RE: [nv-l] netmon.seed file

[Michael Webb <mlwebb@us.ibm.com>]

Anything is possible, including the fact that some traffic may be blocked at certain routers in your network. However, have you ever been able to use NetView to discover your network? I think you did say that if you put individuals entries in the seed file that you can discover your network. So that may put to rest any idea of the router causing the problem.

However, what about using ranges? For example, did you have a previous release of NetView at one time that did discover the network with the seed file that you have (using ranges)? Or, using your current version of NetView, have you used a "different" seed file with ranges that did discover the network?

Here is something else to consider. How are you creating and updating your seed file? Are you using an ASCII editor or are you using the NetView GUI seed file editor? I have seen unexplained behavior when I do not use the NetView GUI editor to actually "create" the seed file. It could be because I go back and forth between seed files in my test environment.

Nevertheless, if you are not using the NetView GUI editor to update your seed file, then use the editor to open the seed file, make one update, and then save it. Clear databases and rediscover. This has helped me a couple of times here in the lab.

Michael Webb, IBM Tivoli
Q1CA Distributed NetView / ITSA SVT
Email: mlwebb@us.ibm.com
Ext: (919) 224-1410, T/L: 687-1410
"Kevin Campbell" <kcampbell@tgen.org>

"Kevin Campbell" <kcampbell@tgen.org> Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com 01/28/2004 06:03 PM Please respond to nv-l

To: <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com> cc: Subject: RE: [nv-l] netmon.seed file

I have tried this and numerous other wildcard entries. Nothing seems to work. Could the network group be blocking any of this traffic at the routers?

What is the difference in the traffic from discovery to specific IPs?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Webb [mailto:mlwebb@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:33 PM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] netmon.seed file


Try adding one specific IP address per subnet as an initial seed entry such as:

10.60.180.x

where x is a valid IP address (like a router)

If that does not help to get that subnet discovered, then try a different syntax for your range, like

10.60.180.1-255

instead of 10.60.180.*.

Regards,

Michael Webb, IBM Tivoli
Q1CA Distributed NetView / ITSA SVT
Email: mlwebb@us.ibm.com
Ext: (919) 224-1410, T/L: 687-1410
"Kevin Campbell" <kcampbell@tgen.org>

"Kevin Campbell" <kcampbell@tgen.org> Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com 01/28/2004 05:24 PM Please respond to nv-l

To: <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com> cc: Subject: RE: [nv-l] netmon.seed file

Yes. I have also added one and more of the routers into the seed file as well. Still no luck
AIX 5.1
Netview 7.1.3 (fixpack 1 and 2)

-----Original Message-----
From: Barr, Scott [mailto:Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:48 PM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] netmon.seed file

Have you tried pinging a router within one of those subnets while discovery is running?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:31 PM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: [nv-l] netmon.seed file
I have tried a number of configurations but can not get it to discover devices the way I want them to. I have a number of subnets that I manage, lets say (10.60.180.*-10.60.190.* and 10.60.120.*-10.60.132.*). I would lick to have netmon auto discover anything on these subnets. The only way I can get the devices to show up is to add each device into the seed file. How can I get the devices to be auto discovered. I have tried what the config docs say making my netmon.seed file look this:

10.60.180-190.*
10.60.120-132.*

But the only thing that gets discovered is the Netview server and the default route. I have tried a number of others for example:

10.60.180.*
10.60.181.*
10.60.182.*

…and so on

But nothing other than specific IPs seem to be working

Any advice would be great
Thanks
KevinC