Ray -
Sorry for the confusion here.
But I stated on this forum many times already that officially there are no
fixes for NetView 5.0.  The only official fixes are in the next Version,
5.1 because there was no patch mechanism built into 5.0 when it was
released.  You have been lucky so far in that the bugs that have bothered
you have been fixable by efixes -- single module replacements of V5.0 code.
But this may not always be the case.  If you find a bug which requires a
fix to a shared library, for example, then you are out of luck.

All customers should be planning a migration to NetView V5.1 as soon as
possible.  We can help diagnose bugs on  Version 5.0, but you will have to
be t V5.1 to receive a fix.  And Version 4 will go unsupported -- that is
"no more fixes" -- by the end of the year.  You can still get diagnosis
help, of course, but if your problem cannot be re-produced on Version 5.1
then you will have to migrate to get  fix.

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



Ray Schafer <schafer AT tkg DOT com> on 09/30/98 06:48:02 AM

Please respond to schafer AT tkg DOT com

To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: James Shanks)
Subject:  Re: NetView 5.0 and Framework 3.6





You seem to be stating that Netview V 5.0 is now unsupported since 5.1 is
out.
Is that true?  Can I expect that a bug I find in 5.0 will NOT be fixed in
5.0? This could force me to 5.1 even if I have real reason not to migrate
to
5.1!
What does "strong recommendation" mean?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView et
> alia [mailto:NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Mark_Sklenarik AT 
> TIVOLI DOT COM
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 8:00 AM
> To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: NetView 5.0 and Framework 3.6
>
>
> Yes, Netview V5.0 will operate on Framework 3.6, but I would strongly
> recommend you use NetView V5.1, since it contains all the
> maintenance (i.e.
> fixes) for V5.0.  There will be no patches or PTFs specifically for V5.0.
> It may also be impossible to get a e-fix for V5.0.  The strong
> recommendation is to go to V5.1 as soon as possible.
>
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> Debbie Sparg <dsparg AT FGH.CO DOT ZA> on 09/28/98 06:09:07 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>       NetView et alia <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
>
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Mark Sklenarik)
> Subject:  NetView 5.0 and Framework 3.6
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone tell me whether NetView 5.0 will run on top of Framework 3.6
> as is? or is a patch or maybe an upgrade required to NetView 5.1 in
> order to support Framework 3.6? The operating system is AIX 4.2.1.
>
> Thanks
> Debbie Sparg
> (dsparg AT faritecservices.co DOT za)
>