Re: [nv-l] The use of HTTP for node up/down instead of ping or snmp?

[Paul <pstroud@bellsouth.net>]

I dont see the problem. I think you could script something up in about
2 seconds to monitor this using wget or perl. Then simply generate a
trap if no repsonse.

One of the true strengths of NetView is its extensibility.

Paul



larry.pytlik@clorox.com wrote:

> That is unfortunate, we are trying to replace "What's UP Gold" network 
> monitor which does this type of monitoring and fold this function it 
> into Netview, (UNIX). I would like to hear  from anyone who has 
> implemented HTTP node up/down using Netview in a UNIX environment.
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> Clorox
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> NetView is an SNMP manager first and foremost.
> The short answer is that there is no such option, so you would have to 
> build something of your own to monitor these boxes, as netmon will not 
> discover them.
> How you might do that will depend greatly on whether you are on 
> Windows or UNIX, and on the capabilities of the boxes themselves.
> On UNIX, NetView offers a complete programming toolkit for non-ip 
> topology and manuals on how to utilize it.  That would give you a 
> full-blown solution.  But it requires C/C++ programming on your part. 
>   Otherwise you might be able to rig something with servmon and 
> scripts.  
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> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
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> How do I configure Netview to use HTTP for node up/down for a few 
> "special" network nodes? The particular nodes do not have SNMP and 
> Ping is blocked but http is allowed.
> Our Netview version is 7.1.3FP02.
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