RE: [nv-l] hostname changed

[James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

You can do it as an operator, but NetView,
that is, netmon does not do it by itself.  Let's get clear about that.

And as I indicated, there are several
ways that a smart Cisco administrator can disable this function altogether,
and should.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

"Federico Vidal" <fvidal@tecsystem.com.ar>
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04/13/2004 02:55 PM

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Subject	RE: [nv-l] hostname changed

Jean-Michel,

Yes, you can do it by SNMP.
Just verify that the SNMP agent on the device you want to change the hostname
is configured correctly to allow Netview to change the Hostname (sysName).

The SNMP variable that holds the hostname is mib-2.system.sysName.0 .
The SNMP Agent must have configured a RW community (and allow the Netview
IP to access the agent).
Netview must use this community name to issue a set request on the MIB
variable of the device.

Regards,

Federico Vidal
IBM Certified Deployment Professional
Tecsystem S.R.L.
e-mail: fvidal@tecsystem.com.ar
Tel: (5411)-4704-6667 ext. 109




-----Mensaje original-----
De: TURATI, JEAN-MICHEL [mailto:JEAN-MICHEL.TURATI@disney.com]
Enviado el: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:04 PM
Para: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Asunto: [nv-l] hostname changed



Can Netview change a device's hostname on its own ? I don't mean in the
Netview database or on the map but on the device itself.
Network administrators believe Netview changes hostname in running config
of
some Cisco devices. I am rather doubtful.

Jean-Michel TURATI
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