It's not a flat file, it's a database.  You must use the GUI to modify it.
Everything Randy has been telling you is in the Admin  Guide in UNIX or the
User's Guide for NT

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



"Todd E. Lewis" <telewis AT PROVIDENTBANKMD DOT COM> on 05/11/99 08:11:48 AM

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To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject:  Re: Polling Status





Do you know what file is created for this specific node polling? I would
like to have a program general the ip numbers and dump them to this file,
instead of entering them all by hand.

>>> Randy Johnson <Randy_Johnson AT TIVOLI DOT COM> 05/10 5:38 PM >>>
Hi Todd,

I do not know how to completely disable the default polling options, but
you could adjust them so "Poll Node for Status Every" field is something
like 2 weeks (or longer) and then enter in all devices to be status
monitored under "Specific Nodes" with your desired polling interval for
each.

Regards,

Randy Johnson
Tivoli Training




"Todd E. Lewis" <telewis AT PROVIDENTBANKMD DOT COM> on 05/10/99 12:15:28 PM

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To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Randy Johnson/Tivoli Systems)
Subject:  Re: Polling Status




Yes, is this sort of setup like a list of ip devices one would like to
monitor for availability? In other words enter in all devices I'd like to
monitor for status and disable the automatic polling done in polling
options.

>>> Randy Johnson <Randy_Johnson AT TIVOLI DOT COM> 05/10 12:02 PM >>>
Hi,

I believe you are referring to the default SNMP options (accessible under
Options