I don't believe the format used for the HOSTS file (as you stated you used) will work for the SEED file. I may be restating the obvious but the syntax is different.
Quoting from the Netmon.seed prolog:
# Seed Entries to Initiate Discovery
#
# Enter a single node per line as either an IP address or a hostname.
#
# For example,
#
# 16.21.144.20
# router1.eng.com
#
# Seed entries are single entries (no wildcards or ranges).
This is NOT the format of a HOSTS file which has TWO values on each line.
The fact it works is probably accidental. To expect the Seed File Editor to handle the lines is probably too much. I don't use the seed file editor since it hides my comments although it accepts them. (At least the current level accepts them and that wasn't always true.) I would expect the IP address and name on the same line as a comment would be a syntax error and as James said "if any of them have an invalid syntax, those will be excluded without explanation."
Bill Evans
-----Original Message-----
From: Georg Gangl [mailto:Georg.Gangl AT brz.gv DOT at]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:29 AM
To: nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com
Subject: [nv-l] Seed file entries can't be seen via Network Monitor Seed File Editor
Hi Group members,
We are running the UNIX version of NetView 7.1.3 with FixLevels
NVS(C)7130 and use a seed file called "host.seed" in "/etc" for network
discovery. The file was/is always edited according to the rules
described in /etc/hosts using the vi editor.
If I now try to open the file using the Network Monitor Seed File
Editor out of Server Setup I cannot see any of the thousands of entries
in the file. As a test I added some devices via the Editor which are
displayed afterwards.
Does that mean that I cannot use the Network Monitor Seed File Editor
for editing an existing seedfile or is there a chance to use it for
future changes ?
Thank you very much for any help.
Cordially,
Georg Gangl
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