Leslie,
Thanks for the info I will give it a shot...May take me awhile to figure
it out, but....
Thx again-
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Mike Noonkesser
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I could not come up with the right search words to find the description of
this in the archives. So here it is again. This is a pretty good training
exercise. You have to learn about each of these capabilities to implement
it. The 'how to' for each of this is in the manuals as well as the
archives of this list.
1) Define one or more new fields in your own file in /usr/OV/fields/C.
Include one called something like New_node. (Run ovw -fields after adding
them.)
2) Create a script (like newnode_update.sh) that can set that field to
True, or as I prefer, a timestamp. It can use 'nvdbimport' to set the
value.
3) Create a ruleset that listens for the Node Added event, and calls that
newnode_update.sh script as an Action.
4) Define a Smartset based on the value of that field. If it is not OK (or
False), then it is a new node.
5) Create a second script (like newnode_ok.sh) that can set the field to
OK (or False).
6) Create a little script in /usr/OV/reports/C to call the clearing
script. That will be on the menu Monitor...Reports..Site-Provided. Now you
can select nodes in the smartset and OK them, and they will leave that
smartset.
You will end up with a smartset that shows things that were recently
discovered. When you are satisfied with the node, you can use your menu
function (Monitor...Reports..Site Provided) function to call the script
that clears the field, and it will leave the smartset.
Once you have this working, you can extend the newnode_update.sh script to
populate more custom fields on nodes as they are discovered. It becomes
analogous to a custom demandpoll. You can add fields for anything that you
can look up at discovery time, based on what is already known when the
node is discovered. It can use
nvUtil n <nodename> '%field%,%field,%field%'
to retrieve the existing fields. I like to pick up the sysname for all
snmp-capable devices, since Netview only stores it for routers. I like to
pick up the serial number, model, and code version of certain equipment.
If you do that, you should make sure the script can tell whether it was
called from the ruleset or operator-initiated, so it can skip setting the
newnode field when it is operator initiated. To make it capable of being
operator-initiated rather then just event-initiated, add it to the Reports
menu.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IT Services Specialist, Network Mgmt
Information Technology Services Americas
IBM Global Services
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I do this with some custom work that leverages several of the integration
points of Netview. Jane, is that described somewhere on the group website?
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
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IBM Global Services
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Hi List-
Solaris 8 Netview 7.1.3
Is there a means to have interfaces/nodes that are discovered by Netview
on the network go into a smartset by default as say a new node.
What I am after is if a new device is connected to the network I want to
see it and move it into a smartset that is separated from the rest. Even
if it is say a Cisco device that I have a smartset for, I would still like
to see it in the "New Nodes" smartset?
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Mike Noonkesser
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