Bill, keep in mind that if your going to run third party apps that
integrate with NV , make sure the vendor supports a client/server
configuration. Through the years, I have found that most do not. I chose to
run a client/server configuration to save on the server resources and
network traffic, but the down side was that the third party apps outside of
Optivity, did not write the client code nor did they intend to. The result
is that when you drill into a network where the server has changed the
device icons to match that of the vendor, errors will appear for each
device in that network. So say you have 20 switches with in a subnet, you
will have to reply to 20 error messages and the end result will display
generic icons on the client. There are ways to alleviate this problem, but
it is quite administrative to maintain, you better know what you doing, and
you will not receive any support. Hence, I have migrated back to having
X-sessions established on my RS/6000 SMP J50.
From: James Shanks <James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM> on 09/29/99 11:54 AM
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Subject: Re: Client verses running X
Using telnet puts a 32 - 48 Meg RAM requirement on your server for each
additional user of the NetView GUI, depending on the release level and
functions
used. This is what is offloaded to the NetView client - you are shifting
that
RAM requirement to another box.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Bill Painter <william.t.painter@LMCO.COM> on 09/27/99 11:52:14 PM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
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<NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
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cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject: Client verses running X
What are the differences between running a client and running X back to
your
Display? Does it make for less resource use on the server?
Any comments?
Thanks,
Bill Painter
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What are the differences between running a
client and running X back to your Display? Does it make for less
resource use on the server?
Any comments?
Thanks,
Bill Painter
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