Re: [nv-l] NT MLM's with a UNIX central host

[James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

Attended MLM is a Window-only configuration.

IMHO, the MLM on Windows was ported
by people who did not understand it's function, which is to off-load polling
and data collection to a remote device, so that the central box is left
free to do other things.  There is no good reason to have the  remote
device also be a NetView.  

You can have your remote device be a
Windows box if you like.  Personally, I'd stay with UNIX for consistency
of features and operation.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

"Christopher J Petrina" <cjp8@meadwestvaco.com>
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04/20/2004 10:08 AM

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Subject	[nv-l] NT MLM's with a UNIX central host

Greetings, 

Has anyone attempted to use Windows Netview as MLM's and have the central
Netview server be a UNIX box.  I do not see anything in particular
about this, I have looked over the Attended MLM section of the manuals,
but it seems this does not allow the same type of configurationa nd communication
between the central Netview box and the remote site MLM's.  if I am
understanding it correctly having all unix would allow for each one at
the remote sites to monitor its own subnets and configured networks locally
and should anything happen to the local MLM the central server would pick
up the slack and monitor those segments until the MLM was returned to working
status.  I do not see anything about the Attended MLM's (Windows netviews)
with a unix central netview that would allow the same configuration.  Am
I mistaken?  And is it possible to do in this manner?

Thank you 
Chris Petrina 

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