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Subject: Re: TNG versus Tivoli
From: Xu He <xuhe@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:04:32 -0700
Reply-to: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Sender: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Does anyone know which file I can modify to change the menu when I
right-click on a object. I looked under usr/ov/reg and
usr/ov/registration and could find it.

Thanks
Xu He
Network Engineer
Network Solutions, Inc



--- Nicaud Phil <pnicaud@WOOLWORTHS.COM.AU> wrote:
> Leslie
>
> You will find Ciscoview does exactly this by
> modifying the menu files for
> Netview. You can right-click on an object and call
> ciscoview for that object
> from there.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leslie Clark [SMTP:lclark@US.IBM.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 1999 11:08
> > To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject:      Re: TNG versus Tivoli
> >
> > I am re-posting my entire response because I don't
> want anything to be
> > taken
> > out of context and I am not sure I really answered
> your question. First, I
> > believe
> > that any device which has a web agent would be
> controllable from any
> > platform,
> > with or without a network management software such
> as Tivoli Netview. All
> > you
> > would need is the browser.  You might want to
> launch that browser from a
> > network map, so the question then becomes whether
> this is possible. Yes,
> > this can be done from Netview for AIX. As an
> example, the IBM Nways
> > Manager
> > for AIX product, which runs on top of Netview,
> adds functions which allow
> > the
> > lauch of a browser to control certain IBM network
> devices. My conclusion
> > is
> > that such integration would be fairly simple for
> other network devices as
> > well,
> > using basic Netview configuration functions, in
> the absence of Nways.
> > I believe, but cannot verify, that such
> integration would also be possible
> > on
> > the Netview for NT platform as well.
> >
> > I wanted to clarify this, because it was unclear
> to me whether you were
> > asking
> > about platforms for Netview or platforms for
> Nways. I think you are NOT
> > asking
> > about Nways because you did not mention IBM
> networking devices
> > specifically.
> > I only used that as an example of a case in which
> this is done.
> >
> > Launching applications for a device on the Netview
> map is usually involves
> > creating a registration file and placing it in the
> proper directory. It
> > can
> > be
> > passed the name of the selected node to be used in
> the execution of the
> > command.
> > I believe this functionality is the same on all
> versions of Netview.
> >
> > Is anyone else using this functionality?
> > -- Leslie Clark
> >
> >
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > thank you for your answer and for your help.
> > >Our Nways management  applications on Netview for
> AIX allow you to
> > >click on pictures of the device and launch the
> browser and get to the
> > part
> > >of the agent that controls that part of the
> device. So if the device
> > >contains a web server, the web browser could in
> theory be anywhere.
> >
> > This is exactly what I wanted to know. Is it true
> only for the AIX version
> > or for all the versions.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Y. Dahmane, Senior Software Engineer
> >
> > Original answer:
> >
>
 =========================================================================
> > =
> > ==
> > Maybe you are talking about something completely
> different, but here are
> > some
> > words I have heard:
> >
> > Netview for NT 5.1 provides integrated suppport
> for WBEM (Web-Based
> > Enterprise Management) technology. This is mostly
> Microsoft stuff, I
> > think.
> > But Netview for NT can discover wbem-enabled nodes
> and collect and
> > store information about them.
> >
> > A number of the IBM networking devices include in
> their agents the ability
> > to provide information and accept configuration
> commands via web
> > browsers. For that sort of thing, it should  not
> matter where the web
> > browser is, only that it support the correct
> levels of java or html or
> > whatever.
> > Our Nways management  applications on Netview for
> AIX allow you to
> > click on pictures of the device and launch the
> browser and get to the part
> > of the agent that controls that part of the
> device. So if the device
> > contains
> > a web server, the web browser could in theory be
> anywhere.
> >
> > Anybody else?
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Leslie A. Clark
> > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> >
> >
> > original question:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question.
> > Is it possible to run a Web browser from Tivoli
> TME or Unicenter TNG (or
> > any
> > other SNMP console) to control a particular device
> on the net that support
> > a
> > Web browser application?
> > If somebody can help me out?
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> > Youcef Dahmane, Software Engineer
>
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