Host Resources MIB - usage and strategies?
"Michael L. Kornegay" <mlk@bir.com> Tue, 21 June 1994 22:50 UTC
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From: "Michael L. Kornegay" <mlk@bir.com>
To: waldbusser@cmu.edu
Subject: Host Resources MIB - usage and strategies?
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 18:10:42 -0500
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Steve, [those on hostmib mailing list please respond to me directly as i am not on the list, thanks.] I hope you could help me with the following issues associated with the hostmib. I tend to believe that vendors should utilize standards track mibs whenever possible and extend them only as necessary in their enterprise space to accomplish the desired functionality (try to keep enterprise definitions to the minimum necessary and permit interoperability with the standard portion of the mib). I have a client who has a draft of a large enterprise specific mib that contains configuration information about their various systems. I am considering using the hostmib as a base, defining registration types for their devices and software in their enterprise space, adding device specific extensions for their devices in their enterprise space (much like hostmib does for hrProcessorTable, etc.), similar extension of software tables, and so on. Questions: o Do you think this is a good strategy? o Do you have alternative recommendations? o How would one solve the problem where an operating system vendor decided to include hostmib support, but a third party needed to extend it (in other words, it seems if any of the systems i plan on doing this for already implement hostmib, i must choose to run either theirs or mine)? Thanks, ___________________ Michael L. Kornegay Internet: mlk@bir.com UUCP: bir!mlk AppleLink: mlk@bir.com@INTERNET#
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