Folks: --- Steve Foster wrote: One for the developers, custom probe writers.....
Are there any plans to permit tables in custom probes? For example like the storage status within the host resources probe. Has anyone got any reccomendations for how to implament a probe that would extract useful information out of a table, where the the table is ordered differently between hosts. --- end of quote --- Yes, we're beginning to think seriously about tables in probes. We have some general ideas about how to go about it, but it would help us enormously to get a sense of what it would mean to have a custom SNMP probe facility that "handles tables". Specifically, we are looking for examples of equipment that stores data in tables, and how you'd like InterMapper to retrieve/compare/display that information. If you've ever thought about making a probe that processed tables, please tell us: - What equipment was involved? What tables and what fields of those tables are interesting? - Should InterMapper process all the rows of the table identically? - If not, how would InterMapper "know" which rows to process? - Do you ever need to relate data from one table with data in another table? - Are there cases where you'd want to use data from one device to retrieve a value from another device? - What computations/calculations/comparisons would you expect the probe to perform? - Are there additional built-in functions that would help to create the probe? - How should the tabular data be formatted in the status window? - What other facilities would you want to see? We would be pleased to hear your thoughts. It would be great if you can specify certain equipment/MIB/OIDs/etc. that you're familiar with. It would also be useful to know about the "competition" - any other tools/programs that offer a good way to do these things. Many thanks! Rich Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dartware, LLC http://www.dartware.com 10 Buck Road, PO Box 130 Telephone: 603-643-2268 Hanover, NH 03755-0130 USA Fax: 603-643-2289 ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
