Web-based Imaging Management Services: WIMS> RE: COUNTER-MIB

WIMS> RE: COUNTER-MIB issues

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 13:43:29 EST

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    Hi Bert,

    Thanks very much.

    (1) I plan to add the REVISION clause to the 'last call'
        version of the MIB - it will then have to be updated
        again after the PWG Formal Approval vote (because the
        document date changes again.

    (2) I had left 'icAlertV2Trap' out of a group because my
        best compiler (Epilogue Emissary) is an older version
        that doesn't support NOTIFICATION-GROUP macros - again,
        I planned to add it to the 'last call' version.

    Cheers,
    - Ira

    Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    phone: +1-906-494-2434
    email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [mailto:bwijnen@lucent.com]
    Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:24 AM
    To: 'McDonald, Ira'; Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
    Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues

    C:\bwijnen\smicng\work>smicng counter.inc
    W: f(counter.mi2), (14,1) MODULE-IDENTITY imagingCounterMIB should have at
    least
     one REVISION clause
    W: f(counter.mi2), (1803,1) Item "icAlertV2Trap" is not contained in any
    group d
    efined in the current module

    *** 0 errors and 2 warnings in parsing

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]
    > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 01:25
    > To: 'Wijnen, Bert (Bert)'; McDonald, Ira
    > Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues
    >
    >
    > Hi Bert,
    >
    > Following the PWG naming conventions, the new version is
    > posted in the 'wd' (working draft) subdirectory at:
    >
    > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib10-20050205.htm
    > - full text - PWG boilerplate, introduction, model, references
    >
    > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib10-20050205.mib
    > - ASN.1 MIB source only
    >
    > Cheers,
    > - Ira
    >
    > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    > phone: +1-906-494-2434
    > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [mailto:bwijnen@lucent.com]
    > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:59 PM
    > To: 'McDonald, Ira'
    > Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues
    >
    >
    > Thanks for the info.
    > I do not see a new copy on ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/mibs/
    > yet. So can't check. Let me know when it shows up and if you
    > want me to check.
    >
    > Bert
    > p.s. I expect I will be off line for some 4-6 weeks starting
    > Wednesday. I need to undergo heartsurgery. So don't be
    > surprised if I do not answer for a while.
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]
    > > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 00:18
    > > To: 'Wijnen, Bert (Bert)'; McDonald, Ira
    > > Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues
    > >
    > >
    > > Hi Bert,
    > >
    > > Many thanks for your help with improving this Counter MIB.
    > > I've just posted a revision with the (first ever) front
    > > matter (requirements, model, references, etc.). You should
    > > see the announcement not shortly.
    > >
    > > I carefully went through the latest MIB Guidelines I-D for
    > > applicable advice and tried to follow it faithfully.
    > >
    > > Cheers,
    > > - Ira
    > >
    > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    > > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    > > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    > > phone: +1-906-494-2434
    > > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [mailto:bwijnen@lucent.com]
    > > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:17 AM
    > > To: McDonald, Ira; 'Wijnen, Bert (Bert)'; 'wims@pwg.org'
    > > Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues
    > >
    > >
    > > Hi Ira,
    > > I understood (or suspected) it was not a MIB doc that would
    > > come to IETF. I just saw it passing by and figured I would do
    > > a few quick checks and pass whatever I found to you guys.
    > >
    > > Glad it was found to be useful.
    > >
    > > Bert
    > >
    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]
    > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 05:15
    > > > To: 'Wijnen, Bert (Bert)'; McDonald, Ira; 'wims@pwg.org'
    > > > Subject: RE: COUNTER-MIB issues
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Hi Bert,
    > > >
    > > > Thanks for your good comments. All will be addressed and
    > > > corrected. And I'll look through the latest 'MIB Guidelines'
    > > > I-D for other ideas.
    > > >
    > > > This MIB will _not_ be submitted to the IETF. It's intended
    > > > to be reviewed and adopted as an IEEE/ISTO PWG Candidate
