Couldn't agree more with James's comments! Whether you have a remote
stand-alone NetView or an Attended MLM, there is no fundamental sharing
of NetView databases - the Attended MLM is basically a stand-alone
NetView that forwards TRAPs to a manager-of -managers NetView using an
under-the-covers MLM. Your issue comes with usability as so many
details are different between the Windows and Unix NetView
implementations. If the folk using the Attended MLM really need a GUI,
is the Web Console from your M-o-M NetView adequate?
Trawl the archives for more discussions on MLMs.
Cheers,
Jane
James Shanks wrote:
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
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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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