Re: [nv-l] ODM

[George deSocio <desocio@us.ibm.com>]

The error is likely because there is
no file named:

/usr/OV/install/tools/nv6000.features.obj.odmadd

and/or

/usr/OV/install/tools/nv6000.database.obj.odmadd

and/or

/usr/OV/install/tools/nv6000.client.obj.odmadd
 (client only)

nvsetup (serversetup is a script that
runs nvsetup which issued your error message) needs to be able to read
these files.  These files are the files that installation uses to
initialize the ODM (for smit(ty) on AIX.  They are also read by nvsetup
on all UNIX platforms to build the menu structure it displays.

If those files are missing,  you
likely had a failure during installation, or perhaps you felt they were
not needed after installation?
 
The files come from an archive file
and and could be missing if the un-archive process ran into an out of space
condition.  Out of space conditions during NetView installation are
fatal whether or not the installation process recognizes it and reports
it to you.  In AIX, the error report (errpt command) should have recorded
running out of space).



Regards,
Geo.

George deSocio
IBM Americas Support - Distributed Network Management
Dept 46-E1ZA
IBM B660  CC109
HWY 54 & 600 Park Offices
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709

James Shanks/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
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12/02/2004 03:03 PM

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I don't think anyone can tell you what the source
of this error is without 
more investigation.
I can tell you that I have installed on AIX 5.2 and haven't seen it.

ODM is "Object Data Manager" , the AIX object registration facility,
which 
gets updated by the commands, ovaddobj and ovdelobj,  when you use
serversetup invokes ovdelobj to delete the old registration, and ovaddobj
to add the new one you just created in the panel.  These NetView commands
in turn call odmdelete to remove the old registration from the AIX object
database and odmadd to add the new one.   Offhand, the message would
mean 
that the odmdelete and odmadd parts of this process are failing, but it
is 
difficult to understand how you could get "Can't Open ODM"  as
long as you were root.


What should you do?  My advice would be to run /usr/OV/service/reset_ci,
which will stop most of the daemons  except those it needs to run,
and 
then update the NetView database with the information about the box that
NetView is on.  Then try serversetup again and bring up the remaining
daemons with ovstart.  If that doesn't help, however, I'd call Support.

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



"Delaire, Patrick" <delairep@aetna.com> 
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I recently upgraded from AIX.5.1 with Netview 7.1.3   to    AIX
5.2 with 
Netview 7.1.4 
While attempting to use  'SERVERSETUP'  command, receive msg
 "Can't Open 
ODM" 
Is this condition an AIX 5.2  issue or Netview 7.1.4 ? 
I don't receive any other indication of where the error is being generated
from or what component is failing. 
Any hints would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks Patrick. 
  

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