Excellent suggestion. I seconded it...
/gjs

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From: "Michael Shook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:18 AM
Subject: [SA-list] groups vs. dependencies


I was again looking at the big picture here with my SA hosts and seeing if I
couldn't use grouping to assist in auto-html creation. Due to the fact that
groups and dependancies don't get along together very well, I am unable to
use groups at all because of the dependancies. This forces me to use custom
ASP pages to group all the bits back together.

So I was thinking, (STOP snickering...) since SA tracks the dependancies in
a variable separate from the GroupID, why try to mush both into the same
display window in the interface? Since dependancies represent the PHYSICAL
layout of the network, and groups represent the LOGICAL layout of the
network, why not have 2 different views? Dependancies are only used during a
check cycle, and Groups are only used during output, so I can not see any
interaction between the two variables EXCEPT those related to needing to
display them both at the same time.

Thus by having a dependancy view, I could be sure that I don't get 200
alerts when the primary router goes down, and by having a group view, I
could get auto-html pages with logical grouping of devices.

Just a thought for V5.

Michael Shook
Technical Analyst
Saddle Creek Corporation
723 Joe Tamplin Industrial Blvd
Macon GA  31217
478 742 8740 ext. 105 (work)
478 256 9318 (mobile)
478 742 7917 (fax)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.saddlecrk.com

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