OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Deleting Unwanted Maps

When users are not discouraged from creating NNM maps at will, they will usually leave them on the system for indefinite periods. To list the maps on an NNM system, use this simple command:

					ovwls
				

This lists the maps and their owners. The consequences of having a lot of maps on an NNM system include:

• larger database

• longer backup time

• out of control users

• longer ovw -mapcount duration

• longer ovtopofix -a duration

• reduced overall NNM performance

• discovery problems

Obviously, the fewer maps, the better. There is no particular reason to have a map named default, although a token map by that name is created for you. You can prevent users from creating their own maps by removing the corresponding registration files. A side effect ...