Keep cool.
Bring up Event Configuration and look at this trap. What does the event
log message say?
I'll bet it is NOT something simple like $3 or $4. What exactly is it?
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Matt Ashfield <mda AT UNB DOT CA> on 05/25/99 01:29:26 PM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
NetView <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject: Re: $NVATTR attribute
I have used the $NVATTR_ variable in other scripts, but this one is giving
me problems.
I just did what you said, with the nvcorrd and you were right, it doesn't
contain the info I want. The UPS is sending the trap, and it's getting
processed, but $NVATTR_ variables do not contain the same type of info as
traps received from other enterprises.
The question I have then is how come in my control desk I have a
description
of the trap. If it's there, shouldn't I be able to pass it in a script
somewhere? Or is Netview just looking at the trap number, and doing a
lookup
of the description for trap and displaying it? I figure if the info is in
the control desk, I should be able to get at it...
Thanks
Matt
mda AT unb DOT ca
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Green <greenjan AT yahoo DOT com>
To: NV-L AT ucsbvm.ucsb DOT edu <NV-L AT ucsbvm.ucsb DOT edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: $NVATTR attribute
>Matt -
>
>You shouldn't have any problems, I use NVATTR_3 when
>passing Netfinity traps to Netview, I use rulesets,
>pass the variable to a pager node and it pages me with
>the text of the trap.
>
>Perhaps $NVATTR_3 does not contain the info you
>expect?
>
>Run nvcdebug -d all then look at the format of the
>trap in the nvcorrd.alog or nvcorrd.blog to be sure
>that is the variable you want.
>
>Other than that, AIX may have a problem passing a
>string of characters as a variable to a script.
>
>Jan
>
>
>
>--- Matt Ashfield <mda AT UNB DOT CA> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm running some UPS monitoring software which
>> integrates with NetView. I am receiving traps from
>> it and am now trying to write a script which
>> processses the trap. I am trying to send an email
>> containing the description of the trap. I invoke the
>> script when I receive a trap from the UPS, with the
>> following action:
>>
>> /scripts/ups $NVATTR_3
>>
>> I have tried $NVATTR_3 but I just get an output of
>> 3 instead of the description of the trap.
>>
>> /scripts/ups $NVC which should give the community
>> name and $NVT which gives me the timestamp, and
>> these works, so the functionality of the script
>> works fine.
>>
>> Since it's a private enterprise mib, would that
>> affect the functionality of $NVATTR_ or am I simply
>> querying the incorrect value...
>>
>> I'm running NV 5.1.1, on aix 4.3.2...
>>
>> THanks
>>
>> Matt
>> mda AT unb DOT ca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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