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                   Definitions of Managed Objects for
                    Scheduling Management Operations

                             March 3, 1998

                <draft-ietf-disman-schedule-mib-02.txt>

                             David B. Levi
                          SNMP Research, Inc.
                             levi@snmp.com

                         Juergen Schoenwaelder
                            TU Braunschweig
                        schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de





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   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.











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1.  Abstract

   This memo defines an experimental portion of the Management
   Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in
   the Internet community. In particular, it describes a set of managed
   objects that are used to schedule management operations periodically
   or at specified dates and times.

   This memo does not specify a standard for the Internet community.



2.  The SNMP Network Management Framework

   The SNMP Network Management Framework presently consists of three
   major components. They are:

   o    the SMI, described in RFC 1902 [1], RFC 1903 [2] - the
        mechanisms used for describing and naming objects for the
        purpose of management.

   o    the MIB-II, STD 17, RFC 1213 [3] - the core set of managed
        objects for the Internet suite of protocols.

   o    the protocol, RFC 1157 [4] and/or RFC 1905 [5], RFC 1906 [6]
        and/or RFC 2272 [7], RFC 2274 [8] - the protocol for accessing
        managed objects.

   The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
   experimentation and evaluation.



2.1.  Object Definitions

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
   defined in the SMI[1]. In particular, each object type is named by an
   OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name. The object type
   together with an object instance serves to uniquely identify a
   specific instantiation of the object. For human convenience, we often
   use a textual string, termed the object descriptor, to refer to the
   object type.







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3.  Overview

   The MIB defined in this memo provides scheduling of actions
   periodically or at specified dates and times. The actions can be used
   to realize on-duty / off-duty schedules or to trigger management
   functions in a DISMAN application.

   Schedules can be enabled or disabled by modifying a control object.
   This allows to have pre-configured schedules available that are
   activated or de-activated by some other management functions.


3.1.  Periodic Schedules


   Periodic schedules are based on fixed time periods between the
   initiation of scheduled actions. Periodic schedules are defined by
   specifying the number of seconds between two initiations. The time
   needed to complete the action is usually not known by the scheduler
   and does therefore not influence the next scheduling point.

   Implementations must guarantee that action invocations will not occur
   before their next scheduled time.  However, implementations may be
   forced to delay invocations in the face of local constraints (e.g., a
   heavy load on higher-priority tasks).  An accumulation of such delays
   would result in a drift of the scheduling interval with respect to
   time, and should be avoided.

   Scheduled actions collecting statistical data should retrieve time
   stamps from the data source and not rely on the accuracy of the
   periodic scheduler in order to obtain accurate statistics.


3.2.  Calendar Schedules

   Calendar schedules trigger scheduled actions at specified dates and
   times. Calendar schedules are therefore aware of the notion of
   months, days, weekdays, hours and minutes.

   It is possible to specify multiple values for each calendar item.
   This provides a mechanism for defining complex schedules.  For
   example, a schedule could be defined which triggers an action every
   15 minutes on a given weekday.








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3.3.  Actions

   Scheduled actions are modeled by SNMP set operations on local MIB
   variables. Scheduled actions described in this MIB are further
   restricted to objects of type INTEGER. This restriction does not
   limit the usefulness of the MIB.  Simple schedules such as on-duty /
   off-duty schedules for resources that have a status MIB object (e.g.
   ifAdminStatus) are possible.

   More complex actions can be realized by triggering a management
   script which is responsible for performing complex state transitions.
   A management script can also be used to perform SNMP set operations
   on remote SNMP engines.






































