RE: [WhatsUp Forum] XML Schema & specs?

[Anthony Franklin]

Okay without fully understanding what is happening here, I feel instead of moving over to XML maps totally, keep your old wug maps and when ever something has to be done, automate the task of saving a clone of the map in XML format in a different directory (name it XML under the map directory or something) at that instance.  Change what needs to changed or extract what needs to be extracted on the XML version then replace the old map with the content of the XML map saved in the old format in the Map directory.  Then, delete the XML map in that clone directory \map\xml.  I have not automated this process, but I do it manually whenever I need to make bulk changes by doing a text search and replace on the XML version.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Jones Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] XML Schema & specs?   Hi,   I've just moved our WUG8 installation over to XML maps, so that we can do reporting and bulk modifications of map properties. This would be made a lot easier if there was an XML schema for the map files - does such a thing exist? I found this post from back in November 2001 that suggests it should exist: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01327.html    Above and beyond that, where do the unique IDs in the maps come from? and is it possible to add a device purely from the XML, outside of Whats Up? And where in a Subnet's XML does it tell you which map to load when you drill down into that subnet? There seem to be links up to parents, but not down to the children...   Sorry for the pile of questions, but I'm keen to be able to manage our monitoring a bit better than we currently do, and the manual appears to gloss over the more technical bits. Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed!   Best Regards,   Howard Jones