90 nodes?
It sounds way too big to me.  Just what are you trying to do with it?
How on earth do you intend to test something that complicated?

You may need a ruleset if you want to do event matching or keep some events
off the display while letting others of the same type through.  Merely
running a shell script as an automatic action in trapd.conf won't give you
that.

BTW, it is possible to combine shell scripts with your rulesets if you have
a script that is useful and does more than you can easily do using the
provided functions.  That's what actions and in-line actions are for.

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



Larry H <remlali AT HAREM.ERICSSON DOT SE> on 03/03/99 08:04:59 AM

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To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
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Subject:  rulesets





Hi,
I wonder how many of you are using rulesets,
when it seems most task could be performed
with shell-scripts. Indeed when using netview
commands.

Is a ruleset a resource-pig compared to a shellscript?
Our ruleset would contain 90 templates when its
finished and I wonder if it maybe too big.
Thanks..
/larry