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4.  Definitions

   SCHEDULE-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

   IMPORTS
       MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE, BITS,
       Integer32, Unsigned32, Counter32, experimental
           FROM SNMPv2-SMI

       TimeStamp, RowStatus, StorageType, VariablePointer
           FROM SNMPv2-TC

       MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP
           FROM SNMPv2-CONF

       SnmpAdminString
           FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB;

   schedMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
       LAST-UPDATED "9803030000Z"
       ORGANIZATION "IETF DISMAN Working Group"
       CONTACT-INFO
           "David B. Levi
            SNMP Research, Inc.
            3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
            Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
            U.S.A.
            Tel: +1 423 573 1434
            E-mail: levi@snmp.com

            Juergen Schoenwaelder
            TU Braunschweig
            Bueltenweg 74/75
            38106 Braunschweig
            Germany
            Tel: +49-531-391-3283
            E-mail: schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de"
       DESCRIPTION
           "This MIB module defines a MIB which provides mechanisms to
            schedule SNMP set operations periodically or at specific
            points in time."
       -- Get real registration number from IANA.
       -- ::= { mib-2 XXXX }
       ::= { experimental 6789 }

   --
   -- The various groups defined within this MIB definition:





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   --

   schedMIBObjects       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIB 1 }
   schedMIBNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIB 2 }
   schedMIBConformance   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIB 3 }

   --
   -- The schedule table which controls the scheduler.
   --

   schedTable OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF SchedEntry
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "This table defines scheduled actions triggered by a
            SNMP set operations."
       ::= { schedMIBObjects 2 }

   schedEntry OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      SchedEntry
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "An entry describing a particular scheduled action."
       INDEX { schedOwner, schedIndex }
       ::= { schedTable 1 }

   SchedEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
       schedOwner          SnmpAdminString,
       schedIndex          Unsigned32,
       schedDescr          SnmpAdminString,
       schedInterval       Unsigned32,
       schedWeekDay        BITS,
       schedMonth          BITS,
       schedDay            BITS,
       schedHour           BITS,
       schedMinute         BITS,
       schedVariable       VariablePointer,
       schedValue          Integer32,
       schedAdminStatus    INTEGER,
       schedOperStatus     INTEGER,
       schedFailures       Counter32,
       schedLastFailure    INTEGER,
       schedLastFailed     TimeStamp,
       schedStorageType    StorageType,
       schedRowStatus      RowStatus





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   }

   schedOwner OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      SnmpAdminString (SIZE(0..32))
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The owner of this scheduling entry. The exact semantics of
            this string are subject to the security policy defined by
            the security administrator."
       ::= { schedEntry 1 }

   schedIndex OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Unsigned32
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The locally arbitrary but unique identifier associated
            with this scheduling entry."
       ::= { schedEntry 2 }

   schedDescr OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      SnmpAdminString
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The human readable description of the purpose of this
            scheduling entry."
       ::= { schedEntry 3 }

   schedInterval OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Unsigned32
       UNITS       "seconds"
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The number of seconds between two action invocations of a
            periodic scheduler. Implementations must guarantee that
            action invocations will not occur before their next
            scheduled time. However, implementations may be forced
            to delay invocations in the face of loca constraints.

            However, a scheduled management function should however
            not rely on the accuracy provided by the scheduler
            implementation."
       ::= { schedEntry 4 }





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   schedWeekDay OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      BITS {
                       sunday(0),
                       monday(1),
                       tuesday(2),
                       wednesday(3),
                       thursday(4),
                       friday(5),
                       saturday(6)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The set of weekdays on which the scheduled action should
            take place. The action is scheduled for every weekday if
            no bits are set."
       ::= { schedEntry 5 }

   schedMonth OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      BITS {
                       january(0),
                       february(1),
                       march(2),
                       april(3),
                       may(4),
                       june(5),
                       july(6),
                       august(7),
                       september(8),
                       october(9),
                       november(10),
                       december(11)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The set of months during which the scheduled action should
            take place.  The action is scheduled for every month if no
            bits are set."
       ::= { schedEntry 6 }

   schedDay OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      BITS {
                       d0(0),   d1(1),   d2(2),   d3(3),   d4(4),
                       d5(5),   d6(6),   d7(7),   d8(8),   d9(9),
                       d10(10), d11(11), d12(12), d13(13), d14(14),
                       d15(15), d16(16), d17(17), d18(18), d19(19),





