Re: [nv-l] MLM Questions

[Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk>]

I think I tested this one in the past (though it may have changed...).  
From memory, MLM doesn't discover or poll interfaces that are not in 
the same subnet as his "primary" interface.  Can't remember how he 
decided which interface to use if he had several, but my memory is that 
it really only worked on one interface.
If you do further testing, please report the outcome back here!!

Cheers,
Jane

James Shanks wrote:

> I don't mean to be rude, Scott, but if you are testing, then whom 
> would be better able to answer those questions than you?  Nothing like 
> testing the code yourself to become the expert.    Both those 
> scenarios are a bit off the norm for me and for anyone else I know. 
>  Even the MLM code jockey here said he wasn't sure about either one, 
> and the second is really about netmon.   But our best guess on both is 
> negative.  We could be wrong, however, so go ahead, test!
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> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
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> I have several MLM's that I am testing with. One is AIX and the others are
> NT. I have a couple of questions about MLM functionality that I didn't see
> covered in the manual although I may have overlooked it.
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> 1.  If the MLM has multiple interfaces how will the MLM manage its 
> networks?
> Will it discover only one subnet and if so how do you determine which
> interface the MLM will bind to? Or will it discover all subnets it has
> interfaces for?
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> 2.  If an MLM is polling a subnet and a node in that subnet has 2
> interfaces, one on the network with the MLM and another that isn't managed
> by the MLM but NetView manages it, will NetView correlate the mlm detected
> down event and a NetView Interface Down event into a Node Down event?
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> Thank You,
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> Scott Bursik
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