Re: [nv-l] name generation

[Leslie Clark <lclark@us.ibm.com>]

There are two things to look at. First, the names of the objects that are IP Interface cards. If you do 'Tools...Display Object Info' for the interfaces themselves, you will see that their names HAVE changed (if you are running current code). Their real names are nodename:interfacedescription,
or nodename:address if there is no description. The label on the symbol for the interface card is another matter. This defaults to the address. You can optionally change this to the description, such as Serial0/0/1 if you want. To do that, go to Edit..Modify/Describe..Map and pick the ipmap application. One of the options in there is for changing the labels on interfaces. Change it, ok, ok and they all change. This is an all-or-nothing choice for the whole map.

Those are your choices. You cannot get it to label the interface cards with the DNS name for each address.

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit

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Hi,

It looks like netview generating symbol names from PTR records of the dns. I created these records for my router interfaces and now my map looks much better with descripitve names. Unfortunately NV did autmatic rename only ont he IP Internet map, so when I open a submap (for example a router) I can see IP addresses only. How can I instruct NV to rename interfaces on every submap.

Thank you
Laszlo