Re: [Networker] Legato 7.3
2006-01-04 12:17:34
Tim Mooney wrote:
As an aside, it was kind of a surprise to me to find out that apparently
a lot of customers don't like the nwadmin GUI on UNIX and have been
clamouring for a replacement. Maybe it's because I've been using it so
long that it's warped my brain, but I really don't have any complaints
about the native Motif GUI. It's not perfect by any means, but I can
think of lots of other places in the product where I wish Legato/EMC
would spend more time.
I'm sure I'm in the minority here but our environment is 100% Linux and
I don't think I've fired up a Networker gui in 5 years. Our servers do
not X installed, just the required support libs to satisfy dependencies.
Everything we do is via SSH or console, and in that area Networker
shines. The Networker CLI tools and man pages are outstanding in my
opinion and big reason why Networker is one of the few closed source
vendor backed solutions our Linux admin team actually likes. (Or at
least we don't whine about it daily!)
My concerns would be the command line tools functionality languishing in
the face of development efforts for NMC or other gui solutions along
with excessive install requirements to support a gui interface we never
plan to use. While I understand the marketing need to provide a capable
gui for administration I hope that what I consider one of the core
strengths of Network doesn't die.
--
Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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