RE: [nv-l] origin=212.252.18.0
2003-09-03 09:26:20
James,
I
wanted to take a minute to thank you for the info....that is the first solid
explanation that I've heard. And the first time that it's been stated that
it was at least a known issue. The reason that I pushed the issue as far
as I did was that I had a very necessary reason to use the value of the origin
slot to filter Event Consoles in TEC. With what you've suggested....using
the $AGENT_ADDR in it's place....what will that populate the origin slot with
then....meaning that if I have a device (Contivity Extranet Switch) with
multiple interfaces...basically a router....that produces a trap to
NetView...that then produces an Event in TEC....what would expect the value of
$AGENT_ADDR to be ? Maybe we could still benefit from using the origin
slot.
Thanks
!!!
Brian
The
origin field from the NetView for Windows TEC adapter, when mapped to
the default value of $SOURCE_ADDR in the tecad_nv6k.cds, is
broken. It has been for some time.
There is an APAR for this,
PJ29055, and it will be fixed in 7.1.4. I don't know to whom in Level 3
you consulted, Brian, but it was not me, and such issues are usually mine.
I am sorry that your call was not properly routed nor resolved.
As a workaround, I would
alter your default mapping to $AGENT_ADDR, which is a better match in
most cases, until a fix is available. In those cases where $AGENT_ADDR
does not work, you will have to live without an origin value. It may
that in the future the 7.1.4 fix will be ported retroactively to the next
FixPack for 7.1.3, but that remains to be seen. For now you will just
have to accept the fact that it is broken and work around it.
Hope this helps
James
Shanks Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and
Windows Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
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09/03/2003 08:15 AM
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Lucian,
I have had the exact same issue since
our installation of Netview by IBM Global Services, and it has yet been
resolved. We have a different IP address show up than yours, but
still it has nothing to do with our network, nor any configured device on
our network. I have actually taken this all the way to Level 3 with
Tech Support, but still no solution. We were able to determine that
it does come directly from NetView....when we check the TEC reception
log...the IP address is already there, so we know that TEC isn't generating
it. Something within TEC is....but as I said, we still don't have any
solution whatsoever....please let me know if you find anything
out.
Brian
-----Original Message----- From: tivoli
[mailto:tivoli AT bu.brauunion DOT ro] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:01
AM Cc: Netview List Subject: [nv-l] origin=212.252.18.0
hi
there list!
I have some events from NetView that appear in TEC with
origin 212.252.18.0 what this could be? (I have a second NIC on
netview server without an address...
)
thanks Lucian
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