Any ideas on this???

Netview 5.1 with good 5.1.1 patch.

Since there is no cammand-line way to remove a host, I thought I would
investigate the SNMP config parameter of "Node Down Delete Interval".

YES it does delete nodes when the time expires and you can set this for
default or host specific values via GUI.

It does however appear that if the host is not DNS resolvable for some
reason (The reverse lookup is not set) and the host is down when it was
created, then it will never get removed when the timer expires.


We do have some host that we ping in other countries that do not have
reverse name resolution set up.
I did a simple test by creating a host via the "LOADHOSTS" command using
a bogus IP with bogus name and it would not get deleted.


Q.  Is this the way it works or is it a bug?


Thanks for any help.


Jeff Fitzwater
Princeton University