    > > > Standard. It's currently scheduled to enter PWG 'last call'
    > > > no later than 1 March 2005 (in the company of the the parent
    > > > PWG Counters for Imaging Devices abstract counters spec and
    > > > the equivalent Counters XML schema).
    > > >
    > > > Cheers,
    > > > - Ira
    > > >
    > > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    > > > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    > > > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    > > > phone: +1-906-494-2434
    > > > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    > > >
    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [mailto:bwijnen@lucent.com]
    > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:49 AM
    > > > To: McDonald, Ira; 'Wagner,William'; pwg-announce@pwg.org
    > > > Subject: COUNTER-MIB issues
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Hi... just did a very quick SYNTAX check. This is what I found:
    > > >
    > > > E: f(counter.mi2), (17,21) Date/time(0411270000Z) must
    > have a year
    > > > greater than 89
    > > >
    > > > You SHOULD use a 4-digit year. So 200411270000Z would fix
    > > the problem
    > > > Sane is true for all the REVISION dates/timestamps
    > > >
    > > > E: f(counter.mi2), (1638,1) Item "icMediaUsedSizeName"
    > has invalid
    > > > value for MAX-ACCESS
    > > >
    > > > It has:
    > > > icMediaUsedSizeName OBJECT-TYPE
    > > > SYNTAX SnmpAdminString (SIZE(0..63))
    > > > MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    > > >
    > > > The not-accessible is only valid for non-index objects. It
    > > > should only be
    > > > used for auxiliary objects.
    > > > See sect 7.3 (2nd para) and of RFC2578.
    > > >
    > > > In any event, what use does a normal object have if it is not
    > > > accessible?
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > The smilint tool further shows:
    > > > C:\smi\mibs\work>smilint -m -s -l 6 -inamelength-32
    > > > ./PWG-IMAGING-COUNTER-MIB
    > > > ./PWG-IMAGING-COUNTER-MIB:118: [1] {oid-registered}
    > > > identifier `icMIB'
    > > > registers
    > > > object identifier already registered by `imagingCounterMIB'
    > > > ./PWG-IMAGING-COUNTER-MIB:118: [6] {previous-definition}
    > > > info: previous
    > > > definition of `imagingCounterMIB'
    > > >
    > > > Further, I see:
    > > >
    > > > icMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 1 }
    > > > icMIBNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 2 }
    > > > icMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 3 }
    > > >
    > > > No notifications have yet been defined. Potentially it would
    > > > be better to do
    > > >
    > > > icMIBNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 0 }
    > > > icMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 1 }
    > > > icMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { icMIB 2 }
    > > >
    > > > It allows notifications to be defined directly under
    > > > icMIBNotifications
    > > > and it would be more inline with IETF MIB guidance as per
    > appendix D
    > > > of draft-ietf-ops-mib-review-guidelines-03.txt
    > > >
    > > > Firther I saw:
    > > > icGeneralGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    > > > OBJECTS {
    > > > icGeneralNaturalLanguage,
    > > > icGeneralTotalServiceRecords,
    > > > icGeneralTotalSubunitRecords,
    > > > icGeneralTotalMediaUsedRecords
    > > > }
    > > > STATUS current
    > > > DESCRIPTION
    > > > "Mandatory - general object group.
    > > >
    > > > An Imaging System MUST support and implement this
    > > > object group."
    > > > ::= { icMIBObjectGroups 1 }
    > > >
    > > > In general it is NOT GOOD to specify in the OBJECT-GROUP
    > > > DESCRIPTION clause
    > > > if such a group is mandatory or optional. The OBJECT-GROUP
    > > > macro is meant
    > > > to just group objects together in logical groups.
    > > > In the MODULE-COMPLIANCE you can then specify which groups
    > > > are mandatory
    > > > (i.e.
    > > > MUST support" or "conditionally mandatory" or "optional" etc.
    > > > It would then be good to include in the DESCRIPTION clauses
    > > > of the GROUP
    > > > clause
    > > > (in the MODULE-COMPLIANCE statement) under what conditions a
    > > > conditionally
    > > > mandatroy group must be supported.
    > > >
    > > > Section 4.8 of draft-ietf-ops-mib-review-guidelines-03.txt
    > > > has detailed
    > > > guidelines on MODULE-COMPLIANCE approaches.
    > > >
    > > > I did not review or check the MIB module in any detail.
    > > >
    > > > Hope this helps, Bert
    > > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > > From: owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org
    > > > [mailto:owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org]On
    > > > > Behalf Of McDonald, Ira
    > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 02:22
