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[NV-L] NetView 7.1.4 - Nvdbformat Question

2007-10-16 21:58:53
Subject: [NV-L] NetView 7.1.4 - Nvdbformat Question
From: ss cc <steph_cornish AT yahoo DOT com>
To: Tivoli NetView Discussions <nv-l AT lists.ca.ibm DOT com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:12:42 -0700 (PDT)
All,
I'm using nvdbformat to create an inventory all devices being managed by NetView.
 
Our devices are located all over the world and and the first 4 characters of their host name tells you where they're physically located.
 
I'd like to use nvdbformat to count the number of devices per site but I can't figure out how to get it to key off of the first 4 characters of the Selection Name.
 
Example:
 
jfk1-01-rtr-01 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
jfk1-01-rtr-02 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
jfk1-01-rtr-03 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
jfk1-01-rtr-04 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
Total Number at JFK = 4
 
dfw1-10-rtr-01 ---> Syntrax = <Dallas Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
dfw1-10-rtr-02 ---> Syntrax = <Dallas Airport>  <Area Number>  <Function>  <Number>
Total Number at DFW = 2

Is there a way to get nvdbformat to group and count devices based on the first 4 characters of the Selection Name?
Thanks for you help.
Stephanie


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