Oswin,
Are you trying to get graphs of historical snmpcollect performance data
with instances labelled by text string labels rather than the instance numbers?
Our product Kardinia Performance Reporter for NetView does this. And it 's
certified by IBM as "Ready for IBM Tivoli software".
You can email me for more information or download it from our web site
www.kardinia.com for a free 30 day trial.
Joe Fernandez
At 09:11 AM 11-01-06 +0700, you wrote:
Then I guess I'm pretty much stuck with the number... It's quite
troublesome if you have the data but you have to translate it first to
be able to understand it. Anyway, thanks a lot for the answer James, I
really appreciate it.
About the IBM Support for Netview, do you know how can I get contact
with them so I could give the enhancement request? Thanks again.
Regards,
Oswin Budiman
On 1/10/06, James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Well, I understand what you want, but I am sorry to say that I think you
> are out of luck.
>
> The real-time graphing is done by tcl scripts, I believe, while the
> long-term collected data is collected by snmpcollect. Those are two
> different mechanisms, one very specific --it only collects interface
> traffic in real time -- while the other is perfectly general -- snmpcollect
> can collect any instance of any MIB variable. The script writers knew in
> advance what they would be collecting and graphing so they built in the
> mechanism to label the graph with the ifDescr value. But the snmpcollect
> designers had to be more general. Since snmpcollect stores the data by
> instance number, and that's how it appears in the data base, that's how
> they labeled the graph.
>
> To put it another way, you happen to know that the instance numbers in
> this case represent interfaces and that interfaces have names, but
> snmpcollect doesn't know that. And the grapher is only graphing what
> snmpcollect has collected for him.
>
> So far as I know, there is no way to alter the MIB label on the graphs you
> see. You cannot get snmpcollect to use the ifDescr instead of an
> instance number nor can you get the real-time traffic monitor to use the
> instance number rather than the name.
>
> Sounds like it might be a nice enhancement. Contact IBM Support for
> NetView and ask them to take an enhancement request for you , if you like,
> but it may be quite awhile before it is implemented. Management has to
> grant resource approval for every one. And the contents of the next
> release are already decided.
>
> HTH,
>
> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
> Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
>
>
>
> Oswin Budiman
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> nv-l
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> Hi list,
>
> I'm using Netview 7.1.4 FP03 on Windows 2003 SE. I wanted to know if
> it's possible to change the MIB Label on the data collection to
> reflect other data rather than the OID label. For example I got this
> output if I collect the ifInOctets data for a node using Collect Data:
>
> Name MIB Label Value
> ---------------------------
> node1 ifInOctets.1 blabla
> node1 ifInOctets.16777220 blabla
> node1 ifInOctets.2 blabla
>
> now instead of the numbers, can I change it to the ifDescr for example
> to provide easier way to read and understand the data? I don't see
> anyway to change it, but if I use the Graph Interface Traffic function
> it could give the interface description, so I thought it's still
> possible. Any clue on how to do this?
>
> Btw, I'm looking for general solution, I mean I can use it not only
> for the interface-related OID but also for another MIB attribute
> label, so please don't tell me to just use the Graph Interface Traffic
> to get the MIB Label written the way I want...
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Regards,
> Oswin
>
>
>
>
Joe Fernandez
Kardinia Software
jfernand@kardinia.com
www.kardinia.com
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