Folks,
A thousand apologies for the garbage that got posted in my previous attempt
(I wont be a bad tradesman and try and blame for at I also use the
nvdbformat utility and a custom format file to pull all my Cisco devices
out of NetView (on Solaris) into a csv file which can then be very easily
used to import the devices into RME. Passwords and community strings can
be a pain as mentioned, but if most of your devices have the same
configuration then using a csv file is probably quicker than adding them
via the GUI.
Here's a sample format file:
###########################################################
#
# NVDBFormat Sample Input File
# Advantra Pty. Ltd., 2001
#
# Usage: nvdbformat -f <filename>
#
# This specific file would be processed by:
#
# nvdbformat -f ciscoworks.format
#
###########################################################
# Select rule(s):
#
# Format:
# -------
# SELECTRULE:<OVW Field Name><RELATION><VALUE>
#
# *or*
#
# SELECTRULE:Collection=<VALUE>
#
# *or*
#
# SELECTRULE:SmartSet=<VALUE>
#
# Relations: = EQUALS
# ! DOES NOT EQUAL
# ~ CONTAINS
# ^ DOES NOT CONTAIN
#
# Multiple SELECTRULES are combined with AND logic.
#
###########################################################
SELECTRULE:isNode=TRUE
SELECTRULE:vendor~cisco
SELECTFIELD:1:Object ID
SELECTFIELD:2:Selection Name
HEADER:;
HEADER:; This file is generated by the export utility
HEADER:; If you edit this file, be sure you know what you are doing
HEADER:;
HEADER:Cisco Systems NM data import, source = import utility; Version =
2.0; Type = Csv
HEADER:;
HEADER:; Here are the columns of the table.
HEADER:; Columns 1 and 2 are required.
HEADER:; Columns 3 through 19 are optional.
HEADER:; Col# = 1: Name (including domain or simply an IP)
HEADER:; Col# = 2: RO community string
HEADER:; Col# = 3: RW community string
HEADER:; Col# = 4: Serial Number
HEADER:; Col# = 5: User Field 1
HEADER:; Col# = 6: User Field 2
HEADER:; Col# = 7: User Field 3
HEADER:; Col# = 8: User Field 4
HEADER:; Col# = 9; Name = Telnet password
HEADER:; Col# = 10; Name = Enable password
HEADER:; Col# = 11; Name = Enable secret
HEADER:; Col# = 12; Name = Tacacs user
HEADER:; Col# = 13; Name = Tacacs password
HEADER:; Col# = 14; Name = Tacacs enable user
HEADER:; Col# = 15; Name = Tacacs enable password
HEADER:; Col# = 16; Name = Local user
HEADER:; Col# = 17; Name = Local password
HEADER:; Col# = 18; Name = Rcp user
HEADER:; Col# = 19; Name = Rcp password
HEADER:;
HEADER:; Here are the rows of data.
HEADER:;
OUTPUT:${2},public,private,,,,,,cisco,cisco,cisco,!{[NOVALUE]}!,!
{[NOVALUE]}!,!{[NOVALUE]}!,!{[NOVALUE]}!,password,password,!{[NOVALUE]}!,!
{[NOVALUE]}!
Note the fifth header line - it IS required. The others can be got rid of.
Regards,
Kent
Network Management Specialist
Phone: +61 2 988 25822 Fax: +61 2 988 25999
Mobile: +408 406 663
Notes:Kent Allison/AdvInt/Advantra@Advantra
Mailto:Kent_Allison AT advantra.com DOT au
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