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RE: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?

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Subject: RE: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?
From: "Barr, Scott" <Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:06:33 -0500
As far as I am aware ALL Ciscoworks 2000 applications are local browswer java 
based only applications. There is NO native interfaces its all web browser.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         bernard.baudoux@fortisbank.com 
> [mailto:bernard.baudoux@fortisbank.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:58 AM
> To:   'nv-l@lists.tivoli.com'
> Subject:      RE: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?
> 
> Leslie,
> 
> in you reply you state:
> 
>  "There is no overhead involved in having the integration on the netview 
> system. If you launch CW from there, there is. If you launch it from the web 
> client, the overhead is on your PC."
> 
> From this I understand it is possible to launch CW from the Web interface.   
> 
> I have installed the integration, but do not see any menu option to CW.  
> Support says it is not possible to use CW from the Web.
> 
> I'm a bit confused.
> 
> Can you confirm whether or not I can access CW frm the Web and if yes, how ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bernard Baudoux
> Fortis Banque.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leslie Clark [SMTP:lclark@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: jeudi 16 mai 2002 14:23
> To:   nv-l@lists.tivoli.com
> Subject:      Re: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?
> 
> I still seem to miss-direct these about half the time...
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
> 
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> 
> Leslie,
> 
> Thank you so much for your clear and concise answer. That is exactly what I
> wanted to know!
> 
> 
> Scott Bursik
> Pepsico Business Solutions Group
> scott.bursik@pbsg.com
> >From: "Leslie Clark"
> >To: "Scott Bursik"
> >Subject: Re: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?
> >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:05:43 -0400
> >
> >The best thing the integration buys you is recognizable Cisco bitmaps on
> >your Netview
> >map. It also adds fields with more specific information about the model
> >than you get
> >with the Agent field set by Netview from oid_to_type and the agents list
> in
> >snmp_fields.
> >So cosmetics and info that is somewhat useful in reports. It loads V2
> mibs,
> >which
> >you may or may not find useful :). It does NOT add trap definitions, but
> >those are
> >all pretty much taken care of by the trapd.conf shipped with Netview since
> >6.0.1.
> >
> >The other thing is the ability to lauch CW Device Manager from a node
> >selected on the
> >map. Personally, I do not find this to be all that exciting. It launches
> >the web browser
> >and points it to your CW server, just as you would manually, with the name
> >of the
> >node plugged in. You have to re-authenticate every time you launch it. I
> >would
> >rather just launch it myself once. But that's me.
> >
> >There is no overhead involved in having the integration on the netview
> >system.
> >If you launch CW from there, there is. If you launch it from the web
> >client, the> 
> >overhead is on your PC.
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >Leslie A. Clark
> >IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> >Detroit
> >
> >
> >
> > "Scott Bursik"
> > > l.com> cc:
> > Subject: [nv-l] What does Cisco Works Buy Me?
> > 05/15/2002 08:51
> > AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >NetView 6.0.3 AIX 4.3.3
> >
> >
> >We are looking at what Cisco Works might be able to buy us. We are
> >currently running tham as 2 seperate applications with no integration. We
> >are using the NetView database to "seed" Cisco Works with a script that
> >they provide that uses ovtopodump -o and some xnmsnmpconf -res commands to
> >"dump" information into CW. Is the integration of CW and NetView a tight
> >integration or does it just give enhancements to the user of the GUI? I
> >haven't been able to find a great deal of documentation on the subject.
> >Maybe thats all I need is a push int he right direction. One last
> question?
> >What is the overhead of the CW integration? Will I notice any performance
> >differences after the integration?
> >
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Scott Bursik
> >Pepsico Business Solutions Group
> >scott.bursik@pbsg.com
> >
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