OK, I think I need to upgrade to 5.1 before going any further. Thanks for
the help/info guys.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 7:06 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
>
> NetView 5.0 RevB was never tested with SP4 to my knowledge. And the
> release notes for 5.0 clearly specified SP3. SP4 wasn't tested until 5.1.
>
> But I still think Oliver's problem is covered by the new APAR PJ26414 for
> folks using SQL Server. We are shipping an efix for that today. Call
> Support if you want to try it.
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> "Wigg, David" <David.Wigg@WANG.COM> on 05/06/99 11:44:41 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/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject: Re: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for the info. Is there any info from Tivoli about this? Is NV 5.0
> RevB not supported on NT4 sp4?
>
> Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OGrant [SMTP:OGrant@PEC.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 3:23 PM
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: Re: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
> >
> > I had some similiar problems with an earlier attempted install of sp4
> and
> > nv
> > 5.1; as in your case, odbc drivers appeared to be the likely culprit,
> > although I was never able to determine why nv 5.1 would be so sensitive
> to
> > them. I finally re-staged the server, re-installed nt 4.0 w/ *sp 3*, nv
> > 5.1, and sql server *with no patches* - results seemed to be quite good.
> > However, as I described in earlier posts, upgrading to nv 5.1.1/mdac 2.0
> > appeared to have *again* put the khybash (sp?) on my netview
> > server...again,
> > newer odbc drivers seem to be wreaking havoc. After some wrestling
> with
> > trapd and the object database, I retreated to the safe territory of nv
> > 5.1.
> > My $0.02.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wigg, David [SMTP:David.Wigg@WANG.COM]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:41 AM
> > > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > > Subject: Netview 5.0 RevB/NT4 sp4/ODBC problem?
> > >
> > > Hi, I am installing Netview V5.0 RevB on NT4 Sp4. The installation
> > > completes
> > > ok and everything looks ok except for netmon and snmpcollect.
> > >
> > > There seems to be a problem with the ODBC access. If I set snmpcollect
> > to
> > > not use ODBC it starts up ok. This is not the real problem however. I
> > > cannot
> > > get netmon to run. (fairly basic requirement!)
> > >
> > > The netview logfile shows:
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] The ODBC data source Tess_ds does not seem
> to
> > be
> > > configured correctly in the registry.
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] Trapd: (initODBC) SQL could not connect to
> > data
> > > source tess.
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] 1. () [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]
> Data
> > > source name not found and no default driver specified
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:38 [trapd] trapd.exe: ODBC database setup failed. Trapd
> > > will
> > > continue, but will
> > >
> > > log events in \usr\ov\log\trapd.log only.
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:41 [nvcold] Initialization complete.
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] The ODBC data source Snmpcollect_ds does
> not
> > > seem
> > > to be configured correctly in the registry.
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] (ConnectToODBC) Couldn't connect to data
> > source
> > > snmpcollect_ds. Exiting snmpodbc.
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [netmon] 1. [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
> > > source
> > > name not found and no default driver specified
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] snmpcollect starting up
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] snmpcollect about to spin thread
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [ovstart] Done
> > > 05/06/99 08:27:42 [snmpcollect] Output storage mode: flat files
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 09:53:02 [nmpolling] Failed to connect to netmon's shared
> > memory
> > > segment; error: The system cannot find the file specified.
> > >
> > > 05/06/99 09:53:25 [ovstatus] Done
> > >
> > > ODBC looks like the culprit but why? I have had to reinstall NT for
> > > another
> > > reason and the problem is still there. I have tried installing the
> ODBC
> > > drivers from the netview cd - still no go. I don't want to use ODBC
> > > anyway.
> > > How can I get netmon to start up? Am I doing (or missing) something
> > daft?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Dave
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