Is this something really off-beat like you have run out of space in a
filesystem??
What are the permissions on files like oid_to_type and oid_to_sym - mine
are 444 owned by root. Also check permissions on your bitmaps and
bitmap directory - 555 on directory and 444 on bitmap files.
What user are running the NetView GUI as?? I would normally shudder
from doing this as root but if you can, try it - that might point-out
whether it is file protection bits somewhere that have gone haywire.
Another thing you might try is start the GUI just using the ovw command
- if there are error messages being thrown out, they get hidden these
days - someone probably remembers where?? - if you just use ovw you
will get any error messages to the window you ran ovw from.
The other trivial possibility is case sensitivity - your entries in
oid_to_sym are EXACTLY the same as standard entries, eg.
1.3.6.1...whatever....:Connector:Gateway
With a capital C for Connector and a capital G on Gateway.
You have to report back to us all when we finally solve this one!!
Cheers,
Jane
Cheers,
Jane
Mario Behring wrote:
William,
The oid_to_sym file is there and all definitions are there also. I even
checked the OID number of some of the devices just in case ... they all
match, so they should have the proper symbol assigned.
Thanks anyway.
Mario
--- "Stringfellow, William" <William.Stringfellow@bankofamerica.com>
wrote:
Hate to ask a dumb question, but do all of the definitions and the
actual symbol bitmaps exist?
To find out, follow the sequence here. I am using a Cisco C1900 as an
example, just plug in the name of the device you are looking for.
/usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.28:Cisco Switch:cisco-C1900Family
the last 2 parts, Cisco Switch and cisco-C1900Family are the Generic and
Specific device names. You should find them defined in a file in the
/usr/OV/symbols/C directory
In our systems, it is a file called CVTYPE that was created by NetView.
You can find what you are looking for by doing a grep for the device
name in all files, "grep C1900Family *" should give you the file name
containing your definition. If you don't find it, you need to create
the definition.
My cisco-C1900Family has the following definition/pointers:
SymbolType "Cisco Switch" : "cisco-C1900Family"
{
Filebase "cat-1900";
CursorSize 38;
Capabilities {
ciscoType = "cisco-C1900Family";
isCisco = 1;
}
}
The name next to Filebase, "cat-1900" is the base name of the symbol
files you want to see in
/usr/OV/bitmaps/C
<userid@servername:/usr/OV/bitmaps/C> ls cat-1900*
cat-1900 cat-1900.26.m cat-1900.32.p cat-1900.44.m
cat-1900.50.p
cat-1900.20.m cat-1900.26.p cat-1900.38.m cat-1900.44.p
cat-1900.20.p cat-1900.32.m cat-1900.38.p cat-1900.50.m
If any of these pointers, or the bitmaps themselves, don't exist, you
get the default symbol at the lowest level Netview is able to identify
the device. A square box most often means NetView doesn't know what
else to do with it.
Hope you find one of the definitions or bitmaps missing or incorrect,
that will be easy to fix. If all of these are correct on your system,
I'm stumped also!
Best of luck,
Bill
Bill Stringfellow
EDS - Bank of America Account Team
Network Management Support
CA4-704-02-03
2000 Clayton Road, Building D
Concord, CA 94520
Office: 925.692.7283
Fax: 925.675.1763
Email: william.stringfellow@eds.com
Cell: 925.765.2648
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On
Behalf Of Jane Curry
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:47 AM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Icons not showing SNMP device type
You are correct - this is weird. Is it by any chance that the icons are
too small to show the sub-device icon? If you use Shift with left mouse
button to zoom in on an area of the map, do you get the correct icons?
Cheers,
Jane
Mario Behring wrote:
Jane,
The oid_to_sym file is there and all objects, like AIX boxes, Cisco
devices , APC devices, etc, are defined there as they are supposed to
be.
But no device is showing up with the proper symbol at the maps (they
all
show up as Computers). There are some routers that are Ok, with the
diamond symbol I mean, but the great majority of them are not.
When using the MIB browser to see the OID, I found out that they are
all
correct, so they should be assigned with the correct symbol.
Also, the if_to_sym file is there and all interfaces are displayed with
the proper icon.
This is a very unusual behaviour I think.
Any ideas ?
Thanks.
Mario
--- Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk> wrote:
The file /usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym is the one that tells NetView what
icon to use for any given SNMP agent. You can either modify it with
serversetup or you can simply hack it with an editor (much easier if
you
have several entries IMHO). You provide the OID for the SNMP agent
type, the basic shape (Computer for square box, Connector for
diamond
shape, etc) and the sub-symbol (which can be anything you can see from
the Help -> Legend display of devices. You obviously have SNMP access
to your devices from what you say so get the system variables from
your
devices to get the OID.
Cheers,
Jane
Mario Behring wrote:
Hi list,
I have a TNV 7.1.4 for AIX. I have many routers, switches and AIX
boxes
with SNMP running and the proper CommunityName configured at NetView.
The
problem is that even having the SNMP running and the MIB Browser can
retrieve all SNMP values, the icon displayed is the old flat square
with
no icon inside.
Shouldn´t NV display the proper icon type for each SNMP device ?
One more detail: this happened after a complete clear database
command
and
a full rediscovery process.
Any help is appreciated.
Mario
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