Re: [nv-l] BadOID for new enterprise device

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

1.  When you do an upgrade install,
your old customized files are preserved and should be migrated to the new
level.  That said, the savvy system administrator always, always has
a back-up somewhere else.
2.  Smartset membership is dynamic.
 Once the OID is known, the objects will be moved from the BadOid
smartset, but their individual symbols will not be updated.  Symbols
are chosen once, at discovery time, and you will have to delete and rediscover
these devices to get new symbols for them.
3. Tell you IBM/Tivoli marketing (best
idea) or call Support and tell them you want to be a member of the Tivoli
Partners program.  They should be able to put you in touch with folks
who can get you into the program, and then your contact in the program
can put you in touch with development to see that your OID  is part
of the product for future releases.

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

"Mrs Bigglesteeth" <mrsbigglesteeth@hotmail.com>
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08/03/2004 05:35 PM

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Subject	[nv-l] BadOID for new enterprise device

Hi,

My company has a developed a new SNMP agent that is discovered by NetView
and placed in the expected network maps.  However, the devices are
also 
displayed in the BadOID smartset.

I searched the forum for situations like this and realized that we must
modify some files so that NetView recognizes our sysObjectID.  I've
modified 
the oid_to_sym, oid_to_type, and snmp_fields files to do this.  I
then 
deleted all the associated symbols, cleared the database and then performed
discovery again.  Now our devices are no longer in the BadOID smartset
but 
in the smartset I expect it to belong to.  Everything worked fine.


My questions are as follows:
1.  If one upgrades NetView (say from 7.1.3 to 7.1.4) will the modified
files mentioned above be replaced and therefore, need to be modified again?

2.  Is it necessary to manually remove symbols from the BadOID smartset
and 
perform another discovery, or will the symbol be removed and updated on
the 
next scheduled discovery?

3.  Is there a way to get our Enterprise OID added to NetView's files
so 
that future releases of the product will recognize our devices and assign
the appropriate symbol to it?  I imagine we have to contact Tivoli
for this 
but I don't know what the procedure would be to do this.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Regards,

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