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Re: [nv-l] Selection name on NV for Windows

To: Leslie Clark <lclark@us.ibm.com>, NetView mailing list <nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Selection name on NV for Windows
From: Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 20:51:48 +0100
Hi Leslie,
I don't see how the underlying NT is resolving for NetView to give a Selection 
Name of BACKUP, but if you
use a windows command prompt you cannot ping BACKUP or nslookup BACKUP - that's 
why I am suspicious that
BACKUP  is coming from SNMP - scary!

If anyone has a definitive statement of what order Mr Gates uses the various 
mechanisms for name to
address resolution, I'd much appreciate it.

Cheers,
Jane

Leslie Clark wrote:

> Could this be one of those mysterious WINS things? Could the
> underlying NT be resolving that name for you? It is at best
> inconsistent behavior. I'd report it.  It cannot use that value,
> whatever the source, in one place and not in the others.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
>
>
>                       Jane Curry
>                       <jane.curry@skills        To:       NetView mailing 
> list <nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
>                       -1st.co.uk>               cc:
>                                                 Subject:  [nv-l] Selection 
> name on NV for Windows
>                       08/08/2002 01:24
>                       PM
>
>
>
> NetView for Windows 7.1.2 on Win2K SP2.  I have 1 IP address in the
> seedfile to discover a Compaq box.  This address is not in any DNS or in
> NetView's hosts or lmhosts file.  The Compaq box is called BACKUP.  When
> the node is discovered, the Selection Name is BACKUP.  A MIB Browse of
> this box shows the sysName is BACKUP.  I can only deduce that NV for
> Windows will believe the SNMP agent and uses that name in his database.
>
> The problem arises when you select the node in NetView and try to ping
> it, as BACKUP is not resolvable to an IP address.
>
> I think I am sure ????  that NetView for Unix will only use DNS or
> /etc/hosts to populate hostname and Selection Name fields, so you don't
> see this conundrum.
>
> Can anyone else confirm or deny what I am seeing?  Is this Windows
> behaviour a bug?
>
> Cheers,
> Jane
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