Re: [nv-l] trap acknowledge

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

On UNIX, events can be correlated and
resolved -- removed from the event display -- by a ruleset.   There
are samples in /usr/OV/conf/rulesets which do just that.  You run
that ruleset in an event window rather then the base one, forwardall.rs.
 Anyone using the forwardall.rs ruleset will see both events,  
If you want to edit an existing ruleset or create a new one, then you can
use the graphical editor, nvrsEdit.  All this is discussed in great
detail in the NetView for UNIX Admin Guide, Chapter 5.  

On Windows all events are written to
the ODBC database when received and the browser displays them from there.
 Rulesets can be implemented as custom filters on the event browser
display.  There is no graphical editor but there are several samples
in \usr\ov\conf\rulesets and if you have the latest level of maintenance
for 7.1.3 (FixPack FP03) there is a document , Rulesets_on_Windows.readme
in \usr\ov\doc  which explains those samples in detail.  To create
a new ruleset for  Windows your best bet would to create it first
on UNIX, and then port it to Windows, since it is enormously difficult
to make a new ruleset  by edit, though it is relatively easy to edit
one that you already understand how it works.

I'd start your project on UNIX first,
since it is easier to use and understand, and the ruleset implementation
on Windows is derived from UNIX.  
Good luck.

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

Gildas.Plouzennec@alcatel.fr
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11/23/2004 09:43 AM

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Thanks for your reply and your answer.

To complete my question, I am developping a Netview plug-in for Windows
(2K, XP, ...) AND  Unix/Linux, and my base version is R7.1.3 (I have
to 
check the compliance with 7.1.4).

Gildas PLOUZENNEC

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James Shanks wrote:

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> It would really help when you ask a how-to question if you would 
> mention whether you are using NetView for Windows or NetView for UNIX
> and at what level on which operating system.  The answers can
be 
> platform-specific.  In this case I can give you a generic answer
but a 
> specific one would require knowing what platform you are working on
> and at what level of NetView exactly.
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> The short answer to your question is that trap correlation is achieved
> using rulesets.  These are implemented on both UNIX and Windows
but 
> the implementation is rather different.  It is much more complicated
> to do on Windows because there is no native ruleset editor, whereas
on 
> UNIX there is a graphical editor you can use to build the ruleset.
  
> There is extensive documentation on how to do event correlation in
the 
> UNIX Administrator's Guide and it is discussed in the Windows User's
> Guide as well.
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> Hope this helps
>
> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
> Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
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> *Gildas.Plouzennec@alcatel.fr*
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> Hi all,
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> I have a question about trap handling.
> How can i manage the trap "correlation" ?
> Example : I receive a trap "alarm 10 up", and 10 minutes
later, I
> receive a trap "alarm 10 down".
> In the event browser, is it a possibility to aknowledge the "alarm
10
> up", or to remove it ?
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> Thank you all,
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