Steve,
Optivity NMS 9.0 is scheduled to support NetView (5.x) on Solaris.
BTW, and this is to all "NetViewers"; please make sure you put the product
name after the Optivity brand. Optivity is a brand name just like "Dodge"
(a brand under the Chrysler Corporation) or "Planters" (a brand under
Nabisco).
If went to an auto parts store and said that you needed a new engine for
your 1996 Dodge... the next question asked of you would be "What model of
Dodge are you referring to? Dodge Neon? Dodge Viper? Dodge Caravan?"
etc... Same thing goes for "Optivity". Optivity is now a brand name for
lots of different products - Optivity NMS, Optivity Analysis, Optivity
Planning, Optivity NETarchitect, Optivity NCS, Optivity CallReporter,
Optivity StackProbe, etc...
Support issues are different for each product, so make sure you specify
when asking questions.
Thanx! I shall now dismount the soapbox.
-David J. Easter
Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.
P.S. Optivity Enterprise is a bundle of Optivity NMS, Optivity Analysis,
and Optivity Planning. It's not a product unto itself either.
-=-REgarding-=-
At 07:05 PM 10/16/98 -0400, Houle, Stephen A wrote:
>David,
>
>Will Optivity 9.0 for Solaris work with Netview on Solaris?
>
>Steve
>
>--
>Steve Houle
>Enterprise Management
>Salomon Smith Barney
>ph: (212) 723-3369
>mailto:stephen.a.houle@ssmb.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Easter [mailto:David_Easter@BAYNETWORKS.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 2:35 PM
>To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
>Subject: Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>
>
>Ken,
>
> GA (or what we call First Customer Ship [FCS]) of Optivity NMS 9.0 for
>Solaris and NT is currently scheduled for around 1/31/99. Optivity NMS 9.0
>for AIX and HP-UX is scheduled for April '99.
>
> I have heard rumors from within Tivoli that support for NV 4.1 may be
>extended, but I would not plan on it until an official Tivoli spokesperson
>confirms or denies the rumor.
>
>-David J. Easter
>Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
>Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.
>
>-=-REgarding-=-
>
>At 08:46 AM 10/15/98 -0500, Ken Karasek wrote:
>>Thanks David! Is there a target date for the GA release of Optivity v9.0?
>>I have a requirement to migrate my NV platform to v5.1 ASAP. I will not be
>>loading v5.0 in the interim and IBM would like to pull support on NV v4.1
>>in November '98.
>>
>>James, it would be nice (customer focused) if IBM/Tivoli would postpone
>>the end of support of NV v4.1 until the end of Q1 '99. It seems that many
>>vendors software is not ready to support NV v5.1. Is this possible? Would
>>there need to be some majority of customer requests to make this happen?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: David_Easter@BAYNETWORKS.COM on 10/13/98 12:03 PM AST
>>
>>
>>Please respond to NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
>>
>>To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
>>cc:
>>Client:
>>Subject: Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi Ken,
>> Optivity NMS 9.0 will be the first version to support NV 5.1. NMS 8.1.1
>>will support the same platforms that the NMS 8.1 platform did.
>> AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported. Bay Networks will, whenever fiscally
>>possible, support maintenance releases of any platforms or Operating
>>systems for use with Optivity applications. A maintenance release is
>>defined as a change in the third decimal point of a version number.
>>-David J. Easter
>>Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
>>Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.
>>-=-REgarding-=-
>>At 10:18 AM 10/13/98 -0500, Ken Karasek wrote:
>>>Steve, can you tell us if there is a target date for Bay supporting TME10
>>>NV v5.1 under either Optivity v8.1, v 8.1.1 or will Bay wait for v9.0?
>>>
>>>Could you also tell us if AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported by Bay? The
>>8.1
>>>doc only lists support for AIX 4.2.
>>>
>>>I would like to upgrade to AIX 4.2.1 and NV v5.1 in November if possible
>>>and have Bay's support.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>From: svalente@BAYNETWORKS.COM on 10/12/98 08:37 AM MST
>>>
>>>
>>>Please respond to NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
>>>
>>>To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
>>>cc:
>>>Client:
>>>Subject: Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>Just to clarify, though Optivity 8.1 may indeed be functional with NV 5.1,
>>>the last tested version, and therefore the SUPPORTED version of NV is 5.0.
>>>This does not mean that the NorTel Networks TSC will not attempt to
>>support
>>>a 5.1 configuration, it merely means that if a bug is detected, it must be
>>>reproduceable on version 5.0 of NV, Optivity 8.1 in order for engineering
>>>to accept it as Change Request.
>>>Regards,
>>>Steve Valente
>>>NorTel Networks
>>>Optivity Unix Support
>>>
>>>At 09:51 AM 10/12/98 -0500, Art C. DeBuigny wrote:
>>>>Blaine;
>>>>
>>>>It installed okay on top of 5.1. I installed it last week. So far, so
>>>>good.
>>>>
>>>>Art DeBuigny
>>>>debuigny@dallas.net
>>>>
>>>>Owens, Blaine C wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> We are currently running version 7.2 of Optivity and want to upgrade to
>>>>> the latest (and Y2K compliant) version. Would that be Optivity Network
>>>>> Management System version 8.1? Will it run with NetView V5.1? Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Blaine Owens
>>>>> Eastman Chemical Company
>>>>> Email - bowens@eastman.com
>>>>> Phone - (423)229-3579
>>>>> Fax - (423)229-1188
>>>>
>>>
>>
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