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                       d20(20), d21(21), d22(22), d23(23), d24(24),
                       d25(25), d26(26), d27(27), d28(28), d29(29),
                       d30(30), d31(31)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The set of days in a month on which a scheduled action
            should take place. The first day of the month has the
            number d0(0). The action is scheduled for every day
            of a month if no bits are set."
       ::= { schedEntry 7 }

   schedHour OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      BITS {
                       h0(0),   h1(1),   h2(2),   h3(3),   h4(4),
                       h5(5),   h6(6),   h7(7),   h8(8),   h9(9),
                       h10(10), h11(11), h12(12), h13(13), h14(14),
                       h15(15), h16(16), h17(17), h18(18), h19(19),
                       h20(20), h21(21), h22(22), h23(23)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The set of hours within a day during which the scheduled
            action should take place. The action is scheduled for
            every hour of a day if no bits are set."
       ::= { schedEntry 8 }

   schedMinute OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      BITS {
                       m0(0),   m1(1),   m2(2),   m3(3),   m4(4),
                       m5(5),   m6(6),   m7(7),   m8(8),   m9(9),
                       m10(10), m11(11), m12(12), m13(13), m14(14),
                       m15(15), m16(16), m17(17), m18(18), m19(19),
                       m20(20), m21(21), m22(22), m23(23), m24(24),
                       m25(25), m26(26), m27(27), m28(28), m29(29),
                       m30(30), m31(31), m32(32), m33(33), m34(34),
                       m35(35), m36(36), m37(37), m38(38), m39(39),
                       m40(40), m41(41), m42(42), m43(43), m44(44),
                       m45(45), m46(46), m47(47), m48(48), m49(49),
                       m50(50), m51(51), m52(52), m53(53), m54(54),
                       m55(55), m56(56), m57(57), m58(58), m59(59)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION





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           "The set of minutes within an hour when the scheduled action
            should take place. The action is scheduled for every minute
            within an hour if no bits are set."
       ::= { schedEntry 9 }

   schedVariable OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      VariablePointer
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "An object identifier pointing to a local MIB variable
            which resolves to an ASN.1 primitive type of INTEGER."
       ::= { schedEntry 10 }

   schedValue OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Integer32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The value which is written to the MIB object pointed to by
            schedVariable when the scheduler invokes an action. The
            implementation has to enforce the use of access control
            rules when performing the set operation on schedVariable."
       ::= { schedEntry 11 }

   schedAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                       periodic(1),
                       calendar(2),
                       disabled(3)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The desired state of the schedule. The periodic(1) state
            indicates this entry specifies a periodic schedule. The
            calendar(2) state indicates that this entry describes a
            calendar schedule. The disabled(2) state indicates that
            this entry is currently inactive."
       ::= { schedEntry 12 }

   schedOperStatus OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                       periodic(1),
                       calendar(2),
                       disabled(3),
                       enabling(4),





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                       disabling(5)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The current operational state of this schedule. The
            periodic(1) state indicates that the periodic schedule
            is active and the calendar(2) state indicates that the
            calendar schedule is active. The disabled(3) state indicates
            that the schedule is currently not active. The enabling(4)
            state is used to indicate that the schedAdminStatus has been
            set to periodic(1) or calendar(2), but the scheduler
            implementation has not yet finished activating the schedule.
            The disabling(5) state indicates that the schedAdminStatus
            object has been set to disabled(3) and the scheduler
            implementation has not yet finished de-activating the
            active schedule."
       ::= { schedEntry 13 }

   schedFailures OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The number of failures while invoking the scheduled action."
       ::= { schedEntry 14 }

   schedLastFailure OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                           noError(0),
                           genErr(5),
                           noAccess(6),
                           wrongType(7),
                           wrongLength(8),
                           wrongValue(10),
                           noCreation(11),
                           inconsistentValue(12),
                           resourceUnavailable(13),
                           commitFailed(14),
                           undoFailed(15),
                           authorizationError(16),
                           notWritable(17),
                           inconsistentName(18)
                   }
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION





