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Gareth,
Thanks. I apologize for my ignorance. I am
using NetView 7.1.3 on Windows systems and have been unable to find the
information you described. This sounds like a good suggestion. How
can I navigate to this option using the Windows NetView GUI?
Regards,
Ken
I
did not go back and read any of the history of this thread, so I'll just make
a quick suggestion which will be very easy for you to check:
From a native read-write GUI, go to "File
-> Describe Map...."
Select "IP
Map", click "Configure For This Map ..."
Scroll to the bottom and change "Should IP Map override user symbol
customization?" to False.
Goodluck
Gareth Holl
Staff Software
Engineer
gholl@us.ibm.com
IBM Software Group - Tivoli
Brand
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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| Kenneth Stoutzenberger
<kstoutzenberger@netaphor.com>
05/12/2003 01:53 PM
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To:
"Stringfellow, William"
<William.Stringfellow@bankofamerica.com>, nv-l
<nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
cc:
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Disappearing Icons
- right-click menu items not grayed
out
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Thank you very much for your suggestions. I am taking a look into
it now to see if it solves my problem and I'll post the conclusion once I've
finished.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
I've written a java application that compares the
map symbols against a database of IP addresses. If the IP address
matches a symbols corresponding IP, then the application sets a field value
(see below) to true and changes the symbol icon to a custom icon that I've
created. When the MetaConsoleManageble field is true, the custom
right-click menu items are available for selection. The menu items
should be grayed out for all other symbols.
The
problem that I am experiencing is that after a period of time - several hours
to a day - the symbol icon reverts back to the NetView icon and the
right-click menu items are available for any symbol. My application
attempts to manage the symbols every minute. If a symbol's SNMP IP
address no longer matches one from my database, I unmanage the symbol and
revert back to the original NetView symbol. It appears that field I
created, MetaConsoleManageable (see below), remains valid throughout the
NetView session. I've verified this by removing the IP addresses from my
database and my application unmanages the symbols. When I add the IP
addresses back to the database, the symbols get re-managed. However,
NetView can no longer display the right icon and the problem with the menu
items still exists. These problems will go away after clearing the
database, but this isn't even 100% reliable.
I hope my explanation isn't getting too involved, because I don't want
(nor do I think anyone else wants) to troubleshoot my application. It is
just that I think there may be something else involving the NetView
application and I am not toooooo familiar with setting up its parameters.
I am using essentially the same code for my application that runs with
HP OpenView and am not exhibiting the any of the stated problems.
FYI - this is the new field that I created and my application sets its
value to true when I manage the symbol.
Field "MetaConsoleManageable"
{
Type boolean;
Flags
capability;
}
This is my .REG file that defines the
menu items.
ObjectMenu
{
<10> "MetaConsole Configuration"
f.action
"ShowMetaConsoleConfiguration";
<10>
"MetaConsole Server Configuration" f.action
"ShowServerConfiguration";
<10>
"MetaConsole Service Provider Configuration" f.action
"ShowServiceProviderConfiguration";
<2>
"separator49" f.separator;
}
Action "ShowMetaConsoleConfiguration"
{
SelectionRule
MetaConsoleManageable;
MinSelected 1;
MaxSelected 1;
}
Action "ShowServerConfiguration"
{
SelectionRule
MetaConsoleManageable;
MinSelected 1;
MaxSelected 1;
}
Action "ShowServiceProviderConfiguration"
{
SelectionRule
MetaConsoleManageable;
MinSelected 1;
MaxSelected 1;
}
Many thanks for
everyone's help and if you made it to here, thanks for reading my message
:)
Regards,
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Stringfellow, William
[mailto:William.Stringfellow@bankofamerica.com]
Sent: Friday, May
09, 2003 3:28 PM
To: Kenneth Stoutzenberger; nv-l
Subject:
RE: [nv-l] Disappearing Icons
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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address book
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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.
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| "Allison, Jason
(JALLISON)" <JALLISON@arinc.com>
04/28/2003 03:28 PM
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To:
"'nv-l'"
<nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
cc:
Subject: [nv-l] Disappearing
Icons
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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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