RE: [nv-l] Netview 7.1 questions

[Leslie Clark <lclark@us.ibm.com>]

The finddialog.conf is for Netview on
Windows. It is used to add additional fields to the list of fields that
the Smartset dialog offers.  Assuming Alejandro is using Netview for
Windows, use the Windows Find function to locate it. I can't remember where
it is. 

Just to pull all of these clues together,
here's what you must do:
1) define the field. Do this by adding
a file of your own (My.fields) in /usr/OV/fields/C. See examples in the
other fields files for more information. After changing fields, run the
command ovw_fields. Hint: string types are easier to deal with than boolean.
2) populate the fields. You can, as
Scott suggests, use nvdbimport. 
3) Define a smartset based on the value
of that field. To do this, the field must be added to the finddialog.conf
file. Add it at the bottom with the 'Other' stuff. What the value is may
surprise you: TRUE vs True, for instance.


Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit

"Barr, Scott" <Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com>
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04/01/2004 12:35 PM

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Yes, I didn't remember the whole process although
I know we did it in the NetView adminstrators class.

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Subject: RE: [nv-l] Netview 7.1 questions


Wouldn't you first have to create a field definition in
/usr/OV/fields/C...then do a ovw -fields ?

Thanks
Frank



> Welcome abord Alejandro :)
>
> /usr/OV/bin contains a program call nvdbimport which can be used to
create
> custom fields in the database. My recommendation would be to avoid
it if
> you can (there may be other ways to get yoru smartset defined using
> existing fields but you didnt' specify what you were trying to do)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On
> Behalf Of alejandro.gabay@reuters.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:54 AM
> To: nv-l@lists.tivoli.com
> Subject: [nv-l] Netview 7.1 questions
>
>
> Hi, Hello to All, my name is Alejandro Gabay from Buenos Aires Argentina.
> Since I am quite new to netview, I am sorry if my questions are too
> simple.
> I am running Netview 7.1.3 on a SUN/Solaris machine and I have two
> questions.
>
> 1) I am trying to create customs "isXX" capabilities (for
smarsets). On
> the user guide a file named "finddialog.conf" is referenced
for that but I
> can not find it anywhere on the disk.
>
> 2) Trying to apply the FixPack2, and after succesfully downloaded
it (I
> did it several times with the same result), i get the message "uncompress:
> corrupt input". Have any of you had problems while applying downloaded
> Fixpacks?.
>
>
> B. Regards & Thanks
> Alejandro Gabay
> Technical Center Supervisor, Argentina
> Reuters Ltd
>
>
>
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Best Regards,

Frank W. Hansen
www.EnterpriseInnovations.com