Thanks for the response, Chris Allen
Let me tell you what we're going to do for a work-around in order to get
the functionality that I want:
Logging into my browser will open a default map with subnets to Remote
Offices and Corporate Offices
All linked maps below that will subsequently open up as well
Now my default map will be at the bottom of the list and the deepest
remote/corporate office maps will be at the top
With 50+ maps open, the list goes off the screen; this view is no good, as
now I have to do some scrolling just to see if something is possibly down
I need to get the maps in a top-down structure
So now, from within the browser, I unload all maps, except for the default
map, which I want to remain at the top of the browser view
Now, once again from within the browser, I load the two subnet maps, Remote
Offices and Corporate Offices
Doing it this way only opens each of those individual maps and NOT the
linked maps below them
So now my browser view has the default map at the top, followed by Remote
Offices and Corporate Offices
I now open the next level of subnets under Remote Offices and the same for
Corporate Offices
As I continue to open maps from within the browser, each successive map
gets placed at the bottom of the list in the browser view
At last, all maps are open in the browser and the list is complete; and the
list scrolls onto the next page
If a switch in a Remote Office map that is on the next page goes down, I do
not need to scroll down to find the map denoting a problem. The default
map at the top of the list will also indicate a problem somewhere in a
Remote Office. I click on the default map listing, and then I'll see that
Remote Offices is indicating a problem somewhere. I click on the next
subnet map which indicates the problem, and continue to click on the subnet
map that will eventually lead me to the switch that is down. Kind of like
following a popcorn trail, you know? It's a lot of legwork for me to do,
but that's the process that my boss wants to go with because it's simple
enough for the help desk types to follow the map links that lead directly
to the downed device (drilling from the top down). Asthetically speaking,
you can see why I wanted to see if there was a way to do it like I wanted
to in the first place. But I guess this way will suffice.
I also had the idea of creating a map full of subnets, one for each remote
office. I arranged all the icons geographically so that it looks like a
map of the country. The view is somewhat crowded, though, as we are heavy
on the east coast.
Comments???????????????????
Chris Powers
Associate Network Engineer
Keane IT Technical Services
x1730
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Chris
I have the same problem. I don't see the point in creating subnet maps if
when you log into the WUG web you see all of the maps. One person suggested
creating a shortcut to the particular map you are wanting. Example:
http://<wug server>/<mapname.wup.cgi> This should work. However, your users
will have to use this link to get to the maps they need to see. Even if you
are running WUG as a service, each map has to be loaded in order for WUG to
monitor the devices on that map. WUG's mapping is primitive at best. I
wished they would do it like HP Open View, but then I guess they would have
to charge more, so I'm not complaining. Let me know if you need more help.
Chris
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> Scott (and others in-the-know),
>
> You said that Console doesn't have to be up, and that I can run WUG 6.0
as
> a service, log into WUG via the browser and tell it what maps I want to
> load. I still see a problem for my situation, though.
>
> I want to log into the web browser and see an open map called Keane
> Network
> Infrastructure with 2 subnets: 1. Remote sites 2. Corporate
> office
>
> The way we'd like it to function is if a switch is down in Boston, then
> Remote sites on the opening map will signify the problem. I then want to
> open Remote sites and see New England branches signify the problem. I
> then
> want to open New England branches and see the Boston site signify the
> problem. I then want to open Boston and see the equipment list for that
> site, which will show the downed switch.
>
> If my console is closed and I'm running WUG as an NT service and tell it
> to
> open my Keane Network Infrastructure map (which structures down to every
> company site), then isn't it still going to go ahead and open every map
> that links to it?? Then I get an enormous list of every site map, both
> remote and Corporate, and have to scan that list to find the problem
> remote
> site. If I can't get it such that I can navigate it in a tree-like
> fashion, then my only alternative would be to have a single map full of
> subnet icons for each company site. Do you concur?
>
> Chris Powers
> Associate Network Engineer
> Keane IT Technical Services
> x1730
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