attended MLM and Regional NetView Server

["Geoffrey Cheng/Markham/IBM" <gcheng@ca.ibm.com>]

Hi,

     I read the NetView for NT user's guide and saw that MLM can be
installed on
     NetView for NT using attended mode and then NetView for NT can be
acted
     as a MLM. And it also use the term of "Regional Manager".

     As MLM on NT can only use broadcast search for discovery polling, does
the
     attended mode configuration enable netmon on NT to put its discovered
ip
     addresses into MLM discovery table?

     Even the above is true,  ip addresses entered into the MLM discovery
table
     are still limited to the ones on the local subnet, is it correct?

     Also, is it correct that between the claimed "Regional Manager" and
top level
     manager, the only communication mechanism is still "trap".

     Since the "Regional Manager" concept is mentioned, does it imply that
Tivoli
     is going to build a manager to manager communication between NetView
for
     NT and top level NetView to integrate object/topoloy database and
centralize
     the configuration and control like what OpenView NNM is doing now?

     Thanks.


Best Regards,

Geoffrey Cheng