Doing the
netmon –y worked well in my case, because I was only having problems with
selected interfaces on the device. I did not want to delete the whole device. I
have only implemented this on one device so far, to see if it will truly work,
but so far it looks good.
Here is
what I did. I put the interfaces in the netmon.seed with the $ in front as
suggested. The interfaces in question however do not have snmp open to them
either, so in the snmp configuration I set the main interface up as a proxy for
the troublesome interfaces, then executed the netmon –y command. The interfaces
are now showing as up. Thanks for your help. This has been a problem area for
me for a long time.
Debra L. Klingensmith
Network Specialist
Allegheny Energy
phone: (724) 830-5881
email:
dkling2@alleghenyenergy.com
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From: Barr, Scott
[mailto:Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com]
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:52
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To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Unmanaged
interfaces
I have yet to see an
ovtopodump -rl <resourcename> indicate it switched from ICMP polling to
SNMP polling. If it works, you can't prove it by me. I trust your judgement
however, so if you say it should work I believe it should work without
deleting. I just can't claim to have seen it work. Probably a timing thing, if
I was patient it probably would work. But on a device that isn't being managed
properly, so who cares if it's discovered, I just delete and rediscover it.
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From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
[mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On Behalf
Of James Shanks
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:55
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To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Unmanaged
interfaces
Why would you delete and rediscover
them? Just change the seed file and reload it (netmon -y) or restart
netmon and that should have the same effect.
James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
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If you use SNMP
polling NetView will not need to ping them - delete from topology and put them
in the seed file with a "$" sign:
mypix.mydomain.com
$mypix.mydomain.com
They will be managed and not pinged.
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From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On
Behalf Of Klingensmith, Debra L.
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:16 AM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: [nv-l] Unmanaged interfaces
I have interfaces on Sidewinder devices and PIX firewalls that are not able
to be pinged. The interfaces are found on the device when the device is polled.
If I delete the interfaces they reappear the next time the device is polled. I
have tried adding them as negative entries in netmon.seed but that has no
affect. If I set them as unmanaged or acknowledged they are fine for a while
but will eventually become managed and show as down. I am running Netview 7.1.3
on AIX 5.1. Any suggestions?
Debra L. Klingensmith
Network Specialist
Allegheny Energy
phone: (724) 830-5881
email: dkling2@alleghenyenergy.com