RE: [nv-l] selection names

[James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

(1) If you manually change the labels of an object on the map, then you must also set the flag to prevent ipmap from overriding that customization.
From the GUI, Edit --> Modify / Describe --> Map -> Configurable Applications (select IP Map) -> Configure for This Map ->(last option) Should IP Map Override user symbol customization? Click the False button.  It is True by default.

This will also mean that any new objects discovered will be placed in a New Object Holding area on the map and you will have to manually move them.  I think all the folks who are reading this thread for information need to review the sections in the NetView Admin Guide which talks about map customization.  It is a huge subject and requires careful thought.
 
(2) I have an old solutions document which says that you  can display network names by updating a file called /etc/networks.  Never tried it myself.  Anyone else? 

And I am having hard time why you want to display names for interfaces if you don't define them in DNS and you don't define them /etc/hosts.  That doesn't make your names very authoritative, does it?  

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

"Pal, Laszlo" <laszlo.pal@eds.com> Sent by: owner-nv-l-digest@lists.us.ibm.com 10/30/2003 09:28 AM Please respond to nv-l

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THis is a very big leak in NV. The only ting I can do for this is update the DNS with the correct names. In this case equipment objects (routers, switches, servers) displayed as names, but interfaces and networks still displayed as IP addresses. Do not try to rename them manually, NV will change it back next morning (I did this twice :))

It is a bit hard to love netview. Anyone knows a good freeware replacement of this product?

L:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tilo.strauch@rzleipzig.de [mailto:tilo.strauch@rzleipzig.de]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:09 AM
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> Subject: [nv-l] selection names
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> Hi list,
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> I've Netview 7.1.3 on AIX. All network-selection-names are IP addresses
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> now I want to change those names into "names".
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> Is there a config file were I can edit selection names?
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> 
> Tilo Strauch
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