Re: CISCO Y2K Patch on AIX and NETVIEW

Heiko,

I had the same problem, even after installing maintenance release 2
which upgrades RME to  version 2.2 and CWSI to 2.4.   This is a common problem.
Here is a copy of a previous posted answer to this problem from one of my
co-workers.

Hope this helps!

Dave Kretzmer
Ahold Information Services





Dean Grant <dgrant AT AHOLDUSA DOT COM> on 11/23/99 02:07:12 PM

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We had the same problem after installing Cisco Works Resource manager. Here is a
post from Karin Binder from June that helped us out. We also had problems with
the 1600 device files. On the bright side, once we got the bad files out the
maps came back okay.

HTH, let me know if you have any questions.

Dean


> Hernan,
>
> I'm also running AIX 4.3.2, NV5.1.1, CW2000 Essentials and Campus.  I had
> problems  opening NetView after applying the CW2000 maintenance upgrade
> (ver 2.1/2.3).  It seems some of the device packages were incomplete, and
> the missing bitmaps caused problems with the NetView GUI (i.e pop-ups
> galore "error during reading background files" and NO symbols on the map).
> I'm not sure if it impacted the web access as I was preoccupied with
> getting main NetView GUI functioning again.  I'm not sure if you're running
> into a similar scenario.  If it is, the following may help.
>
> Identify the failing packages by running 'ovw -config' and grep the output
> for "Failed".
> You can compare these results to the files in the bitmaps/C directory.  I
> found the base file missing for the 1400 and 8540-csm (zero length files in
> this directory can also cause problems). The uninstallpkg utility failed
> since the major part of the package was missing.  Remove entries for the
> failing packages in  /usr/OV/symbols/C/CVTYPE and
> /usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym.  Rerun ovw -config (and -fields and -verify for
> good measure) - the compilation errors should be resolved.
>
> After doing the above, our map once again opens and with the appropriate
> Cisco symbols.  Likewise with the map from the web browser.
>
> Good Luck!
>




Sean Davidson <sean.davidson AT MAIL.PUBLIX DOT COM> on 11/23/99 11:28:11 AM

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Do you mean:

ovw -config
ovw -fields
ovw -verify

If not, try those. If you still get the same error, look for 0 byte file in
/usr/OV/bitmaps/C. That has always
resolved the problem for me.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Pirollo [mailto:spirollo AT SUNGARD DOT COM]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 11:20 AM
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Subject: Help.


Hello,

     When I arrived at work this morning, my Netview box was frozen (hung,
lock,
crashed.....).  After rebooting and starting Netview back,  I started
receiving
messages, "error during reading background file.  Press OK".    After all
the
windows open, (toolbar, navigation, main window, control panel,),  my map is
blank.     If I open a new map,  it also stays blank.   No Symbols. I have
already run - netview -config, netview -verify, and netview -fields.   No
change.  Any Ideas?

Thanks.

Steve




michael_imhoff AT HP DOT COM on 12/16/99 06:01:53 AM

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     2.1/2.3 are not the latest versions. 2.2/2.4 are and these versions
     are supported by Cisco on NetView 5.1.2. You can download them from
     CCO if you got a login.

     -Michael.


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Subject: CISCO Y2K Patch on AIX and NETVIEW
Author:  Non-HP-Heiko-Baumann (Heiko_Baumann AT IDG DOT DE) at 
HP-Belgium,mimegw3
Date:    16-12-99 11:15


Hello,

we are using netview 5.1.2 on AIX 4.2 and CISCO WORKS 2000 (Resource Manager
Essentials & CWSI Campus). Because of the Y2K Problem we used the latest PatchCD
from CISCO to upgrade to Resource Manager 2.1 and Campus 2.3.

Since then, we get the following error during Netview GUI startup:     Error
during reading background file. Press OK.

All symbolfiles have "read all" permission!

Maybe you have some idea?

Thanks a lot.

Heiko Baumann