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Good news.
Now the question some customers want answered...
If I am under maintainence for Netview, and I have
less than 5000 (or 1000?) managed nodes, can I move this product for no
additional cost??
I thought the entry version was license limited to 1000
nodes?
Doug
On 9/20/07, James
Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com >
wrote:
Netcool Precision was renamed IBM Tivoli Network Manager for the 3.7
version.
The Entry Edition of the that product, NetView's replacement
for smaller customers, debuted yesterday, September 19, 2007.
You can read
the announcement letter here.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS207-199
It
features a much simplified install, a set of tools to migrate your location
.conf, your discovered nodes, and your SNMP community strings, from NetView,
as well as a number of convenience features, such as default user accounts and
views, pre-configured for you, to make it more usable out of the box. And it
is the first Tivoli product to feature canned reports based on the new Tivoli
Common Reporting tool.
I've installed and used it myself as part of
the beta. It's a vast improvement over the complexity of Precision IP for
those just getting started. You'll still have a rather steep learning curve to
get used to the Network Manager way of doing things over NetView, but this
product allows you to get something up and working in just a couple of hours,
as opposed to days it used to take. It perfect for trying before you buy or
for proof-of-concept installation as well. Lots of business partners are
excited. You just might be too.
HOW SMALL IS SMALLER? I was told that
the price is about half what a comparable IP Edition installation would be,
but the network size is limited by the license agreement to 5000 network
devices (router and switches) with 5 monitored servers equal to one network
device. The exact price is subject to whatever you can work out with your IBM
marketing rep, of course. That hasn't changed.
PS: Customers have also
been told that NetView will remain in support until at least 2012, but there
are no plans to pick up any new operating systems or new levels during that
time.
James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView
for UNIX and Windows
Network Availability Management
Network Management
- Development
Tivoli Software, IBM
Corp
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