What if I install a new NetView 5.1 from scratch; is it possible to move a
version 4.1.2 DB to it ?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: mercredi 14 juillet 1999 19:11
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Re: Some Post Migration Questions...
>
> >>1. The Netview groups which I have previously defined were gone! i.e. in
> the
> >>/usr/conf/security directory. A user did not have the same privilages as
> >>before? Should I copy over some files from the OV.back.v4r1 directory or
> >>something?
>
> You are correct. There is a deficiency in the migration that it does not
> copy
> the security
> profiels. I believe this is being addressed in a future release, but that
> won't
> help you
> now. You can try copying the secuirty files from 4.1 to 5.1.1 but I don't
> know
> if that will work. Otherwise you must rebuild it.
>
> >>2. Netview attempts to start other applications which are in the
> >>registration files but are no longer installed on the system. I saw this
> by
> >>looking at the nv6000.log. Any solution?
>
> The solution is that you should have removed those applications from the
> V4
> system before you build the migration script, or you must re-install them
> now.
> Else you will have to go into /usr/OV/registration/C and locate those
> files and
> remove them.
>
> >>3. Could someone explain the entire issue of X11R5 vs X11R6 and what I
> must
> >>do?
>
> The default Xserver libraries for AIX used to be X11R5 and NetView has
> worked
> just peachy
> with them for years. Then AIX started shipping X11R6. We don't know what
> they
> changed, but now the NetView GUI often hangs, especaiily if the CDE is
> running
> and you switch screens or when NetView is shutting down. Until AIX fixes
> this,
> we must pre-req X11R5.
> In the netview command script which starts the GUI and in other such
> places, we
> have added an LIBPATH which specifies R5. This means that /usr/lpp/X11/R5
> must
> exist on your box for NetView to function correctly. If it doesn't, then
> you
> must install it.
>
>
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> Gord Michaels <gord_michaels@HOTMAIL.COM> on 07/14/99 12:46:03 PM
>
> 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: Some Post Migration Questions...
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello All.
>
> I have recently migrated from Netview 4.1 to Netview 5.1.1 (on AIX 4.2.1).
> All went well with a few exceptions...
>
> 1. The Netview groups which I have previously defined were gone! i.e. in
> the
> /usr/conf/security directory. A user did not have the same privilages as
> before? Should I copy over some files from the OV.back.v4r1 directory or
> something?
>
> 2. Netview attempts to start other applications which are in the
> registration files but are no longer installed on the system. I saw this
> by
> looking at the nv6000.log. Any solution?
>
> 3. Could someone explain the entire issue of X11R5 vs X11R6 and what I
> must
> do?
>
> Any info appreciated.
>
> Gord.
>
>
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