Thanks, Leslie. Actually, when I checked the next day Contact and Location
fields were both  populated. Apparently the netmon "poll for configuration
changes" every 24 hours does more than just a demandpoll. My guess is that
stopping and starting netmon would have done the trick.

Blaine Owens
Eastman Chemical Company
Email - bowens AT eastman DOT com
Phone - (423)229-3579
Fax     - (423)229-1188

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leslie Clark [SMTP:lclark AT us.ibm DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 6:04 PM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      sysLocation and sysContact
>
> Try a stop/start of netmon. Kind of a big stick, but lots of things get
> updated with that
> config poll it does at startup. Did they get updated at the server
> console,
> as in
> Tools...Display Object Info?
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>
>
>
> Since the new version 5.1 web diagnostics screen displays Contact and
> Location we decided to SNMP set these fields for major network
> components. I was expecting a demand poll to pick up the new values but
> it does not (??). Are these fields only populated on discovery? Thanks.
>
> Blaine Owens
> Eastman Chemical Company
> Email - bowens AT eastman DOT com
> Phone - (423)229-3579
> Fax     - (423)229-1188