On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:32:33AM +0100, João Pagaime wrote:
I'm just starting to use NAV. After browsing a little throug the documentation I have a few questions that maybe some ou you guys can answer:
- NAV looks a complex system with lot of automation going on behind
the scenes. How do I find out if all this automation (started fron CRON I assume) is running well? Is there some error log somewhere?
Some of NAV's backend processes are daemon programs, while some are plain cron jobs. Each of these processes are controlled from the shell using the "nav start/stop" set of commands.
Each of these processes logs to its own file, found in the log directory. The default location of the logs are in /usr/local/nav/var/log, but if you installed NAV using a Debian package, you will find them in /var/log/nav .
- How do I list the forwarding database of an ethernet switch?
I'm assuming you are talking about listing this from NAV's user interface. You won't get a complete listing of a switch's forwarding database - NAV logs forwarding entries (CAM data) for access ports only. You can go to the Machine Tracker tool (found in the toolbox) and choose to do a switch search. Enter the switch's sysname and all records from the past 7 days will be shown.