They don't come from the device. They come from Netview, based on the
SNMP sysObject ID reported by the device. On NT, Netview will put these
unknown devices in a special smartset (BadOIDS) and in the Object Info,
it will replace that sysObjectID with a bogus one (to enable smartset
membership).
There is an option in netmon configuration to log these things, however,
and
that log will collect the real SNMP sysObjectID and the sysDescription to
help you out. Or see it by uisng the mib appl that pulls system info
realtime.Take
that information and do this:
1) Update \usr\OV\fields\C\ovw_fields and add the vendor if necessary
2) Update \usr\OV\fields\C\snmp_fields and add the agent if necessary
3) Run the command ovw_fields to let Netview know they have been changed.
4) Now update the oid_to_type file being very careful to match exactly the
vendor and agent strings you defined. It goes oid:vendor:agent:flags
5) Update the oid_to_sym file for things that need special symbols. If you
used the G or B or H flag in oid_to_type, default symbols will be
used;
if you want something different, or if it is not a G,B,H device,
update oid_to_sym.
Be careful here as well. Use the Help..Legend to see what symbols are
in
what classes. Specify the class and the symbol. These classes equate to
files in \usr\OV\symbols\C, and the symbol must be defined in the file
named
for the class. Also remember that certain symbols carry properties with
them,
so don't get too imaginative.
6) Delete and rediscover the devices. Otherwise the fields will never be
updated
athough the symbols may be.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
"Karl Prinelle"
<Karl.Prinelle@ely To:
<nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
zium.co.uk> cc:
Subject: [nv-l] vendor/snmp
agent strings
09/02/2002 09:31
AM
Please respond to
Karl.Prinelle
Hi list,
Environment: w2k sp2, netview 7.1.2
I'm sure this is quite a simple one, but I'm trying to add some new
devices. I've loaded the appropriate mib's and now want to update the
oid_to_type/sym files, owv_fields, snmp_fields files to finish the job off.
The problem I've got is that I don't seem to be able to find the "vendor"
or "SNMP Agent" strings that the device is reporting so I can put it in
these files. I'm assuming these strings come from the device itself &
aren't arbitrary - of course I could be wrong there!
Also, could someone tell me where the searchable archive is right now.
thanks
Karl
Karl Prinelle
Tivoli Certified Consultant
Elyzium Ltd
Enterprise Systems Management Consultants
Mobile: +44 (0)7813 189198
Email: Karl.Prinelle@elyzium.co.uk
http://www.elyzium.co.uk
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