    > > > > To: 'Wagner,William'; pwg-announce@pwg.org
    > > > > Subject: RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> [wrong MIB URL] Jan 11 WIMS Agenda
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > Hi,
    > > > >
    > > > > Bill cut-and-pasted my announcement error of the
    > Counter MIB URL.
    > > > >
    > > > > PLEASE pickup the entirely restructured Counter MIB v0.40 at:
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/mibs/counter-mib-20041127.txt
    > > > >
    > > > > This v0.40 is aligned with the terminology in the
    > current Counter
    > > > > spec.
    > > > >
    > > > > Cheers,
    > > > > - Ira
    > > > >
    > > > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    > > > > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    > > > > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    > > > > phone: +1-906-494-2434
    > > > > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    > > > >
    > > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > > From: owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org
    > > > [mailto:owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org]On
    > > > > Behalf Of Wagner,William
    > > > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:31 PM
    > > > > To: pwg-announce@pwg.org
    > > > > Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Jan 11 WIMS Agenda
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > Greetings:
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > The WIMS WG will meet Tuesday 11 January at Sharp SLA at
    > > Vancouver,
    > > > > Waslington
    > > > >
    > > > > Dial In: 1-866-365-4406
    > > > > Toll #: 1-303-248-9655
    > > > > Passcode: 2635888#
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > The proposed agenda is:
    > > > >
    > > > > 9:00 - 9:15 Introductions and Agenda
    > > > >
    > > > > 9:15 – 9:30 Review of Last F2F minutes and Action Items
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/minutes/wims_041116.pdf
    > > > >
    > > > > 9:30-10:00 Counter MIB
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/mibs/counter-mib-20040428.txt
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > 10:00-10:15 Break
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > 10:15-12:00 Counter Spec -preparing for Last Call
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscount10-20050105.doc
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscount10-20050105.pdf
    > > > >
    > > > > 12:00- 13:30 Lunch
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > 13:30 - 15:30 Schema
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - Counter Schema
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/PwgCountersProposal091304.zip
    > > > > <ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/PwgCountersProposal091
    > > > > 304.zip>
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - WIMS Base v0.10 - Agent, Device, Manager,
    > Service, System
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimsbase-20041212.xsd
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - WIMS Type v0.10
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimstype-20041212.xsd
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - Alert v0.40 - Alert and Subscription
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/alert-20041212.xsd
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - Events v0.70
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/events-20041212.xsd
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - Report v0.40
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/report-20041212.xsd
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > - Resource v0.60
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/resource-20041212.xsd
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > - Schedule v0.92
    > > >
    > > >
    > > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/schedule-20041212.xsd
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > - Subunits v0.30
    > >
    > >
    > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/subunits-20041212.xsd
    >
    >
    >
    > 15:30-15:45 Break
    >
    >
    >
    > 15:45-16:45 -WIMS Spec
    >
    > ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wims10-20050110.pdf
    >
    > (I am having trouble sending this to the FTP server.
    > Hopefully, it will be
    > there by Tuesday morning.)
    >
    >
    >
    > 16:45-17:15 Next Steps & Other Related management activities.
    >
    >
    >
    > -DMTF+ OMG
    >
    > http://www.omg.org/news/releases/pr2004/12-13-04.htm
    >
    >
    >
    > -WS-Management
    >
    >
    > http://www.intel.com/technology/manage/downloads/ws_management.pdf
    >
    >
    >
    > -WSDM (Spec out for comments)
    >
    >
    > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=wsdm
    >
    >
    >
    > Bill Wagner
    >
    >
    >



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