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I did the installation this morning as an upgrade from
7.1.4. It went ok. Here is the output for those who are
interested. Thanks all for your advise....Eric
Using Hummingbird Exeed for an X window session to my XP
desktop. Telneted to the server and ran
export DISPLAY=myworkstationname:0.0
[/var/tmp/nv715inst/BASE_CD/NetView:#]
instalnv -k SERVER -u The following options have been
selected for this installation: Back up and remove the current
installation. Install the SERVER
kit(s). Install the default en_US language
only. Perform an update installation
(migrate from previous version). Perform configuration after files
are in place. The following options have been
selected for configuration: Configure the SERVER
kit(s). Configure the SNMPv1 MIB Collector
(snmpCollect). Do you wish to continue? (y/n)
y 10:25:09 Displaying product license acceptance
screen. 10:25:33 Saving contents of existing NetView 7.1
Server for migration. 10:32:10 -- Installing
nvPREQ 10:32:14 -- Installing
nvBASE 10:34:12 -- Installing
nvSRVR 10:35:36 -- Installing
nvWEBs 10:37:02 -- Configuring
nvSRVR 10:45:21 -- Configuring
nvWEBs 10:45:21 Installation completed
successfully. Eric
Zoeckler From: nv-l-bounces@lists.ca.ibm.com [mailto:nv-l-bounces@lists.ca.ibm.com] On Behalf Of Leslie Clark Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:21 PM To: Tivoli NetView Discussions Subject: RE: [NV-L] 7.1.5 AIX remote upgrade V714 puts up an x popup. I believe Eric is saying that he DOES have a proper x emulation session and is just asking if it is ok to use it, not reporting a problem. Cordially, Leslie A. Clark IT Services Specialist, Network Mgmt Information Technology Services Americas IBM Global Services (248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager
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
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 IT Services Specialist, Network Mgmt Information Technology Services Americas IBM Global Services (248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager
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
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
From: nv-l-bounces@lists.ca.ibm.com [mailto:nv-l-bounces@lists.ca.ibm.com] On Behalf Of Mark Sklenarik Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:51 PM To: Tivoli NetView Discussions Subject: Re: [NV-L] 7.1.5 AIX remote upgrade 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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