| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
Hi,
I'm working on an implementation of DECmcc and I think that I'm missing
something obvious on Notification.
The scenario is that I have a top-level domain with a number of member
domains which contain Node4 entities only.
If I have no Notify requests specified all I get is the default one
which is enabled when I open the IMPM on the top-level domain. From
reading the documentation, I thought that this was sufficient for me to
receive events for all domains. However, this appears not to be the
case. For the Notifications to appear I have to add an explicit
request for each domain.
I've done this for all domains, but I'm only receiving Notifications
for one domain - the one that contains the Node4 entity which is
running DECmcc. If I copy a node from one of the other domains to
this domain, then its icon changes colour when an event occurs.
I've also looked at the sample Alarm Rules file which contains
Targetting information and this makes no difference
Am I doing something wrong or have I mis-understood the documentation ?
Regards,
David.
p.s. I'm running the V1.2 SSB kit from the CD-ROM on a VAXstation 3100
with 24 Mbytes of memory. The node is configured as a Phase IV Level
1 Routing system.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3944.1 | default is only for events in "notification events" partition | TOOK::MCPHERSON | pre-retinal integration | Thu Oct 22 1992 21:11 | 5 |
Default is to receive events that are in the *Notification* Event partition. Sounds like the events you're not getting may be in some other event partition (e.g. "Configuration Events"). /doug | |||||
| 3944.2 | More explanation required, please. | YUPPY::GAY | David Gay - (7)847 6543 | Fri Oct 23 1992 06:10 | 16 |
Doug,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, reading the manual more closely reveals
that is exactely what is happening.
What I'm still unsure about is why, when I have a Notification Request
for all domains, does only one request act ? When I use
Targetting as contained in the sample Alarm Rules command file, the
only time that the Target icon changes color is if it is the same
domain as the node running DECmcc. I've sinked other nodes to this
node and I'm receiving the events in the Notification window, but the
icon doesn't change color!
Regards,
David.
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| 3944.3 | notifications can't be retargetted across domains | MCC1::DITMARS | Pete | Wed Oct 28 1992 13:04 | 22 |
> What I'm still unsure about is why, when I have a Notification Request > for all domains, does only one request act ? Probably because the node4 entity that is the event source is only in one domain and notifications don't cross domain boundaries. Using targeting, you can retarget a notification that was received on "node4 foo remote node bar" to "node4 bar", but you can't change the domain that the notification is associated with. Sorry. To do what you want, you'll have to re-arrange your domain structure to put all the node4s that will have notifications targeted to them in the same domain as the node4 that is the event source. Or you could add the node4 that is the event source (from MCC's point of view) to all domains, but that will mean that you will receive the notification once for each domain that the event source is in. Depending on the number of nodes you are monitoring, you could either use more explicit notify requests (e.g. Entity List = "Node4 foo remote node bar, Node4 foo remote node bar2" etc.) or alarm rules. | |||||