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Re: Ruleset Automatic action ??

2001-08-13 12:15:05
Subject: Re: Ruleset Automatic action ??
From: Jeff Fitzwater <jfitz AT Princeton DOT EDU>
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:15:05 -0400
James Shanks wrote:

> I don't know who told you to re-cycle nvcorrd, but that is not really
> necessary, provided all you are trying to do is change a ruleset in
> ESE.automation, and you have no other rulesets running which have action
> nodes in them, which might fail as a result.
> actionsvr loads the rulesets in ESE.automation and when he goes away,
> nvcorrd stops running them and unloads them automatically.   So you can do
> the less-disruptive change of just ovstop / ovstart actionsvr.   That way
> your user event windows can stay open.  Of course, if those are running
> other rulesets which have actions in them, you may lose those actions while
> the actionsvr re-cycle takes place.  Some folks do have actions running out
> of event windows or even in their TEC rulesets being run by nvserverd.
>
> I suspect that what you were told was with the best of intentions how not
> to have any unexpected side-effects (such as rulesets in user windows or
> for TEC forwarding with actions in them that might fail) by restarting the
> whole mechanism.   But that is not always necessary if you are careful
> about what you are doing.
>
> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support
> Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
> "Scott Barr" <scott_barr AT csgsystems DOT com>@tkg.com on 08/13/2001 
> 10:17:18 AM
>
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>
> Sent by:  owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com
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> To:   "IBM NetView Discussion" <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> cc:
> Subject:  RE: [NV-L] Ruleset Automatic action ??
>
> After recent conversations with support, I was told cycle NVCORRD not just
> actionsvr.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com [mailto:owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com]On Behalf 
> Of BAUDOUX
> BERNARD
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:47 AM
> To: 'IBM NetView Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [NV-L] Ruleset Automatic action ??
>
> Jeff,
>
> restart daemon 'actionsvr', and you can see if your new ruleset has been
> successfully registered in /usr/OV/log/nvaction.alog
>
> Regards,
> Bernard Baudoux
> Phone: +32 (0)2/565.24.68
> e-mail : bernard.baudoux AT fortisbank DOT com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Jeff Fitzwater [SMTP:jfitz AT Princeton DOT EDU]
> > Sent:   Monday, 13 August, 2001 15:42
> > To:     netview users
> > Subject:     [NV-L] Ruleset Automatic action ??
> >
> > Solaris 7
> > Netview 6.02
> >
> >
> > If I have a Ruleset defined in the  "ESE.automation" file, and I make a
> > change to that ruleset, what process
> > should I restart to have the changes take effect?
> >
> >
> > Thank you;
> >
> > Jeff Fitzwater
> > CIT Systems & networking
> > Princeton University
> >
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Thanks all for their help and James for the detailed info.


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