Thanks for the reply
So this would be the inverse in the seed_file?
Place a range of ip address that I do not want to discover in the seed_file
?!?
I am not sure but it doesn't seem right, as I was able to discover a device
by placing
the devices ip addresses in the seed_file, which the system did discover.

For the sake of argument, does anyone know the proper syntax for the
seed_file?






Philip Guerra <pguerra AT dev.tivoli DOT com> on 04/30/99 10:14:45 AM

To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Roger Campagnoni/IT/CF/CCI)
Subject:  Re: nv-list




If I am not mistaken you can't have ranges of ip addresses, that you want
to
discover, in the seed file.  You can have ranges for address you don't want
to
discover or DHCP ranges but not ranges for machines you want to discover.


Philip Guerra
Senior TME Deployment Engineer
IT-Austin
Tivoli Systems, Inc.

Roger Campagnoni wrote:

> CAUTION: Newbie to the mailing list - question.
>
> I need clarification on the /usr/OV/conf/seed_file.
>
> Currently we have placed all of our Core Routers backbone
> IP Addresses in the seed_file in which NetView's discovery
> process properly detected these routers, and placed the appropriate
> logical links to their corresponding neighbors.
>
> We are attempting to detect devices with specific IP Ranges on
> already discovered networks.  However their are not being discovered
> even after several days.  I placed in the seed_file (10.70.1-254.245-254
),
> hoping to discover the following devices (10.70.11.245, 10.70.12.245,
> 10.70.21.245).
> But alas none has been discovered.
>
> I did read the trick, to place the IP Address of a device you want to
> quickly
> discover at the bottom of the seed_file and then bounce netview through
> smit.  That does seem to work properly.
>
> So for the sake of sanity what am I doing wrong?
> Is the "10.70.1-254.245-254" statement in the seed_file not valid?
> Could I use "10.70.*.*" ?
> Or am I deemed to have to enter devices like "10.70.11.245" ,
> "10.70.12.245" etc, etc.  (Which I doubt).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Roger Campagnoni/IT/CF/CCI on
04/30/99
> 09:10 AM ---------------------------
>
> Gil Irizarry <IRIZARRG AT LABS.WYETH DOT COM> on 04/30/99 05:51:00 AM
>
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Roger Campagnoni/IT/CF/CCI)
> Subject:  nv-list
>
> I had the same problem. I am told that we do not have an authoritative
> server for network 10 with out internal network. My solution was to
include
> all router ip addresses in my /etc/hosts file.
> Gil Irizarry
>
> >>> Massimo Carnevali <Massimo.Carnevali AT COMUNE.BOLOGNA DOT IT> 04/30 8:45 
> >>> AM
> >>>
> I too noticed this problem. It seems that for a small perdiod of days
> trying to resolve
> internal addresses (like 10.*.*.*) on the external world gave that
answer.
> Check your DNS inverse ip resolution, may be it is asking outside what it
> should
> keep inside.
> Hope this helps.
> Massimo Carnevali - IBM Global Services -Italy