far. Next you will want to pass other information
such as Department.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
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<RWestphal@erac.c cc:
om> Subject: [nv-l] Question
about forwarding node down event to TEC.
05/13/2002 12:36
PM
Hello Everyone.
NV 7.1.1 on AIX 4.3.3
I'm working on forwarding node down events to TEC. The event forwarding
works fine. The question is how can NV identify for TEC whether a node is
an
NT server or a router? This is especially important if the node name cannot
be resolved. If we can help TEC identify the device type, the TEC operators
will know who to correctly page because we can customize TEC "Event
Support"
button.
For instance, I can use Query SmartSet node in a ruleset to forward node
downs for members of the MicroSoft SmartSet. Therefore all node downs TEC
receives would be NT servers. However, what if I want to start forwarding
Cisco network equipment failures or all node down events. How can I help
TEC
determine the device type?
I tried adding a prefix to the hostname by using an Inline Action node in
the ruleset like, NVATTR_2="NT-$NVATTR_2". But the node name remained the
same in the event.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
Ray Westphal
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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