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Transferring Data between Databases Troubleshooting: Managing the NerveCenter Database

ncdb2html.pl

Included in NerveCenter 3.8 is a utility that will convert *.ncdb and *.node files to HTML, so that you can easily know what NerveCenter objects are in your database.

Sample ncdb2html.pl Output

Output of ncdb2html.pl details the contents of the HTML output:

Output of ncdb2html.pl

File	Contents
ncindex.html	Summarizes the contents of your database. Provides links to all other pages. Contains the following categories: Alarms Perl subroutines Trap masks Poll conditions Triggers Properties Property Groups Severities Oid to Group
nodes.html	Details each alarm in your database, including the following information: Node Name Node Properties w Status w Property Group w Suppressible w Auto Delete SNMP Properties w Read-Only Community w Read-Write Community w Port w SNMP Version Address List
alarms.html	Details each alarm in your database, including the following information: Status Scope Property Notes State and transition summary
perlsub.html	Lists all Perl subroutines in your database.
triggers.html	Lists all triggers in your database, including the following information: Trigger name Trigger type Where trigger is fired from
polls.html	Details each poll in your database, including the following information: Status Property Base Object Frequency Suppressible Notes Poll Condition
masks.html	Details each trap mask in your database, including the following information: Status Generic trap value Vendor specific trap number Enterprise filter (From/From Only) Simple trigger Notes Mask function
property.html	Lists all properties defined in your database and the property groups they belong to.
propertygrp.html	Lists all property groups in your database and all properties included in each group
severities.html	Details each severity defined in your database, including the following information: Severity Name Color group level platform_level platform_name
oidtogroup.html	Lists all OIDs in your database and the MIB module the OID belongs to.

The *.ncdb and*.node files are the database format on UNIX systems. To convert Access or SQL NerveCenter databases, use the SerialzeDB utility. For more information about SerializeDB, see Managing NerveCenter or the SerializeDB help.

To convert *.ncdb and *.node to HTML:

From a command line or UNIX prompt, navigate to the installation/Samples/ncdb2html directory.

Type the following command:

ncdb2html.pl -ncdb=path/filename.ncdb -node=path/filename.node -h 
  -dir=output_directory

The options for this script are detailed in ncdb2html.pl Options:

ncdb2html.pl Options

Option	Description
`-ncdb=`ncdb_file	Required. Specify the location of ncdb file (`./NerveCenter.ncdb` is default)
`-node=`node_file	Optional. Specify the location of the node file (no default)
`-dir=`output_directory	Specify the directory to place the HTML files (current directory is the default)
`-title=`title	Specify a title for the top of each page (no default)
`-h`	Hide the community strings on the node page
`-sh`	Suppress the Open header at the top of each page
`-usage`	Display usage information and exit

Transferring Data between Databases	Troubleshooting: Managing the NerveCenter Database
	29 July 2003