The next release of TEC, TEC 3.8 will add this back onto the Java
Console. This will probably be available late summer.
Jan
Jane Curry wrote:
> Let me preface these comments by saying I know NetView will not
> currently be supported with TEC 3.7, however I have to hope that it will
> be some day so perhaps development is
> listening................................
>
> I have an environment with Framework 3.7 (yes - I know that isn't
> officially supported with NetView yet but no problems so far), NetView
> 6.0.1 and Tivoli Integration Pack for NetView (TIPN). Operating Systems
> are AIX 4.3.3 and Solaris 2.6.
>
> I have installed TEC 3.6, 3.6.1 and 3.6.2 - if you don't install those
> first AND create whatever TEC Consoles you need, you can't create
> old-style consoles once you are at TEC 3.7.
>
> The TEC Console Console software of TEC 3.6 provided the very useful
> ability for a TEC user to select a TEC event and then select the NetView
> option off the TEC menu and swap to a NetView window, highlighting the
> node referenced in the TEC event. I find this very useful to be able to
> cross-train TEC users to NetView. This option is not provided with the
> TEC 3.7 Java Console. Events coming in from the NetView nvserverd TEC
> adapter to TEC still work fine (though TEC 3.7 no longer ships
> tecad_nv6k if anyone is still using that).
>
> If you install TEC 3.7 before installing TIPN TEC Integration Adapter
> then the NetView TEC Task Library doesn't get created - install TIPN
> first & then upgrade TEC and you get the Task Library (with ping, demand
> poll, Mib Browse, etc), but although the task runs (ie you get an ouput
> window), you don't get your ping, demand poll etc. Again, I suspect
> this fuctionality was actually implemented in the TEC 3.6 Console
> software but it was very good for cross training TEC people to do basic
> NETWORK problem determination. (The standard TEC Task Library works
> fine in the new console)
>
> I have to say at a first look, it feels like the TEC 3.7 developers have
> never HEARD of NetView, much less TIPN. Perhaps we can educate them???
>
> Cheers,
> Jane
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