NetView 7.1 officially announced October 16, 2001

["James Shanks" <SHANKS@us.tivoli.com>]

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Well, it's official.
See IBM Announcement Letter  201-298 for details.
NetView 7.1 will be generally available October 26, 2001.
  Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.

 
New Features?
The big news is in the web client for 7.1, which is identical for UNIX or 
NT.
(1) It is no longer necessary to have a read-write map open on the server 
to use the web client.  Instead there is a background daemon which the web 

     client will connect to instead.  This means, among other things, that 
you can setup an NetView server, and after initial customization, run it 
without an active
        X-GUI.
(2) There is a completely new security interface for the web client, which 
allows you to define roles (Operator, Administrator, User, etc) for the 
web users, and in
        addition, scoping -- you can restrict what the they can see and 
interact with via subnet address.
(3) There is also a completely new SNMP V1/V2 MIB Browser (and loader) for 
use with the web client, which can also be launched independently on the 
server.
(4) There is an expanded events display which allows filtering by rulesets 
in the web client. 
(5)  Cross-firewall support for the web client.  Only one port is needed 
and it is unidirectional.

Other new features
(6) Hot backup - the ability to pause your NetView daemons long enough to 
make a backup of the databases and then resume them again.  A complete 
shutdown
        is no longer required to make backups.  It is much faster.
(7) Standalone install -- if you have no need of the Framework, then you 
can install NetView 7.1 standalone, without it, on UNIX. 
 
(8) Other miscellaneous enhancements. Tivoli NetView 7.1 provides some 
support for (Cisco)  MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) devices, some  
                    improved layer-2 diagnostics for certain LAN devices, 
and discovery and monitoring improvements for ISDN.
 
(9) New  Statement of Direction (LINUX)

                 Present plans include adding Linux platform support for 
Tivoli NetView 7.1,
                 initial delivery planned for Intel-based platforms. 
(RedHat 7.1 & SuSE 7.1)

        These are not available now but will probably appear some time 
next year.

 Additional Information:

          Sorry but the Release Notes (hardcopy GI11-0879) are not 
available on-line at this time.

          Tivoli NetView 7.1 runs on the following software platforms:

                    * Windows NT® V4 with Service Pack 5, or later 
(Workstation or Server)
                    * Windows® 2000 Service Pack 1 (Professional or 
Server)
                    * AIX® 4.3.3 Maintenance Level (4330-08)
                    * Solaris 2.7 (All Sun-recommended patches)
                    * Solaris 2.8 (All Sun-recommended patches)
                    * Tivoli Management Framework 3.6.3, or later 
(required only if installing
                      through the Management Framework or if planning to 
use RIM database
                      support)

                 See the Tivoli NetView 7.1 release notes or contact your 
marketing
                 representatives for additional details on the supported 
software platforms.


            Current licensees of Tivoli NetView with support in effect 
will receive
                 instructions on how to order this update.

            You can also contact your local IBM Business Partner or IBM 
representative.
                 To identify them, call 800-IBM-4YOU.

 

Note: Also in that letter is an important piece of news for all NetView 
Version 6.0 users:
  Based on the Tivoli end of support policy, Tivoli support for Tivoli 
NetView
  6.0 will be discontinued 12 months after the planned availability of 
Tivoli  NetView 7.1.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support 
Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software
IBM Software Group
Please note that my new id is jshanks@us.ibm.com


Well, it's official.
See IBM Announcement Letter  201-298 for details.
NetView 7.1 will be generally available October 26, 2001.
  Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.

            
New Features?
The big news is in the web client for 7.1, which is identical for UNIX or NT.
(1) It is no longer necessary to have a read-write map open on the server to use the web client.  Instead there is a background daemon which the web 
     client will connect to instead.  This means, among other things, that you can setup an NetView server, and after initial customization, run it without an active
        X-GUI.
(2) There is a completely new security interface for the web client, which allows you to define roles (Operator, Administrator, User, etc) for the web users, and in
        addition, scoping -- you can restrict what the they can see and interact with via subnet address.
(3) There is also a completely new SNMP V1/V2 MIB Browser (and loader) for use with the web client, which can also be launched independently on the server.
(4) There is an expanded events display which allows filtering by rulesets in the web client. 
(5)  Cross-firewall support for the web client.  Only one port is needed and it is unidirectional.

Other new features
(6) Hot backup - the ability to pause your NetView daemons long enough to make a backup of the databases and then resume them again.  A complete shutdown
        is no longer required to make backups.  It is much faster.
(7) Standalone install -- if you have no need of the Framework, then you can install NetView 7.1 standalone, without it, on UNIX.   
               
(8) Other miscellaneous enhancements. Tivoli NetView 7.1 provides some support for (Cisco)  MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) devices, some     
                    improved layer-2 diagnostics for certain LAN devices, and discovery and monitoring improvements for ISDN.
                    
(9) New  Statement of Direction (LINUX)

                 Present plans include adding Linux platform support for Tivoli NetView 7.1,
                 initial delivery planned for Intel-based platforms. (RedHat 7.1 & SuSE 7.1)

        These are not available now but will probably appear some time next year.

 Additional Information:

          Sorry but the Release Notes (hardcopy GI11-0879) are not available on-line at this time.

          Tivoli NetView 7.1 runs on the following software platforms:

                    * Windows NT® V4 with Service Pack 5, or later (Workstation or Server)
                    * Windows® 2000 Service Pack 1 (Professional or Server)
                    * AIX® 4.3.3 Maintenance Level (4330-08)
                    * Solaris 2.7 (All Sun-recommended patches)
                    * Solaris 2.8 (All Sun-recommended patches)
                    * Tivoli Management Framework 3.6.3, or later (required only if installing
                      through the Management Framework or if planning to use RIM database
                      support)

                 See the Tivoli NetView 7.1 release notes or contact your marketing
                 representatives for additional details on the supported software platforms.


            Current licensees of Tivoli NetView with support in effect will receive
                 instructions on how to order this update.

            You can also contact your local IBM Business Partner or IBM representative.
                 To identify them, call 800-IBM-4YOU.

   

Note: Also in that letter is an important piece of news for all NetView Version 6.0 users:
  Based on the Tivoli end of support policy, Tivoli support for Tivoli NetView
  6.0 will be discontinued 12 months after the planned availability of Tivoli  NetView 7.1.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  
Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software
IBM Software Group
Please note that my new id is jshanks@us.ibm.com