RE: [NV-L] NetView 7.1.4 - Nvdbformat Question

Bill,

I reviewed and ran interfaces.format yesterday and still can't figure out how GROUPNAME is associated with vendor names. Does it get it form GROUPBY?

SELECTRULE:isInterface=TRUE
SELECTRULE:TopM Node ID:vendor^Unset
SELECTFIELD:1:IP Address
SELECTFIELD:2:IP Subnet Mask
SELECTFIELD:3:SNMP ifPhysAddr
SELECTFIELD:4:TopM Node ID:Selection Name
SELECTFIELD:5:SNMP ifDescr

GROUPBY:1:TopM Node ID:vendor
#
SORTBY:1:IP Address

GROUPHEADER:<A NAME="${GROUPNAME}">
GROUPHEADER:Vendor: ${GROUPNAME} ${NUMMATCH}

"Evans, Bill" <Bill.Evans AT hq.doe DOT gov> wrote:

Look at the sample interfaces.format especially these lines:

GROUPHEADER:<A NAME="${GROUPNAME}">
GROUPHEADER:Vendor: ${GROUPNAME} ${NUMMATCH} interfaces</B

The NUMMATCH variable accumulates the count for the GROUP you define. I think you would define a group for each previously known prefix and go from there.

Bill Evans

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To: Tivoli NetView Discussions
Subject: [NV-L] NetView 7.1.4 - Nvdbformat Question

All,

I'm using nvdbformat to create an inventory all devices being managed by NetView.

Our devices are located all over the world and and the first 4 characters of their host name tells you where they're physically located.

I'd like to use nvdbformat to count the number of devices per site but I can't figure out how to get it to key off of the first 4 characters of the Selection Name.

Example:

jfk1-01-rtr-01 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

jfk1-01-rtr-02 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

jfk1-01-rtr-03 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

jfk1-01-rtr-04 ---> Syntrax = <JFK Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

Total Number at JFK = 4

dfw1-10-rtr-01 ---> Syntrax = <Dallas Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

dfw1-10-rtr-02 ---> Syntrax = <Dallas Airport> <Area Number> <Function> <Number>

Total Number at DFW = 2

Is there a way to get nvdbformat to group and count devices based on the first 4 characters of the Selection Name?

Thanks for you help.

Stephanie

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