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Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview

1999-08-27 17:11:37
Subject: Re: CiscoWorks2000 Intergartion with Netview
From: Karin Binder <karin.binder AT NWA DOT COM>
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:11:37 -0500
I'm using Netview / CW2000 on AIX (4.3.2).
The crmimport.pl man page (on AIX) does reference options available in the
Windows NT version, so I presume it is there as well.  Perhaps you can find
reference to it in your online NT CW2K documentation.

Karin

-----Original Message-----
From: Gord Michaels <gord_michaels AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:21 PM
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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