Re: [Netconf] notification replay question

[WashamFan <Washam.Fan at huaweisymantec.com>]

Hi,

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Bjorklund <mbj at tail-f.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:30 am
Subject: Re: [Netconf] notification replay question
To: andy at netconfcentral.com
Cc: netconf at ietf.org


> Hi,
>  
>  Andy Bierman <andy at netconfcentral.com> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > It is not clear whether or not <replayComplete> and
>  > <notificationComplete> eventTypes are saved in the
>  > global replay buffer, and replayed to subsequent
>  > replay subscriptions.  RFC 5277, sec.3 doesn't say
>  > one way or the other, but it does imply that only
>  > one is expected on the subscription ('the'
>  > replayComplete text + flow diagram shows 1 also).
>  > 
>  > Obviously, if either of these notifications is
>  > replayed, the manager may get confused and think
>  > the notification was for its subscription,
>  > not for another session.  The eventTime could
>  > be checked, but this is too complicated.
>  > 
>  > So, are these notifications saved or not?
>  
>  IMO they are not saved.  They represent meta information which happen
>  to be sent in-band.

And this information is session-specific, IMO. It might make
little sense to another session.

washam

>  > IMO, they are not the same as system events
>  > like 'startup' or 'config change', and MUST NOT be saved.
>  
>  I agree.
>  
>  
>  /martin
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