[nv-l] Netview ruleset question

["Pritesh Jewan" <Pritesh@aptronics.co.za>]

Hi List,

 

Environment: Netview V7.1.4 on Redhat Advanced Server2.1

 

I am trying to pass trap variables in the action node of my ruleset to an external script(the script is a perl script). I call the script using the action node and <full path>scriptname "$NVE" "$NVA" "$NVT" "$NVATTR_1" "$NVATTR_2" "$NVATTR_3". When I print out the variables passed to the script I noticed that some of the variables have been slightly modified. As an example if I get an event for an ATM interface that has gone down, the event appears correctly in the event desk(Interface ATM2/0.100-aal5 down) but when my script prints this variable out to a file it is as follows:

 

ATM2_0\.100\-aal5 down

 

I was hoping to use the interface information to get certain mib variables before doing a wpostzmsg to tec. But the slight modifications to the variables is causing problems as I can't correlate the modified variable above with data I get back from the devices using snmpget's. I tried echo'ing the variables in a shell script (thinking it might be perl causing the problem) but the same thing happens. If I look at the nvaction.alog they also appear "incorrectly" in this trace file. The following is a few lines of the trace file:

 

2003/01/12 13:38:40 : 44 :perl /usr/OV/custom/scripts/test.pl "$NVE" "$NVA" "$NVATTR_1"~2003/01/12 13:40:45~1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.3.1~6~58916867~346663104~1010692~public~2~regent-iol-elp.impol.local~Interface ATM2/0.100-aal5 down.~172.20.247.17 1070278845 775 1175~openview~regent-iol-elp.impol.local:ATM2/0.100-aal5~172.20.247.17~1175~3~N~3
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[822] : Varbind contained an illegal character.
Issuing sanitized version of the varbind:
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[823] : NVATTR_2="regent\-iol\-elp\.impol\.local"
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[822] : Varbind contained an illegal character.
Issuing sanitized version of the varbind:
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[823] : NVATTR_3="Interface ATM2_0\.100\-aal5 down\."
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[822] : Varbind contained an illegal character.
Issuing sanitized version of the varbind:
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[823] : NVATTR_4="172\.20\.247\.17 1070278845 775 1175"
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[822] : Varbind contained an illegal character.
Issuing sanitized version of the varbind:
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[823] : NVATTR_6="regent\-iol\-elp\.impol\.local_ATM2_0\.100\-aal5"
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[822] : Varbind contained an illegal character.
Issuing sanitized version of the varbind:
2003/01/12 13:40:45   ./nl_Actionsvr.C[823] : NVATTR_7="172\.20\.247\.17"
2003/01/12 13:40:45 : 44 command successful. output data is:
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.3.1tivnetview.impol.local2

 

What do the "Varbind contained an illegal character" messages mean? Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards

Pritesh