What you have described IS the upgrade path. You backup what you have,
delete the old product, whether Version 4.0 or V5.0, and install the new
product, which takes note of your backup and installs it along with the new
code. If your backup is present on the machine when you install, it will
migrate automatically. You are migrating from one level of code to
another. This is not anything like applying an AIX PTF. It is rather the
same as going from NetView V3 to V4, or AIX 4.1 to AIX 4.2.
There are many new functions but I don't have an exhaustive list at this
time. For example, the NT product gets nvcorrd so it can run rulesets
(though new ones have to be created on UNIX because there is no editor
provided on NT yet), and the UNIX product gets some NT function, like
nvsniffer, which tests ports on your devices to discover what boxes have
web servers and that sort of thing, and builds collections of these things
automatically. It can be extended to build other automatic collections as
well. There is also the opportunity for much more integration with TEC and
Tivoli Inventory. As time permits, I will try to put a list together, but
it may not be soon.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Marc Russo <mrusso@AL.IISL.COM> on 09/04/98 11:19:27 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: Re: Distribution of NetView 5.1
James,
Thanks for the info. I just have a couple of questions.
I've heard a lot about how v5.1 is going to fix problems in 5.0, but I've
heard nothing about new features for 5.1. Are there any significant new
features?
Also, I am assuming that their is actually an upgrade path from 5.0 to 5.1
(meaning that I don't have to back up databases, delete everything, install
5.1, and restore databases like going from 4.x to 5.0). Is this a correct
assumption?
Thanks,
Marc Russo (mrusso@al.iisl.com)
International Integrated Solutions, LTD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 1998 6:22 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Distribution of NetView 5.1
>
> Hello everyone,
> I have received a number of questions surrounding NetView 5.1
> availability, so I though I would update everyone at once.
> NetView 5.1 officially became RTM (Release To Manufacturing) on
> August
> 24, 1998, meaning the final bits have been cut onto a CD and the code is
> available through Tivoli channels. The product will NOT actually become
> GA
> (generally available) through the IBM worldwide distribution channels
> until
> September 18, 1998. All customers with a current maintenance contract
for
> NetView will automatically receive the 5.1 code on the GA date. If you
> are
> a customer that wants a copy of 5.1 prior to the GA date, you need to do
> the following:
>
> Starting on Thursday, September 3, the customer can send a note directly
> to
> swdist@tivoli.com requesting NetView 5.1, again including the same
> information: company name, customer # (preferably, a Tivoli cust# which
> starts with a T, but IBM cust# can work), mailing address, contact name,
> and contact telephone number.
>
> Please note that a number of customers on the HOT LIST that were to
> receive
> a copy of NetView 5.1 were NOT entitled to NetView or had their
> maintenance
> contract expire (a customer receives 1 year of service free when
> purchasing
> the product, but must pay for a maintenance contract after that in order
> to
> receive upgrades). If a customer sends a note to swdist and their
> maintenance contract has expired, they will be sent a reply note asking
> them to renew their contract via another note to renew@tivoli.com. The
> Tivoli account representative, if known, is generally blind copied on
this
> note.
>
> Hope this helps!!
>
> One last note: If a customer purchased NetView for NT or NetView for
> Digital Unix through Digital, they must request 5.1 through the Digital
> (Compaq) Corporation, who does have a copy of the code.
>
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
> P.S. I was also informed that the hardcopy documentation for NetView 5.1
> is not available at this time, but will be sent to all customers who
> receive the product when available. For the UNIX product, however the
> hardcopy is identical to the 5.0 version.
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