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           "The most recent error that occured during the invocation of
            a scheduled action. The value noError(0) is returned
            if no errors have occurred. The failure codes have the
            same meanings as defined in RFC 1905."
       ::= { schedEntry 15 }

   schedLastFailed OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      TimeStamp
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The value of sysUpTime when the last failure occured. The
            value 0 is returned if the last failure occured before the
            last re-initialization of sysUpTime."
       ::= { schedEntry 16 }

   schedStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      StorageType
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "This object defines whether this scheduled action is kept in
            volatile storage and lost upon reboot or if this row is
            backed up by non-volatile or permanent storage."
       ::= { schedEntry 17 }

   schedRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      RowStatus
       MAX-ACCESS  read-create
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The status of this scheduled action. A control that allows
            entries to be added and removed from this table."
       ::= { schedEntry 18 }

   --
   -- Notifications that are emitted to indicate failures.
   --

   -- The schedMIBNotificationPrefix makes sure that the notification
   -- registration is reversible, which is needed for SNMPv1 to SNMPv2
   -- or SNMPv3 proxies.

   schedMIBNotificationPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIBNotifications 0 }

   schedActionFailure NOTIFICATION-TYPE
       OBJECTS     { schedLastFailure }





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       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "This notification is generated whenever the invocation of a
            scheduled action fails."
       ::= { schedMIBNotificationPrefix 1 }

   -- conformance information

   schedCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIBConformance 1 }
   schedGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { schedMIBConformance 2 }

   -- compliance statements

   schedCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The compliance statement for SNMP entities which implement
            the scheduling MIB."
       MODULE      -- this module
       MANDATORY-GROUPS {
              schedGroup, schedNotificationsGroup
       }
       GROUP  schedCalendarGroup
       DESCRIPTION
           "The schedCalendarGroup is mandatory only for those
            implementations that support calendar based schedules."
       OBJECT schedAdminStatus
       DESCRIPTION
           "The value calendar(2) is not valid for implementations
            that do no implement the schedCalendarGroup. Such an
            implementation must return a noSuchInstance error
            responses for attempts to set schedAdminStatus to
            calendar(2)."
       ::= { schedCompliances 1 }

   schedGroup OBJECT-GROUP
       OBJECTS {
           schedDescr,
           schedInterval,
           schedVariable,
           schedValue,
           schedAdminStatus,
           schedOperStatus,
           schedFailures,
           schedLastFailure,
           schedLastFailed,
           schedStorageType,





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           schedRowStatus
       }
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "A collection of objects providing scheduling capabilities."
       ::= { schedGroups 1 }

   schedCalendarGroup OBJECT-GROUP
       OBJECTS {
           schedWeekDay,
           schedMonth,
           schedDay,
           schedHour,
           schedMinute
       }
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "A collection of objects providing calendar based schedules."
       ::= { schedGroups 2 }

   schedNotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
       NOTIFICATIONS {
           schedActionFailure
       }
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The notifications emitted by the scheduler."
       ::= { schedGroups 3 }

   END



5.  Security Considerations

   Scheduled SNMP set operations must use the security credentials that
   were present when the corresponding row in the scheduler was created.
   An implementation must therefore record and maintain the credentials
   for every schedule. An implementation must also ensure that access
   control rules are applied when doing the set operation.

   This MIB limits scheduled actions to objects in the local MIB. This
   avoids some security problems with delegated access rights. However,
   it might be possible for a user of this MIB to own some schedules
   that might trigger far in the future. This can cause security risks
   if the security administrator did not properly update the access
   control lists when a user is withdrawn from an SNMP engine.





