RE: [NV-L] 7.1.5 AIX remote upgrade

[Gareth Holl <gholl@us.ibm.com>]

I don't believe the  X-windows
based pop-up occurred during installs prior to 7.1.5.  So if you don't
use the -q flag wit instalnv and you don't have a correctly exported X-session
available, chances are the installation script could hang (don't know what
this means for the validity of the underlying installation though). I'm
betting that you're asking for trouble if you don't use the flag given
that someone went to the trouble of adding it in 7.1.5 :-)

I'm not speaking from experience ...
just adding my two cents.

Gareth

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It sounds to me like everyone is saying that it ought to work just fine.
I've installed Netview (not 7.1.5 yet) using x emulation on my laptop to
access a headless server. Everyone does this. I don't understand what the
caveats are about.   

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
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By default the installation does require an exported X-Windows display
(for the copyright message and OK dialog box). However a new install flag
was added in 7.1.5 to suppress all pop-ups (thus making it a silent install
from the perspective of X-window). Sounds like you just need to use this
new flag, -q, when using the instalnv script. 

Cheers, 

Gareth

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Mark, 
Thanks for your response.  I'm doing this from a Windows XP machine,
Hummingbird Exceed for the X-window protocol, telnet session, and running
export DISPLAY for any gui data.  Our NOC runs Netview this way from
a laptop and it has worked great for many years.  I'm concerned specifically
with using this approach to do the upgrade.  Is there a portion of
the upgrade that requires the gui display, or is there a problem running
the installation files from any directory on the box rather than from the
CD as per the installation guide procedure? 
Thanks!

Eric Zoeckler
IS Analyst - Network Control Center
Data Center Operations
nationalgrid

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Eric, 
I am making the assumption that the X-windows you are referring to is also
on a Unix/Linux machine, and not a Windows box.  We do it all
the time from a remote Unix/Linux desktop to the NetView server, using
ssh or a telnet session. 

Mark F Sklenarik , CTFL
IBM SWG Tivoli Solutions ,  Software Quality Engineer

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Running 7.1.4 on AIX 5.3

Question:  Do you know if there is any problem running the instal remotely using an X-windows session?  and, My installation files are located on /var/tmp/nv715inst/

Thanks
Eric Zoeckler
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