I think Mike has it right as I noted earlier. A section of this module that describes the relationship of this to other relevant MIB modules would be helpful, not only to the two groups (MIB and Management Application Engineers) but also to people that run networks since they are also not commonly standards experts. /jon On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Michael MacFaden <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I don't think that the MIB is the right place for this. Sounds to me like > > Maybe I'm not making myself clear. > > Take the context of an an engineer trying to implement this MIB module. > Commonly such engineers will not be experts in SNMP or IETF standard data > modules. > > Take the context of an engineer writing the mgmt app usin said MIB module. > They also might not know where to look for said information. > > A best practice would not be useful here as it doesn't provide prescriptive > relationship. > And it has been common practice for a given MIB module to explain its > relationship to > other MIB modules. This greatly improves interoperability in my experience. > > Regards, > Mike MacFaden > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:53:03 -0800 (PST) Michael wrote: >> MM> [...] Yes All of these items presented are about either the Virtual >> MM> Machine or code running in the virtual machine. >> MM> >> MM> [...] More typically there will be SNMP agent running in the Guest OS >> MM> that is polled separately and/or have an entry in ENTITY-MIB with >> MM> hypervisor is another way. >> MM> > >> MM> > [...] However, I still don't think VM-MIB is the appropriate place to >> MM> > contain these objects, and it is better to use MIB modules on guest >> MM> > OS (e.g., HOST-RESOURCES-MIB). [...] >> MM> >> MM> Makes sense to me. In fact I'd prefer if there was prose in the MIB to >> MM> explain all how and where we recommend they look for these items. >> >> I don't think that the MIB is the right place for this. Sounds to me like >> what you are looking for is a BCP on monitoring virtual machines. >> >> >> Robert >> >> -- >> Senior Software Engineer >> Parsons Government Services , National Security & Defense Division >> > _______________________________________________ > OPSAWG mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg Thank you /jon Jon Saperia [email protected] Enterprise Architect Harvard University Information Technology Innovation & Architecture (P) (617) 384-6683 1350 Mass Ave., room 758 Cambridge, MA 02138
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