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Re: can netview integrate with optivity

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Subject: Re: can netview integrate with optivity
From: Ronnie.Ross@springs.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:58:41 -0400
NetView and Optivity must run on the same machine.  In order for the
Optivity menu items to show up in NetView, NetView must be installed first.
During the installation of Optivity, it will see that you have NetView and
add the menu items, icons and stuff for you.  When you are running NetView,
you will be able to launch any of the Optivity apps from inside of NetView,
(ie, expanded view, omniview).  Version 9.0 had many problems, there have
been many patches since this version  You should upgrade to 9.1 as soon as
possible.  Should be free if you have a maintenance contract.

One more point, Optivity 9.x can run in stand-alone mode.  It does not need
a manager to run (HP Openview/Tivoli NetView).    In my experience, you
would NOT want to use it this way.  We use the Tivoli map function all of
the time to see the status of our Network.  When something goes wrong, we
know right away.  We drill down to the problem and start working on it.
Having the Optivity apps available helps when we have problems, but it is
just one tool of many and we do not use it every day like we do NetView.

Ronnie Ross
Network Engineer
Springs Industries



                                                                                
                             
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Hi Ronnie Ross
     Much thanks for your response. There is still several tips I want to
confirm.
1.what do you mean "Optivity that has to tie to NetView", do you mean that
they have to be installed on one machine?
2.After the integration, I can identify the nortel device  icon from
netview map and I can launch optivity from netview menu. Am I right and no
misunderstanding ?
3.customer has optivity9.0 already, do they have to upgrade to version 9.1

Thanks in advance
Qian Jing
Tivoli/ISM IBM Global Service
10/F Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road,
Shanghai 200021, P.R.China
Tel: (86)21-63262288x4717
E-Mail: qianj@cn.ibm.com



Ronnie.Ross@springs.com on 27-04-2001 19:44:48

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Yes, you can.  But it is Optivity that has to tie to NetView.  Install
NetView FIRST.  Put the latest patches on (6.0.2).  Then install Optivity
9.1.  During the install, Optivity will find NetView and add stuff to its
menus.  If you already have a map with lots of stuff, you will have to run
Update Symbols under Tools, Optivity Admin to update all icons to Nortel
icons if they are Nortel equipment.  Otherwise, after you install Optivity,
all new devices should pick up the right icon.

The only problem I have had with the Optivity software is the super ping
deamon.  This deamon seams to want to ping stuff that is down serveral
hunderd times a second.  So I just manually stop the deamon.  If I figured
out which file this gets started in, I would comment it out.  Optivity apps
run just fine without this deamon.  The other thing is it is so SLOW.
Nortel says latter this year, there will be a new version to address this
problem.

Have a good day.

Ronnie Ross
Network Engineer
Springs Industries




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Hi all.
     Can netview 6.0.x integration with optivity 9.0 ? If the answer is
yes, then how can I get the related document to complete this task ?

Best Regards
Qian Jing
Tivoli/ISM, IBM Global Service
10/F Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road,
Shanghai 200021, P.R.China
Tel: (86)21-63262288x4717
E-Mail: qianj@cn.ibm.com


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