Juan, we have run a script similar to the example in "man snmpColDump"
without stopping any daemons and without any adverse effects. You might be
wise to ovstop snmpCollect, run the script, and then ovstart snmpCollect
just to be on the safe side, however.
 
Blaine Owens
Eastman Chemical Company
Email - bowens AT eastman DOT com
Phone - (423)229-3579
Fax     - (423)229-1188

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Echevarria [SMTP:echevarria AT es.ibm DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 6:28 AM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      Reducing ifInOctets file size
> 
> Dear forumers,
> 
>    I'm new in NetView and I don't know how to reduce the size of the files
> /usr/OV/databases/snmpCollect/ifInOctets1, etc... When I do "man
> snmpColDump" it suggests I can do that using that command and running a
> mini-script but I don't know if I have to do other things (like stopping
> daemons or others).
>    I've thought of another solution: renaming the actual file and leave
> the
> NV create a new one, but I don't know if this would work.
>    Does anybody know how to do this? Or another way to reduce size?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Juan.
> Juan Echevarría López
> echevarria AT es.ibm DOT com