I have the same ping issue... Since i have installed 5.1.1 on my AIX
machine, when I do a ping of a node from the NetView gui, I only get one
packet that is transmitted. Before I went to 5.1.1, this was not an issue...

Cheers

Matt
mda AT unb DOT ca

-----Original Message-----
From: James Shanks <James_Shanks AT TIVOLI DOT COM>
To: NV-L AT ucsbvm.ucsb DOT edu <NV-L AT ucsbvm.ucsb DOT edu>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Netview 5.1.1. for AIX performance problem


>You need to open a call to Support immediately.
>
>I have worked on this product since 1996 and I have never seen nvcorrd take
>100% of the CPU under any circumstances.
>
>I don't know what to make of your ping issue.  On all versions of AIX I
>have ever worked on ping goes continuously unless you issues it with
>options to stop it after a certain number of times.  See the man page on
>ping.  Ping by itself is a TCP/IP command not a NetView one, or are you
>talking about the GUI interface?.
>
>James Shanks
>Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
>domenico_conia AT IT.IBM DOT COM on 04/23/99 12:25:08 PM
>
>Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>      NetView <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
>
>To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>cc:    (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
>Subject:  Netview 5.1.1. for AIX performance problem
>
>
>
>
>
>Can someone help us with this performances problem and "ping" problem?
>
>Problem is :
>NVCORRD uses 100% CPU;  I can't  obtain any error msg (or arrive very
>later.) so
>in this situation (CPU stress) i haven't useful information fron Netview
>
>The problem was initially on NetView 5.1.
>
>I've installed PTF 5.1.1 revision B but the problem seems to be like
>before.
>With new version installed now there is a "strange situation" :
>when I ping an object the pring perform the operation only 1 time.
>With version 5.1 the ping goes continuesly  (we stop the operation with
>"stop" button).
>Now  the situation is :
>.
>1- nvcorrd uses a lot of cpu and message don't arrive or arrive later
>
>2- If you ping a 2210 router as discovered it will be pinged 1 time.
>If you ping its interfaces it happens continuously until you stop
>the ping itself.
>.
>We have NWays 1.2.3 installed on his system, the system is
>IBM RISC F50, 1GB Ram, paging 1,5 GB and OS is AIX 4.3.1.
>
>
>
>The machine on which NV is installed soon after the complete loading
>of the NV processes shows idle at 0. We have no ruleset loaded
>on this machine.
>
>We have a lot of trap traffic (nodes discovered and managed are 1300 !)
>I try to use workspace without rulesets but the problem continue.
>Now the Netview users usually are 2 or 3 (root + 2 user)
>With only 1 user (eg. root) the problem seems to be less frequently
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>______________________________________________________________
>Domenico Conia     I/T Specialist Networking
>tel. 02-59628002       0336-714439
>email: domenico_conia AT it.ibm DOT com
>