crmimport.pl is only for essentials, the web-base component of CiscoWorks2000.
It is for importing devices into essentials SQL Anywhere database. NOT for
NetView, be it NT or Unix.







Gord Michaels <gord_michaels AT HOTMAIL DOT COM> on 08/27/99 12:19:31 PM

Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
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Subject:  Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview



Hello.

I have been following this thread, and all this importing stuff and
crmimport.pl file, etc. is for Netview for NT, correct?? Not Netview for
AIX. correct??

Gord.



>From: Edvyn.Lek AT BANKOFAMERICA DOT COM
>Reply-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
>Subject: Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:37:34 -0700
>
>crmimport.pl is used for importing Cisco devices into CiscoWorks database,
>using
>a csv file in a format as in the sample file.. With this version of
>CiscoWorks2000, it was not designed to integrate with NetView, like version
>4.x.
>The only thing that can be integrated into NetView is CiscoView.
>CiscoWorks2000
>is a resourse hog, beware of enabling the availability feature. Another
>problem
>with cw2k is that it is not a scalable product. It is sluggish and
>performance
>when accessing it from a browser is terrible, if you have over 2000 Cisco
>devices!
>
>Another thing you can integrate with NetView is the ability to forward
>syslog
>messages to the NetView event console (of course you have to do some perl
>scripting yourself!).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Karin Binder <karin.binder AT NWA DOT COM> on 08/27/99 08:24:27 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: Edvyn Lek)
>Subject:  Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview
>
>
>
>Eric,
>
>The manual doesn't mention it, but there is a command crmimport.pl in
>cisco's bin directory and a man page for it.
>It seems straightforward.  I have not tried it yet...hope to get to it in
>the next few weeks.
>
>Karin
>
>---Original Message-----
>From: Eric Miner <Eric.Miner AT TRAVELERS DOT COM>
>To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
>Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:12 AM
>Subject: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview
>
>
> >Karin,
> >
> >Having created the CSV file, how do you automate the import into RME?  I
>am
>only
> >aware of the GUI method of initiating the import.  Is there a cmd line
>method
> >for doing the import?
> >
> >Eric Miner
> >Travelers
> >
> >
> >Date:    Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:08:58 -0500
> >From:    Karin Binder <karin.binder AT NWA DOT COM>
> >Subject: Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview...
> >
> >Jean-Noel,
> >
> >According to the documentation, CW2K does not support a direct import
>fro=
> >m
> >NetView.
> >It does support an import from a text file.  I wrote a script that
>querie=
> >s
> >our NetView database for
> >the pertinents about Cisco devices, and outputs the data to CSV file the
>=
> >way
> >CW2K wants to see it.
> >Password information can also be added for import.
> >
> >Not as out-of-the-box as the pull-down menu for OpenView import, but it
> >gives you the flexibility to set up
> >a cron job to keep them in sync.
> >
> >Kari
> >
>


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