Usually, automatic actions are passed to ovactiond to run, though you can
configure nvevents to run them.
If you are using ovactiond, then try ending your action command with "&" so
that it runs in the background.
That may give you a more parallel execution.

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



"Boyles, Gary P" <gary.p.boyles AT INTEL DOT COM> on 03/15/99 07:44:36 PM

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Subject:  Automatic Action on AIX.





I have an AIX system, with NetView V4.1 running.  I've run across a problem
with
the "automatic action" for interface up/down, and I'd like to know whether
this is
normal or not.

My problem is this... I have setup automatic actions for interface-up and
interface-down
(I fire off a perl-program).  This seems to work fine for one interface,
but
if I try to run
more than one at a time... they get processed one-at-a-time -- in sequence.

NetView on NT V5.1 doesn't do this... if there are 15 interfaces coming
up... it fires
off 15 perl-scripts.

My question is... is this normal, or not.

Thanks.

Gary Boyles