IV13306: DELETE SNMP DUPLICATES

IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP 3.9.0 Fix Pack 3, 3.9.0-TIV-ITNMIP-FP0003
IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP 3.9.0 Fix Pack 4, 3.9.0-TIV-ITNMIP-FP0004
IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.9.0 Fix Pack 5, 3.9.0-TIV-ITNMIP-FP0005

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ITNM 3.8 FP6
  
  Need to have a fix to provide an option in the model process to
  immediately delete any duplicate entities which SNMP access is
  newly acquired for a device that did previously have access.The
  previous behaviour had been to retain these devices until they
  lingered out.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users with network devices that are discovered before ITNM   *
  * has the correct SNMP credentials to access them may see this *
  * problem.                                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When ITNM discovers a network device with multipe IP         *
  * addresses and to which it does not have SNMP access there is *
  * no way to determein that all the IP addresses are assosiated *
  * with a single device. Therefore multiple entities are        *
  * created in the topology model, one for each IP address. If   *
  * ITNM should then later gain SNMP access to that device it    *
  * becomes possible to identify and delete those duplicate      *
  * entities.                                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * | fix pack | 3.9.0-ITNMIP-FP0002                             *
  *                                                              *
  * End of Support has been announced for 3.8. Customer should   *
  * upgrade to 3.9 or above release.                             *
  * http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca *
  * &infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS914- *
  * 056#h2-wprodx                                                *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Model will now do a search for any devices for which SNMP access
  was newly acquired in this discovery
  If that new device has multiple IP addresses then search for
  lingering entities with those IP addresses
  If the DeleteRenamedDevices configuration option has been
  enabled then delete the duplicates.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NC/PRECISIONIP

• Fixed component ID

  5724O52RC

Applicable component levels

• R380 PSY

     UP

• R390 PSY

     UP