William,
I think NetView NT uses exclude-rules instead of include-rules for
defining seed-file rules (which isn't as nice).

But in this case, it should work as long as you specify > 50 instead
of less-than 50 (since you're trying to exclude the nodes > 50).

Regards,

Gary Boyles


-----Original Message-----
From: Owens, Blaine C [mailto:bowens AT EASTMAN DOT COM]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 11:10 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Filtering TEC events on NetView NT


William, your best bet is either not manage or not discover these PC's - not
only will it eliminate the node/interface down/up traps but it would also
save a lot of overhead on your NetView server. If you want the PC's to be
discovered (show up on your maps) but not be managed edit the
/usr/OV/conf/oid_to_type. If you prefer that they not be discovered at all
(not even show up on the maps) then use a seedfile. Since you have
consistency in the last octet this would be a breeze - just specify
"*.*.*.1-49" in your seedfile and only nodes with the last octet greater
than 50 would be discovered. Let us know if you need details on how to do
either of these. Sorry, neither option is retrtoactive so you will have to
either manually unmanage/delete already discovered nodes or rediscover you
network.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William_W_List AT bcbsmn DOT com [SMTP:William_W_List AT bcbsmn DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 11:11 AM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      Re: Filtering TEC events on NetView NT
>
> I'm sorry I didn't detail all of my problem.  I would like to eliminate
> PC's and
> their interfaces from sending events.  In other words if a PC goes down, I
> don't
> want it to show up at the TEC console, but if a router does it should
> show.  The
> hardest thing to remove is "interface down" on the PC's, all I have to
> work with
> is the last octet.  I would like to write a rule that states if the last
> octet
> of the interface is > 50 then discard.  I realize I could hardcode all the
> server routers ect.  but that would be a maintenance nightmare.  Any ideas
> how I
> could accomplish this?