RE: [nv-l] Disappearing Icons

["Stringfellow, William" <William.Stringfellow@bankofamerica.com>]

Ken,

    You might have to go into the /usr/OV/conf/C/symbol_to_oid file and create an entry for your printer OID.  Then change the pointer for the symbol entry you want to have the new ICON.  Just change the pointer to the correct bitmap and you should be ok.

    As an example, for 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.388 it is a Cisco C12406 router, the symbol definition is "cisco-C12406Family" in the #1 entry below

    This points to an entry in a file in my /usr/OV/symbols/C directory as shown in #2 below, the line you want to change is the one that says Filebase.  Where mine has the "12000", enter the name of the bitmap in /usr/OV/bitmaps/C you want to always see for these devices.

 

1.  Create oid_to_sym entry for the specific device

/usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym

1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.388:Cisco Router:cisco-C12406Family

   

2.  In the file containing the definition for the device in the "cisco-C12406Family" position, change the "Filebase" pointer to the name of the bitmap you want to see on your map:

 

/usr/OV/symbols/C    my file is CVTYPE, yours may be something else.

SymbolType "Cisco Router" : "cisco-C12406Family"    <-- match the entry in the oid_to_sym file.
{
        Filebase "12000";    <-- put in the name of the bitmap you want to see on your map
        CursorSize 38;
        Capabilities {
                ciscoType = "cisco-C12406Family";    <-- Ignore/delete this or put in device flags
                isCisco = 1;        <-- Same as above.
        }

That, combined with your script, should do the trick.

 

        Good luck,

        Bill

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Stoutzenberger [mailto:kstoutzenberger@netaphor.com]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:55 PM
To: 'nv-l'
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Disappearing Icons

This was an interesting subject because I've just been troubleshooting a problem with the NetView symbol icons.

 

I have written a Java application that searches the NetView maps for a particular vendor's printers.  Once it finds a match (by comparing the preferred IP addresses of the symbol against a database of device IPs), it makes the symbol executable so that one can launch a browser to manage the device.  It also changes the symbol to a vendor-specific printer icon.

 

I leave NetView running over night and the next morning, the symbols that I've managed have reverted back to the standard NetView icon.  I don't know why this is happening.  The symbol is still executable, indicating that my application still controls it.

 

I've noticed that the printer has gone into sleep mode.  Is it possible that the NetView application recognized that the printer went into sleep mode and isn't available and changed the icon? 

 

The only way I am able to display the vendor-specific icon again is to take the printer out of sleep mode and empty NetView's database.  When items are rediscovered, everything seems to be operating as expected again.

 

Is there anything that I can check inside the NetView application to see why the symbol reverts back to its original icon?  I'm not an administrator and I don't know a whole lot about the application specifics.

 

I can fix this through my Java application by periodically checking the icon.  Right now, I only check it initially and then never check it again as long as the application is running.  However, I think there might be something in NetView that I am overlooking.

 

Many thanks.

 

Ken

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Holl [mailto:gholl@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 7:51 PM
To: Allison, Jason (JALLISON)
Cc: 'nv-l'
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Disappearing Icons

Unix version of NetView, Menu "Options->SNMP Configuration" or use the command "xnmsnmpconf". Look for "Node Down Delete Interval".

Windows version ?? Probably part of the SNMP settings but I don't have a GUI in front of me to check.

Gareth Holl
Staff Software Engineer
gholl@us.ibm.com

IBM Software Group - Tivoli Brand
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina.

"Allison, Jason (JALLISON)" <JALLISON@arinc.com> 04/28/2003 03:28 PM

To:        "'nv-l'" <nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>         cc:                 Subject:        [nv-l] Disappearing Icons

This may have been discussed before, but how do you change the time an
object is removed from the Netview Database because it has been down for (10
days) an extended period of time.

Thanks,

Jason Allison
Principal Engineer
ARINC Incorporated
Office:  (410) 266-2006
FAX:  (410) 573-3026


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