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Re: TNG versus Tivoli

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Subject: Re: TNG versus Tivoli
From: Dave Luiz <daveluiz@JPS.NET>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:37:18 -0700
Reply-to: daveluiz@jps.net
Sender: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
If I remember correctly, they are found in /usr/OV/registration/C

Regards
Dave Luiz
HWDC Network Management Group

Xu He wrote:

> 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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