This
was an interesting subject because I've just been troubleshooting a problem with
the NetView symbol icons.
I have
written a Java application that searches the NetView maps for a particular
vendor's printers. Once it finds a match (by comparing the preferred IP
addresses of the symbol against a database of device IPs), it makes the
symbol executable so that one can launch a browser to manage the device.
It also changes the symbol to a vendor-specific printer
icon.
I
leave NetView running over night and the next morning, the symbols that I've
managed have reverted back to the standard NetView icon. I don't
know why this is happening. The symbol is still executable, indicating
that my application still controls it.
I've
noticed that the printer has gone into sleep mode. Is it possible that the
NetView application recognized that the printer went into sleep mode and isn't
available and changed the icon?
The
only way I am able to display the vendor-specific icon again is to take the
printer out of sleep mode and empty NetView's database. When items are
rediscovered, everything seems to be operating as expected
again.
Is
there anything that I can check inside the NetView application to see why
the symbol reverts back to its original icon? I'm not an administrator and
I don't know a whole lot about the application specifics.
I can
fix this through my Java application by periodically checking the icon.
Right now, I only check it initially and then never check it again as long as
the application is running. However, I think there might be something in
NetView that I am overlooking.
Many
thanks.
Ken
Unix version of
NetView, Menu "Options->SNMP Configuration" or use the command
"xnmsnmpconf". Look for "Node Down Delete Interval".
Windows version ?? Probably part of the SNMP settings
but I don't have a GUI in front of me to check.
Gareth Holl Staff
Software Engineer gholl AT us.ibm DOT com
IBM Software Group - Tivoli
Brand Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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04/28/2003 03:28 PM
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This may have been discussed before, but how do you change the time
an object is removed from the Netview Database because it has been down for
(10 days) an extended period of time.
Thanks,
Jason
Allison Principal Engineer ARINC Incorporated Office: (410)
266-2006 FAX: (410)
573-3026
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