I meant to answer this question yesterday when Vynita Pretorius asked it.

This mechanism does not update topology.   You cannot force that,  unless you
write a program to do it.

The status trap will change the status of the object on the map but not in the
topology database.  We do not allow you to fool netmon in this manner.    He
will continue to poll your device and send traps and change the map as per
usual.  This mechanism was not provided as a way for you to override what the
netmon daemon does but to allow an easy way to add your own objects to the map
and update them.  But they are not part of topology.

Perhaps if you explained what you are trying to do, others  may be able to offer
suggestions to help.

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



Theo Odendaal <theoo AT IFUSION.CO DOT ZA> on 07/08/99 01:44:47 AM

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Hi All

Please could you assist me with the following issue:

I send through application status i.e. down  via snmptrap, on the map it
changes to red  (status events), however when I do an ovtopodump  it states
that the device is up.

How do I upon receiving a trap update the map colours and the ip Topology
database with the correct status.

We are running Netview /AIX 5.1 , AIX 4.2.1

Many Thanks


Theo