On 23 March 2011 18:37, Donald Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> If the nsExtendRunType is run-on-read, then any snmpget of the output values
> will run the command and return the results (or just return the cached
> results without running the command)
Correct.
> If the nsExtendRunType is "run-on-set", then ...
> the command is NOT run until also set nRunType to run-command(3).
Correct
> So, let;s say I have a command I want to run in either of two ways:
> 1 - with no arguments, the command returns some data
> 2 - with arguments, the command changes something, based on the arguments
>
> Using snmp to get the results of my custom query, I should
> snmpget nsExtendOutputFull."myname"
Yes.
> then to effect a change, I would
> snmpset nsExtendArgs."myname" = "new args" nsExtendRunType = 3
> then
> snmpset nsExtendArgs."myname" = ""
That's one approach, certainly.
> If that's the case, I think it will be better for me to have two extensions,
> one to get and another to change.
That would be my preference, yes.
> So then the process becomes...
> snmpget nsExtendOutputFull."mygetname""
>
> snmpset nsExtendAgs."mysetname" = "new string args" nsRunType."mysetname" = 3
And of course, if the arguments are fixed, then any subsequent
invocations would just need to be
snmpset nsExtendRunType."mysetname" = 3
> OK, that's cool.... is there a way to define a run-on-set item in the config
> file?
:
> GOT IT!
> extend name command
> extendfix name command
Zigactly
Dave
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