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   Therefore, it is suggested that entries in the schedTable be cleaned
   up whenever a user is removed from an SNMP engine.

   The MIB is structured according to the guidelines defined in the
   DISMAN framework. These guidelines allow access control rules to be
   defined which separate multiple users of this MIB from each other.



6.  Intellectual Property

   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
   intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
   might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
   has made any effort to identify any such rights.  Information on the
   IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
   standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11.  Copies of
   claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
   licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
   obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
   proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
   be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.

   The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
   copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
   rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
   this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF Executive
   Director.



7.  Acknowledgments

   This document was produced by the IETF Distributed Management
   (DISMAN) working group.



8.  References

[1]  SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
     Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of
     the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1902, SNMP
     Research,Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.,
     International Network Services, January 1996.





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[2]  SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
     Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple
     Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1903, SNMP Research,Inc.,
     Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International
     Network Services, January 1996.

[3]  McCloghrie, K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base
     for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II", STD 17,
     RFC 1213, Hughes LAN Systems, Performance Systems International,
     March 1991.

[4]  Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple Network
     Management Protocol", RFC 1157, SNMP Research, Performance Systems
     International, Performance Systems International, MIT Laboratory
     for Computer Science, May 1990.

[5]  SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
     Waldbusser, "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple
     Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1905, SNMP Research,
     Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.,
     International Network Services, January 1996.

[6]  SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
     Waldbusser, "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
     Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1906, SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco
     Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International Network
     Services, January 1996.

[7]  Case J., Harrington D., Presuhn R., and B. Wijnen, "Message
     Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
     Protocol (SNMP)", RFC2272, SNMP Research, Inc., Cabletron Systems,
     Inc., BMC Software, Inc., IBM T. J. Watson Research, January 1998.

[8]  Blumenthal U., and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM) for
     version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)",
     RFC2274, IBM T. J. Watson Research, January 1998.



9.  Editor's Address

     David B. Levi                     Email: levi@snmp.com
     SNMP Research, Inc.                 Tel: +1 423 573 1434
     3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
     Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
     U.S.A.





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     Juergen Schoenwaelder             Email: schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
     TU Braunschweig                     Tel: +49 531 391-3283
     Bueltenweg 74/75
     38106 Braunschweig
     Germany



10.  Changes from <draft-ietf-disman-schedule-mib-00>


   o    Clarifications about drifts between initiations of action in a
        periodic scheduler.

   o    Made the registration of the notification reversible.

   o    Changed the syntax of schedInterval from TimeInterval to
        Unsigned32.  The maximum resolution is now seconds instead of
        hundreds of a second.

   o    The conformance statement makes objects for the calendar-based
        scheduler optional.

   o    Minor changes to make the MIB compile with smicng.



11.  Changes from <draft-ietf-disman-schedule-mib-01>


   o    Updated the section about the SNMP management framework and
        added references to SNMPv3.

   o    Replaced Utf8String with SnmpAdminString.

   o    Added Intellectual Property section.

   o    Changed some wordings to make the text more readable.



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   Table of Contents


   1 Abstract .....................................................    2
   2 The SNMP Network Management Framework ........................    2
   2.1 Object Definitions .........................................    2
   3 Overview .....................................................    3
   3.1 Periodic Schedules .........................................    3
   3.2 Calendar Schedules .........................................    3
   3.3 Actions ....................................................    4
   4 Definitions ..................................................    5
   5 Security Considerations ......................................   14
   6 Intellectual Property ........................................   15
   7 Acknowledgments ..............................................   15
   8 References ...................................................   15
   9 Editor's Address .............................................   16
   10 Changes from <draft-ietf-disman-schedule-mib-00> ............   17
   11 Changes from <draft-ietf-disman-schedule-mib-01> ............   17
   12 Full Copyright Statement ....................................   17
































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