Just on the subject of changing the IP Address of the Solaris box running
Netview,
take these things into consideration:
See the Netview 6.0 release notes appendix B. The instructions there for
changing
the address are pretty complete but it has since been determined that
changing the
hostname of the box is a very bad idea so don't do that. Also, the command
documented there to change the address in the framework has an error in it.
It should be
odadmin odlist change_ip <od> <newaddr> FALSE
where <od> is the object dispatcher number of the Managed Node. Use
'odadmin odlist'
to see what your od is. If it is a TMR Server, the od is 1.
Any network devices that have trap destinations set to your old address
will need to
be changed to point to your new address.
Any network devices that have access lists which restrict snmp access, or
block pinging
will need to be changed as well.
Changing the address of the box usually ends up being a bigger job than you
thought,
so plan accordingly.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit
Chuyen Huynh/France/IBM@IBMFR AT tkg DOT com on 05/22/2001 04:25:49 PM
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There are some guide lines:
- Change the IP address of you NetView referenced in every managed node
(trap)
- Ask your firewall administrator to allow ping and snmp from your NetView
server (any, NetView host).
The firewall administrator will mention the ping of death as a deny attack
and that snmp communities run on clear text on the network.
There is always a price to pay. We dedicated a administrative network for
SNMP, Tivoli, etc. and isolate it from normal flows that do not accept SNMP
nor ping.
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Let me restate my question.
We are looking to change the IP address on the server that hosts Netview.
If you could guide me to a URL or send me some documentation relating to
this, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Menghis
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Yes. We have a NV 6.2 on AIX server that manages CheckPoint Firewall-1,
Cisco PIX, Cisco Catalyst and Alteon AD4.
It works fine.
As it is a touchy topic, may you be more precise on your request ?
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Hello,
Has anyone gone through the exercise of moving Netview behind a firewall. I
am currently running Netview V5 on a Solaris 2.6 machine.
If you could guide me to a URL or send me some documentation relating to
this, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Menghis
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