It has been a while since I used this,
but it does work well once you understand the limitations.
1) The first thing to do is to check
the error log. There may be some messages in it that help you understand
what it is doing. That will be in /usr/OV/log/location.log, I think.
2) Remember is that these addresses
are Network addresses, not device addresses. Check the actual attributes
of the network objects you are trying to place (Tools..Display Object Info).
3) The position of the router that connects the networks will depend on
where its networks are placed. For that reason it is a good idea to include
the loopback address, which is usually mask 255.255.255.255, as a 4-octet
network address, in the location.conf file
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IT Services Specialist, Network Mgmt
Information Technology Services Americas
IBM Global Services
(248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager
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| Date:
| 05/13/2010 11:28 AM
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| [NV-L] Re: Moving from OpenView to Netview
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Hello again List,
Firts of all I would like to thank James for having answered
so quickly.
Having lost all the hope of getting a similar file to location.conf
in OpenView, I started to make the location.conf by my own some days ago.
Communications department provided me a list with several IP ranges concerning
the network devices existing on our company. I chose only three different
offices (locations) so my first attempt was easier.
I used the ‘Restart automatic map generation’ option
from the Serversetup menu so that Netview draws the map corresponding to
the new location.conf file I have made. The problem I have now is the following:
This is the location.conf I have made:
Spain 172 State
Lugo 172.17 City Spain
Lugo 172.22 City Spain
Lugo 172.29.62 City Spain
Almeria 172.29.126.120-121 City Spain
Alava 172.18 City Spain
Alava 172.21 City Spain
Alava 172.29.126.122 City Spain
Alava 172.29.126.124 City Spain
Alava 172.29.126.125 City Spain
And the map that has appeared seems like this:
Spain
è 172.29
(under this all devices whose IPs correspond to 172.29.X.X )
è Alava
è Almeria
è Lugo
Alava
è 172.21
è 172.18
Lugo
è 172.22
è 172.17
Almería à
NOTHING
Why Netview has not included the devices under the range
172.29 in their corresponding locations instead of drawing the icon of
the 172.29? Is not allowed for devices located in different locations to
share the two first octets?
I have tried other posibilities modifying the location.conf
but the best I have achieved is to have under ONE location the 172.29 group
with all the devices whose IPs started by 172.29 attached. In the rest
of the locations no device starting by 172.29.
Could anybody help?
Pablo
2010/4/28 Pablo Cerezo Alonso <cerezoalonso AT gmail DOT com>
Hello List,
This is my first attempt here in the list. I had hear nothing about Netview
till last week and I have been asked to investigate how to extract information
from a map made in HP Openview and create a new one using that information
in Netview.
Do you have any advice or recommendations about how I can do what I have
been asked for? Is there any kind of file in Openview that has similar
characteristics to a Netview location.conf which I can format and load
it into Netview to create a map?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
Pablo
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