Hi James,
The worst thing is that I'll have to settle this for him....:(
Correct me if I'm wrong. The mibExpr.conf & netmon.seed files should be able
to be copied over safely. However, are there any difference in the
ovsnmp.conf & snmpCol.conf between version 4 & 5.1?
Thanks.
cheers,
Jeanie
James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM wrote:
> This will not work.
> Your customer has shot himself in the foot. If you just copy old stuff,
> you will be missing parts required for the new.
> He has two choices.
> (1) He can customize his running 5.1 system from scratch
> (2) He can re-install his 4.1 system (somehwere else if has another
> machine) and follow the procedure outlined in the 5.1 Release Notes for
> doing a migration, which is what he now says he wants. That means he has
> to run the migration script to
> create a directory called "/usr/OV.back.v4r1". He then has to re-install
> 5.1 on his current machine with that directory present. The install
> scripts will find it and merge his old customiztion with the new stuff
> required for V5.1. Nothing else is guarnateed to work.
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
> Jeanie Cham <yccham@NCS.COM.SG> on 03/05/99 06:06:21 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
> NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
>
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> cc: (bcc: James Shanks)
> Subject: Netview Upgrade
>
> Hi,
>
> My customer wants to make a freshly installed Netview 5.1 have identical
> confiuration with what he had for Netview 4. Unfortunately, he has
> wiped out the system for an OS upgrade, but not before backing up the
> entire system.
>
> Now, how can I port over all the configuration previously used in
> Netview 4. Can I just copy over the conf files in the /usr/OV/conf
> directory to the new installation? Are there any other files I need?
>
> Please advise. Thanks.
>
> cheers,
> Jeanie
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