Doug, I just sent in a request just like that about a week ago. I guess I am not the only one who would like to see that. You actually suggested other benefits that I did not think of as well. Hopefully they will work towards that soon. -John Marino UCSF
--- Doug Weathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I tend to put the same device on several different > maps. For example, I have a big map with all my > devices on it. Then I have smaller maps that show > specific subsets of my devices, such as my WAN, my > servers, etc. > > The problem with InterMapper's current design is > that a device is polled once for each appearance on > a map. If I have a device on four maps, then it > will (apparently) be polled four times within 30 > seconds. Also, each poll shows up in the event log, > and if the device has an error, there are four > separate alerts. > > I'd like some way to avoid this duplication, and > what occurs to me is to separate the devices from > the maps. InterMapper would have a global list of > every device, and update the maps with status > information from this global list. > > When the polling cycle for a map came to a device, > instead of polling the device directly, the global > list would be checked. If it has recent data in it > (defined as "collected within the map's polling > interval"), grab it from the global list and update > the map. If not, go ahead and poll. If the device > is discovered to be in an error condition, check the > global list to see if a notification has already > happened, and only notify if necessary. > > It probably wouldn't be necessary to change IM's > interface to accomplish this. However, an interface > change might be nice. Instead of adding devices to > a map, you'd add them to the global device list > window. You could create maps in a hurry from this > list - select your devices and choose File > New, > and IM would make a new map with the selected > devices already on it and not bother with > auto-discovery. You could drag a device from the > list to a map, and it would be set up already, with > the proper probe type, label, shape, notification > options, etc. You could get rid of the idea of > separate polling intervals for the maps, and just > poll the global list. Whenever a device is polled, > update each map where the device appears. This > would allow you to set polling intervals per device. > > Comments? > > > > -- > Doug Weathers, Network Administrator > St. Charles Medical Center > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > List archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ > To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
