Wasn't there an NT MLM on your NetView for NT 5.0a CD?
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Ken Guettler <Ken.Guettler@MARYVILLE.COM> on 08/27/98 09:32:53 AM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
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Subject: Re: NetView Distributed Management
In Case 2 you mention an NT MLM Where can I find more information on
this?
I was not aware that there was an NT MLM at all. I have one environment
which is all NT and would like to implement NetView for NT on one box
and
disribute MLMs on remote NT server nodes. Can you point me to further
information on this?
Thank you,
Ken
Maryville Data Systems
One Pierce Place Suite 475W
Itasca, IL 60143
(630) 285-9597 ext. 5105
> There are three cases of "distribution" to consider here, and one of
> them
> is not true distributed network management at all.
>
> Case 1: NetView server and NetView client. The client code in
> NetView is
> simply a way to offload some X-processing (the GUI) onto another box.
> The
> server still does all the polling, discovery and so on. This is not
> distributed network management but some people talk as though it is.
> It is
> really little different than telneting into the NetView server from
> another
> machine which supports X. The only difference, except for
> implementation,
> is which machine does the work when it comes to displaying things on a
> map
> or an event window.
>
> In V5.0 each platform has its own client only, AIX to AIX, Solaris to
> Solaris, DEC to DEC, and NT to NT.
>
> Case 2: Distributed NetView using MLM. This is now called
> "unattended
> distributed NetView" because of Case 3. In
> this scenario you install MLM on some remote node. It discovers all
> the
> nodes on its subnet and keeps track of their status. Back on the
> server,
> you configure netmon to use the MLM for discovery and status polling,
> and
> you use APM to distribute policy to the MLMs. This is called
> "unattended"
> because you don't log in to the MLM box for anything after
> installation.
> Everything is done at the central NetView. Obviously, you can still
> implement Case 1 along with Case 2.
>
> There are MLMs available for many platforms (AIX, Solaris, HP, and
> DEC) and
> they can use netmon running in NetView on any UNIX platform as a
> controller. This is the original design of MLM - NetView. NT is left
> out
> of this. There is an NT MLM just for NT NetViews. In NetView 5.0 NT
> an
> MLM cannot be controlled by a netmon running on a NetView 5.0 UNIX
> platform. This cahges for NetView 5.1.
>
>
> Case 3: (New for NetView 5.1) Distributed NetView using NT and NT MLM.
> This is called "attended distributed NetView". In this case you
> install
> both NetView for NT 5.1 and NT MLM on the very same NT box. The two
> work
> together. The MLM hooks into a netmon running on a UNIX box , which
> acts
> as a controller, just like Case 2. But you can also log in to the NT
> box
> and use the GUI there locally if you want to. That's what makes it
> "attended".
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> EGIBM5ML@IBMMAIL.COM on 08/22/98 10:12:30 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
> NetView et alia <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> cc: (bcc: James Shanks)
> Subject: Netvie Distributed Management
>
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Nagla.
> E-Mail : nmarzouk@vnet.ibm.com
> Hi all ,
> I'd like to know the difference between implementing a distributed
> management using Netview/AIX at the central site with Netview/NT
> at the regional sites that reports to the Server , and using
> a Client/Server implementation for the Netview with NV/AIX as the
> server and NV/NT as clients. What's the type of information that
> is reported to the central management in each case ?
> Another question is for the MLM , When do I use MLM or Netview client
> in the regional site ?
> Appreciate any help.
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