OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Discovery Guided by a seedfile

After performing a few manual discoveries, you will develop the necessary confidence and data to automate the process. Armed with a list of routers in the management domain, you can create the seedfile, delete the object, topology, and map database, and restart the NNM daemons. Since this process is intended to be repeatable, it’s common to delete the database multiple times until all the configuration files, including the seedfile, are just right and discovery proceeds the way you intend.

Remember to place the seedfile in a safe and stable location independent of the NNM installation tree, such as /opt/config/seedfile. Assign ownership and permissions to the seedfile as appropriate to your local management processes. ...