Gary,

That's correct. nvsniffer on unix currently supports only a subset of the
functions that the NT version has. For the unix version, there is no
built-in scheduling capability and interface-level symbols representing the
status of the service are not built. I don't have any information on how
much the unix version is likely to become more like the NT version in
future releases.

Scott Donohoo
Tivoli Customer Support Team (NetView for Unix)




"Boyles, Gary P" <gary.p.boyles AT INTEL DOT COM> on 09/29/98 11:15:35 AM

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Scott,
Is the UNIX version of nvsniffer different from the NT one
(i.e. no -r switch that will run an at/cron job)?

Thanks.

Gary Boyles,            gary.p.boyles AT intel DOT com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott_Donohoo AT TIVOLI DOT COM [SMTP:Scott_Donohoo AT TIVOLI DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 5:35 AM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.
>
> Joe,
>
> The NetView for Unix 5.1 version of nvsniffer is not that dynamic. It
> detects TCP services on nodes in your database, creates fields in the
> objects for the nodes that respond (such as isFTP=True), then creates
> collections of nodes based on those fields.
>
> There is no periodic checking of the services or status icons created to
> represent the service. If you discover a new node that you want included
> or
> start a new service you want detected, you will need to run nvsniffer
> again.
>
> Scott Donohoo
> Tivoli Customer Support Team (NetView for Unix)
>
>
>
>
> "Prokott, Joe" <Joe.Prokott AT WESTGROUP DOT COM> on 09/28/98 05:27:00 PM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>       NetView et alia <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
>
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Scott Donohoo/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" config.
>
>
>
>
>
> Does the new NV 5.1 "nvsniffer" functionality periodically status check
> the
> specific TCP ports and display their status via a symbol color change in
> the
> NetView maps and generate the appropriate event(s) when the particular
TCP
> port is unreachable/reachable?  Or does the nvsniffer functionality just
> check for the existence of the TCP port and nothing more (i.e., no
ongoing
> status checking)?  The man page on nvsniffer seems to indicate that it
> just
> discovers the TCP services, but it does not mention anything about
ongoing
> status checking of these services.  Thanks,
>
> Joe Prokott - West Group
> Network Architect
> 610 Opperman Drive
> St. Paul, MN  55123
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> Fax: 651-687-6946
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