William,
The oid_to_sym file is there and all definitions are there also. I even
checked the OID number of some of the devices just in case ... they all
match, so they should have the proper symbol assigned.
Thanks anyway.
Mario
--- "Stringfellow, William" <William.Stringfellow AT bankofamerica DOT com>
wrote:
> Hate to ask a dumb question, but do all of the definitions and the
> actual symbol bitmaps exist?
>
> To find out, follow the sequence here. I am using a Cisco C1900 as an
> example, just plug in the name of the device you are looking for.
>
> /usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.28:Cisco Switch:cisco-C1900Family
>
> the last 2 parts, Cisco Switch and cisco-C1900Family are the Generic and
> Specific device names. You should find them defined in a file in the
> /usr/OV/symbols/C directory
>
> In our systems, it is a file called CVTYPE that was created by NetView.
> You can find what you are looking for by doing a grep for the device
> name in all files, "grep C1900Family *" should give you the file name
> containing your definition. If you don't find it, you need to create
> the definition.
>
>
> My cisco-C1900Family has the following definition/pointers:
>
> SymbolType "Cisco Switch" : "cisco-C1900Family"
> {
> Filebase "cat-1900";
> CursorSize 38;
>
> Capabilities {
> ciscoType = "cisco-C1900Family";
> isCisco = 1;
> }
> }
>
> The name next to Filebase, "cat-1900" is the base name of the symbol
> files you want to see in
> /usr/OV/bitmaps/C
>
> <userid@servername:/usr/OV/bitmaps/C> ls cat-1900*
> cat-1900 cat-1900.26.m cat-1900.32.p cat-1900.44.m
> cat-1900.50.p
> cat-1900.20.m cat-1900.26.p cat-1900.38.m cat-1900.44.p
> cat-1900.20.p cat-1900.32.m cat-1900.38.p cat-1900.50.m
>
> If any of these pointers, or the bitmaps themselves, don't exist, you
> get the default symbol at the lowest level Netview is able to identify
> the device. A square box most often means NetView doesn't know what
> else to do with it.
>
> Hope you find one of the definitions or bitmaps missing or incorrect,
> that will be easy to fix. If all of these are correct on your system,
> I'm stumped also!
>
> Best of luck,
> Bill
>
>
> Bill Stringfellow
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com [mailto:owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm
> DOT com]On
> Behalf Of Jane Curry
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:47 AM
> To: nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] Icons not showing SNMP device type
>
>
> You are correct - this is weird. Is it by any chance that the icons are
>
> too small to show the sub-device icon? If you use Shift with left mouse
>
> button to zoom in on an area of the map, do you get the correct icons?
>
> Cheers,
> Jane
>
> Mario Behring wrote:
>
> >Jane,
> >
> >The oid_to_sym file is there and all objects, like AIX boxes, Cisco
> >devices , APC devices, etc, are defined there as they are supposed to
> be.
> >But no device is showing up with the proper symbol at the maps (they
> all
> >show up as Computers). There are some routers that are Ok, with the
> >diamond symbol I mean, but the great majority of them are not.
> >
> >When using the MIB browser to see the OID, I found out that they are
> all
> >correct, so they should be assigned with the correct symbol.
> >
> >Also, the if_to_sym file is there and all interfaces are displayed with
> >the proper icon.
> >
> >This is a very unusual behaviour I think.
> >
> >Any ideas ?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Mario
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Jane Curry <jane.curry AT skills-1st.co DOT uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The file /usr/OV/conf/C/oid_to_sym is the one that tells NetView what
>
> >>icon to use for any given SNMP agent. You can either modify it with
> >>serversetup or you can simply hack it with an editor (much easier if
> you
> >>
> >>have several entries IMHO). You provide the OID for the SNMP agent
> >>type, the basic shape (Computer for square box, Connector for
> diamond
> >>shape, etc) and the sub-symbol (which can be anything you can see from
>
> >>the Help -> Legend display of devices. You obviously have SNMP access
>
> >>to your devices from what you say so get the system variables from
> your
> >>devices to get the OID.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Jane
> >>
> >>Mario Behring wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi list,
> >>>
> >>>I have a TNV 7.1.4 for AIX. I have many routers, switches and AIX
> boxes
> >>>with SNMP running and the proper CommunityName configured at NetView.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>The
> >>
> >>
> >>>problem is that even having the SNMP running and the MIB Browser can
> >>>retrieve all SNMP values, the icon displayed is the old flat square
> >>>
> >>>
> >>with
> >>
> >>
> >>>no icon inside.
> >>>
> >>>Shouldn´t NV display the proper icon type for each SNMP device ?
> >>>
> >>>One more detail: this happened after a complete clear database
> command
> >>>
> >>>
> >>and
> >>
> >>
> >>>a full rediscovery process.
> >>>
> >>>Any help is appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Mario
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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