Hi Tom,
Not my script!! A different public-spirited citizen who prefers to
remain anonymous. However, I did test it. You need to redirect the
output of the script to a file, so the method would be:
ovmapdump -v > /tmp/ovmapdump.out (this dumps the default map)
build_location.pl /tmp/ovmapdump.out > /tmp/location.conf
Check /tmp/location.conf
cd /usr/OV/conf
cp location.conf location.bak (for safety)
cp /tmp/location.conf location.conf
Cheers,
Jane
Tom.Gebhart@conagrafoods.com wrote:
Jane,
Thanks for the info (and the fine public-spirit). And thanks to the
others here who have responded so quickly already as well. I will collect
everyone's suggestions and probably use them all as I move forward.
I downloaded the perl script but am having trouble getting the output.
I ran the ovmapdump -v and directed the output to a cleverly named file
in /tmp. Then I ran the build_location_conf_pl /tmp/dump.tom and got the
screen messages that indicate successful completion. But I can't find the new
location.conf. I thought it might overwrite my old one, but no.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks again to all, Tom G.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On
Behalf Of Jane Curry
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:41 PM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] I want an easy move of NetView from AIX to Solaris
Hi Tom,
Please see inserts - and good luck!
Cheers,
Jane
Tom.Gebhart@conagrafoods.com wrote:
Greetings all,
We are planning to move our NetView (currently v7.1.2 on AIX 4.3.3,
ml10) to a new server. The current server can't support AIX 5.x.
The new server will be Solaris 2.8. I would like to upgrade NetView
to v7.1.4 at the same time. I have a case open with support for
help/advice but would like to get this group's help/advice as well.
Q1 - Has anyone ever (successfully) migrated their databases
from AIX to Solaris? We have a lot of ipmap customizing that I would
like to keep in tact if possible.
I believe you have at least half a chance with moving your NetView
database from AIX to Solaris - that's the only good possibility between
different architectures - never actually tried it though...
Q2 - Would location.conf be any help if new discovery is
required? I can't find any doc on how to create a location.conf of my
current ipmap short of the tool some people call "vi" (I call it lots
of other things whenever I have to use it).
If you can't get your databases over, I'd make sure I took netmon.seed,
location.conf and lots of the other files in /usr/OV/conf. Your loaded
up MIBs are in snmpmib / snmpmib.bin / snmpmib2 / snmpmib2.bin. Your
SNMP data collection info is in snmpCol.conf and make sure you take
mibExpr.conf if you use MIB expressions. If you use rulesets take the
conf/rulesets directory and ESE.automation. Take communityNames.conf
and ovsnmp.conf. Also take your oid_to_type and oid_to_sym (from
conf/C) if you have done customisation of them. Take your TEC adapter
file, tecint.conf if you use that and take your trap customisation file
from C/trapd.conf.
If you don't have a location.conf there is a sample script on the
NetView Tivoli User Group website (donated by a public-spirited
citizen!) which creates a location.conf from your current
configuration. You will need to register on this website to download
but you should be able to inspect it easily at
http://www.nv-l.org/twiki/bin/view/Netview/LocationConf
Q3 - I could upgrade to v7.1.3 plus fixpack vice v7.1.4 plus
fixpack. Any reason to NOT go with v7.1.4 on Solaris?
Don't know of any reasons not to go to 7.1.4. I've also had the 7.1.4
Fixpack 1 on my Solaris box for a week now and not found any new
glitches - some of the new servmon / itmquery stuff has been fixed in
the Fixpack.
Thanks in advance for any and all comments, Tom G.
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