Where The Read/Write Map Is Displayed

When no one is looking at the network map, is NNM still monitoring the network? Of course! The NNM daemons are always running in the background. The netmon daemon in particular continues to poll all managed devices for status and configuration. The snmpCollect daemon continues to collect SNMP data. The event subsystem continues to collect events, traps, and to react to configured actions. The database is continually updated as netmon discovers new objects and as nodes that are down too long are deleted. The maps are another matter.

You’ve noticed that every time you launch ovw, a map synchronization occurs. Look closer and you will see ovw remove icons, add new ones, and change the status of others. Map ...

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