Hi, Leslie!
I have created SmartSets and I use them extensively for rulesets and
reports.
One thing that still puzzles me about the Location object is that there
is some kind of status attached to it. If you right click on the icon
and then click on Symbol in the Modify/Describe section of Edit, you
find a status field. This does change when the site is unreachable.
Perhaps, there is a code snippet someone has to extract this status
condition.
Thanks.
Mahesh
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 23:02, Leslie Clark wrote:
> No. The location objects do not have a status field, and there is no
> event when they change color. You can see what properties a Location
> has by selecting one and doing Tools...Display Object Info. I have
> been asked about that capability before. The color is based on the
> propogation of the status of the objects in it. So if you are looking
> for events to trigger automation or notification, it will have to be
> the events about the contents of the location, not the location
> itself.
>
> Your approach to grouping items in Locations is really intended for
> graphical management, and there are limits that you should take care
> to follow. They are detailed in the Admin Guide in the cut-and-paste
> discussions on map segmentation.
>
> Have you tried to do the same thing with the Smartset editor? When
> you need to deal with devices that are not routers, or which only show
> up inside separate networks or segments, Smartsets are the answer.
> There you can make a list of unlike, unrelated objects, and see them
> all together. They are really useful for operators. With Smartsets you
> have a chance of basing notification on membership. A ruleset can
> listen for certain events, then check to see if they are from or about
> a device that is a member of a certain smartset and take the desired
> action. It cannot check for membership in a Location.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
>
>
>
> Mahesh Tailor
> <mahesh.tailor@network.carilion.com>
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> Hello,
>
> Running NetView 7.1.3fp2 on Redhat AS 2.1.
>
> I added a Site symbol and then put into it all the devices and
> networks
> that belong to that site. Now, I was wondering if there is any way to
> get the status of this added symbol instead of the individual
> components
> at the site?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mahesh
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Mahesh Tailor
WAN/TSM/NetView Administrator
Carilion Health System
Information Services
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Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone: 540.224.3929
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