RE: [nv-l] Query regarding MIB Data Collector of NetView 7.1.3
2003-02-10 11:56:17
I
agree here,
I
think IBM should really concentrate in adding THE REAL and
FULL support for SNMP V2 and SNMP V3, rather than adding so much Java stuff
and not reviewing the foundation code for NetView. This is what the
customer wants. First question they ask is "Does it support V2 and V3?". It
looks like all IBM C programmers, working on NetView source code
have quit :-). Building that Java interface is nice and adding some
scripts are fine too, but I think, by far the most important thing would be to
add the FULL and COMPLETE support for SNMP v2 and v3. This is what sells the
product.
Anyone
agree with me?
Dejan
Mijailovic
Inquent Technologies Inc.
I
will open a support request on this
issue, and ask for an enhancement
request to be created to extend
snmpv2 mib support in snmpcollect
as
suggested by Todd. Then this will be a very useful application for
us.
Thanks a
lot to Todd and Gareth for their useful
suggestions!!!
Best
regards,
Manish
Purwar
snmpCollect would still need code added to handle all
the new SNMP V2 data types, like Counter32, Gauge32, and so on. So as long
as the data type is of the sort that snmpcollect can currently support, you
should be ok on using a V2 MIB in a data collection. But this is NOT the
case for all SNMP V2 MIBs, otherwise the GUI probably would have been
updated by now. Support for v2 is not as simple as modifying the GUI from
what I understand.
Gareth Holl Staff Software
Engineer gholl AT us.ibm DOT com
IBM Software Group - Tivoli
Brand Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
| netview AT toddh DOT net (Todd
H.)
02/06/2003 12:38 PM Please respond to nv-l
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To: "Manish Purwar"
<manishp AT in.niksun DOT com> cc:
"NetView Forum" <nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com> Subject:
Re: [nv-l] Query regarding MIB Data Collector of
NetView 7.1.3
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"Manish Purwar" <manishp AT in.niksun DOT com>
writes:
> Hello Everybody, > > We are presently
working on Tivoli NetView 7.1.3. > > We are not able to use MIB
Tool Builder and MIB Data Collector > applications of Tivoli NetView
for SNMPv2 MIB objects.
That's because they use the xnmbrowser--the
snmp mib browser for the snmpv1 mib hierarchy.
> Can we
load SNMPv2 MIBs by selecting Tools?MIB?Loader SNMPv1 > so that MIB
Tool Builder and MIB Data Collector applications can > access SNMPv2
MIBs?
No.
> Or what else can we do to build new
applications of MIB Tool Builder and > MIB Data Collector for SNMPv2
MIB objects?
The data collector can be used if you hand code the OID
into /usr/OV/conf/snmpcol.conf The syntax is documented in the file
itself in comments. Once you edit that file by hand,
ovstop/ovstart snmpcollect
While the mib collector uses snmpv1
PDU's to send its GET requests, it all works fine because snmpv2 agents
are required to respond to v1 requests.
It's unfortunate that
NetView's GUI imposes this artificial limitation. If you feel as I
do about it, open a support request on tihs issue, and ask for an
enhancement request to be created to extend snmpv2 mib support in
snmpcollect. I see no reason why they couldn't easily change the
GUI to use the snmpv1/v2 mib database and the xnmbrowser2 to do that
selection instead.
Best Regards, -- Todd
H. http://www.toddh.net/
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