[INUG-Users] Precision 3.5.0.34: PingFinder ingnoring seed

Wed Oct 3 02:04:37 EDT 2007

Nick,

thanks a lot for clarification. Your assumption is correct, the devices
in question are all in scope and directly connected to a node in the
seed. I had the same suspicion in the first place but was wondering why
it had worked (and still does within another installation) with the
PingFinderSeed. We will, I think, also in regard of a later upgrade to
3.6, change the loading mechanism...

Best::Bernhard

________________________________

From: users-bounces at netcoolusers.org
[mailto:users-bounces at netcoolusers.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Ho
Sent: Dienstag, 2. Oktober 2007 21:35
To: users at netcoolusers.org
Subject: Re: [INUG-Users] Precision 3.5.0.34: PingFinder ingnoring seed

Bernhard

So you have the ping finder finding /32 IP addresses, and you have the
feedback stitcher turned on. Unless the scope matches the IP addresses
in the ping finder exactly, then you are probably finding devices that
your seed IP addresses are attached to. An example would be device A is
in your seed list, it is connected to device B which is not in your seed
list BUT it is in scope. You can see this in the folowing part of
theFeedback.stch:

text ipAddr=NULL;
ipAddr=eval(text, '&m_RemoteNbr->m_IpAddress');
if(ipAddr == NULL)
{
ipAddr=eval(text, '&m_RemoteNbr->m_RemoteNbrIpAddr');
}

if(ipAddr != NULL)
{
int isRemoteIpInScope=0;

isRemoteIpInScope=ExecuteStitcher('IsInScope', ipAddr);

if(isRemoteIpInScope==1)
{
DiscoSendOQLToFinder
(
"PingFinder",
"insert into pingFinder.pingRules
(
m_Address,
m_RequestType
)
values
(
eval(text, '$ipAddr'),
eval(int, '$PingSingleAddr')
);"
);
}

The RemoteNbr piece field refers to a device that is connected to the
device you have discovered. If it has an IP address and it is in scope
(isRemoteIpInScope), it sends it to the ping finder.

If you are trying to discover a certain number of nodes only, then using
the file finder only is a better way to go.

=================
Nick Ho

Inactive hide details for "PFUND Bernhard" ---10/02/2007 01:12:02
PM---Hi Nick,"PFUND Bernhard" ---10/02/2007 01:12:02 PM---Hi Nick,

From:	 
"PFUND Bernhard" <bernhard.pfund at alcatel-lucent.ch>	

To:	 
<users at netcoolusers.org>	

Date:	 
10/02/2007 01:12 PM	

Subject:	 
Re: [INUG-Users] Precision 3.5.0.34: PingFinder ingnoring seed	
________________________________

Hi Nick,

hmm, would have to kick off a discovery and check the tables. What's for
sure: the difference between model and seed is not as big as between
pingFinder and seed. Anyhow I just checked the figures:

IPs in seed: 2249
Chassis in model: 2428
IPs in pingRules: 6083

Adds up to 179 Nodes that should never find their way into model...

Thanx::Bernhard

________________________________

From: users-bounces at netcoolusers.org
[mailto:users-bounces at netcoolusers.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Ho
Sent: Dienstag, 2. Oktober 2007 17:23
To: users at netcoolusers.org
Subject: Re: [INUG-Users] Precision 3.5.0.34: PingFinder ingnoring seed

But do the addresses make it to the finders.despatch/processing/returns
tables? If it made it to the despatch table then I would be a little
worried

=================
Nick Ho

"PFUND Bernhard" ---10/02/2007 08:14:20 AM---All,

From:	 
"PFUND Bernhard" <bernhard.pfund at alcatel-lucent.ch>	

To:	 
<users at netcoolusers.org>	

Date:	 
10/02/2007 08:14 AM	

Subject:	 
[INUG-Users] Precision 3.5.0.34: PingFinder ingnoring seed	
________________________________

All,

I recently upgraded a 3.5.0.20 installation to 3.5.0.34 and ran into a
strange problem with the pingFinder. Somehow the  pingFinder.pingRules
table gets populated with addresses never mentioned in
DiscoPingFinderSeeds.DOMAIN.cfg even though               m_UseScope and
m_UsePingEntries are set to 1. All the super flux addresses are in scope
but we do a strict white listing for productive devices based on
DiscoPingFinderSeeds, hence they should never be discovered...

Am I missing something? Any hints appreciated!

Best::Bernhard

--------------------------------------------------------------
Bernhard Pfund
Application and System Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland Ltd.
OP-CCBS-OSS
Friesenbergstrasse 75, CH-8055 Zurich

phone    +41 44 465 3218
fax      +41 44 465 2121
mobile   +41 79 405 8177
email    bernhard.pfund at alcatel-lucent.ch
web      http://www.alcatel-lucent.ch <http://www.alcatel-lucent.ch/> 
--------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this e-mail and in any attachments is 
confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of
the named addressee(s). This information may be subject to 
legal professional or other privilege or may otherwise be
protected by applicable law. It must not be disclosed to any 
person without our authority. If you are not the intended
recipient, or not a person responsible for delivering it to 
the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not
disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part 
of it. Please inform the sender by replying to this e-mail; 
then delete it from your system.
--------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Sent by the netcoolusers.org "users" mailing list
Post: users at netcoolusers.org
Unsubscribe: users-unsubscribe at netcoolusers.org
Search: http://lists.netcoolusers.org/archives/users/
<http://lists.netcoolusers.org/archives/users/> 
_______________________________________________
Sent by the netcoolusers.org "users" mailing list
Post: users at netcoolusers.org
Unsubscribe: users-unsubscribe at netcoolusers.org
Search: http://lists.netcoolusers.org/archives/users/

-------------- next part --------------
HTML attachment scrubbed and removed