Hi Dimitris,
Thanks for your append to the NetView Tivoli User Group website re your
enhancement request for the NetView object Selection Name to be
populatetd by the snmpSysName from a device.
As I said previously, I do not believe there is any committment from IBM
to action anything on the TUG site (though if anyone knows different,
we would love to hear that......). I did receive a verbal assurance
when we set up the site that NetView development would at least look at
what is posted.
Re your request, I think you will probably find a similar discussion in
the 1 - 2 years ago timeframe. My feeling is that it is a bit dangerous
for NetView to set his Selection Name field based on what an agent tells
him as you (as the NetView administrator) probably have no control over
how your networking kit is setup, whereas you, hopefully, have some
control over the DNS that NetView uses. I worked with a client who
rolled out standard configs to all their boxes and just "changed the
necessary bits" - they ended up with lots of boxes all with the same
snmpSysName, which would obviously have caused havoc for NetView.
I am copying this debate to the nv-l mail list for further
input........... anyone else??
Cheers,
Jane
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