Your suggest I have done already. I have double-checked my mib files.
by using mib2trap <...mib_files > , a shell script have been generated.
Therefore all of my traps have been ready.
incoming events ---> trapd ------>nvcorrd ( rulesets ) ------>actionsvr (
action box ) --------> our mail box ( Output 1)
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trapd.log ( Output 2)
Here is the Output get from my mail box ( output 1)
09:29:49 AM 09 Aug Device1 3 3 2 7 A
at least Module Down should be displayed
Here is the Output get from trapd.log ( output 2)
09:32:36 AM 09 Aug Device1 IBM 8250 - Module 4 Down
Why I always talk about the ovAPI ? I think it may have some trick
between the path of trapd and trapd.log. It may call some Netview SNMP API
within the procedure. Therefore, I want to have more information on Netview
SNMP API to evaulate whether it can solve my problem or not.
Thanks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks AT TIVOLI DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 9:16 PM
> To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject: Re: Problem for represent meaningful information in action
> box of ruleset
>
> Perhaps I do not understand, but no programming is needed here. And you
> are
> asking about APIs which do not exist.
>
> The MIB is your key to understanding what the trap values mean if you have
> no
> other doc. Most MIBs contain comments when they describe objects. I
> would read
> the MIB and look for the TRAP-TYPE clause which defines each trap.
> If you cannot figure out what the MIB says, then try running mib2trap on
> the MIB
> to see whether it will generate addtrap commands to add these traps to
> NetView
> with the information that is given. Then they will be added and
> formatted. You
> can then change the formatting if you wish with xnmtrap.
>
> You should also load the MIB with xnmloadmib. If you load the MIB, then
> trapd
> will display the MIB object name and the value if you make the log message
> say
> simply "$*" , which means to display all the variables.
>
> But that is why there is no programming here. You simply use xnmtrap to
> add or
> modify this trap in trapd.conf and make it say what you think it should
> say. If
> the third variable, for example, contains some meaningful value, like the
> number
> of a "down" interface, then you could customize the event log message to
> read
> "Interface $3 is down". It's that easy.
>
> There is plenty of information on Configuring Events in this manner in the
> NetView Administrator's Guide.I
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> "Sin Wai Yee, Maggie" <mwysin AT KCRC DOT COM> on 08/09/99 11:37:23 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: Problem for represent meaningful information in action box
> of
> ruleset
>
>
>
>
> The relative MIB I have been loaded otherwise the number can't be
> recognized.
> The number is exactly the mib value, but this mib value is meaningless for
> me.
>
> Check the view of point,
> I have the Generic and the Specific Number, instead of displaying a
> sequence
> of number for Generic or Specific.
> Is there have other method or ovAPI to display the relative EVENT Name for
> the specific event ?
>
> Thanks for your previous comment.
>
> With the limited budget, what I can do is try my best. Therefore I really
> want to have more information about ovAPI.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks AT TIVOLI DOT COM]
> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:49 PM
> > To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: Problem for represent meaningful information in action
> > box of ruleset
> >
> > I don't know what the variables in this particular trap from an 8260
> mean
> > but
> > you should have received documentation with the 8260 that will tell you.
> > An
> > alternative is to go out to the http://www.networking.ibm.com web site,
> > find the
> > section on the 8260 and see if there is a MIB you can download or more
> > documentation there.
> >
> > It is up to each agent what to put in a trap. There is no universal
> > standard.
> > So each vendor must define, either in a MIB or elsewhere, what his traps
> > mean.
> >
> > You must also understand at least this much, that it is unlikely that
> you
> > will
> > be able to write one simple ruleset to cover all cases of what you want
> to
> > do.
> > It is far more likely that you will have to write several different
> > rulesets
> > (one for certain NetView traps, one for IBM 8260s, one for Cisco
> routers,
> > and so
> > on ) or else one more complicated ruleset, using multiple Trap Settings,
> > and
> > possibly multiple actions, to handle all conditions.
> >
> > James Shanks
> > Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sin Wai Yee, Maggie" <mwysin AT KCRC DOT COM> on 08/08/99 10:10:58 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: Problem for represent meaningful information in action box
> > of
> > rul eset
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > My action has defined like that
> >
> > echo `date +"%r %d %h" ` $NVA $NV_ATTR1 $NV_ATTR2 $NV_ATTR3 $NV_ATTR4
> > $NV_ATTR4 | mail abc AT xyz DOT com
> >
> > And here is some of the result :
> >
> > 09:32:36 AM 09 Aug Device1 IBM 8250 - Module 4 Down ( This trap
> generated
> > by
> > NETMON) - meaingful OK
> >
> > 09:29:49 AM 09 Aug Device1 3 3 2 7 A ( This trap generated by IBM
> 8260
> > )
> > -meaningless
> >
> > For the second examples, all the attribute provided can not give me
> > meaningful information. I really can't specify each action for each type
> > of
> > this specific events. But , the event browser of control desk can
> > recongize
> > this type of event - because it allow me to define each event in the
> event
> > configuration. ( i have tried to define the action within event
> > configuation
> > for each event - but in here no any ruleset can be implied - it will
> take
> > the action immediately after receiving the trap ).
> >
> > Is there any solution for the case like second examples ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks AT TIVOLI DOT COM]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 8:25 PM
> > > To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> > > Subject: Re: Problem for represent meaningful information in
> action
> > > box of rul eset
> > >
> > > Maggie -
> > >
> > > Show us your action command so we can examine it.
> > >
> > > $NVG is the generic trap type, probably a number "6'. $NVS is the
> the
> > > specific
> > > trap number. So you would expect these to be numeric. As for the MIB
> > > number,
> > > you'll have to explain what you are doing and why you expected
> anything
> > > else.
> > >
> > > Did you want to send in the mail what you see in the event display?
> > Then
> > > you
> > > must use xnmtrap to see how the event log message is formatted and
> send
> > > something similar to that. For example, if the event log message says
> > > "$3" then
> > > you must send "$NVATTR_3" in your mail. If it says "$4 interface is
> > $5"
> > > then
> > > you must send " $NVATTR_4 interface is $NVATTR_5".
> > >
> > > Do you understand?
> > >
> > > James Shanks
> > > Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sin Wai Yee, Maggie" <mwysin AT KCRC DOT COM> on 08/06/99 12:27:20 AM
> > >
> > > Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
> > > NetView
> > > <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
> > >
> > > To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> > > cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> > > Subject: Problem for represent meaningful information in action box
> of
> > > rul
> > > eset
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have configured ruleset in order to forward some events to mail.
> > >
> > > What I have received - is a sequence no - meaningless for me. ($NVG,
> > $NVS
> > > -
> > > all are in number format ).
> > > Furthermore, our network device 's mib parameter are also in number
> > > format.
> > >
> > > -> Very meaningless message.
> > >
> > > Do all of you have any idea for that ?
> > >
> > > 1) is there any variable that I can used.
> > > or
> > > 2) is there any ovAPI can help me in this case ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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