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Re: Latest Version of Optivity

1998-10-20 17:49:52
Subject: Re: Latest Version of Optivity
From: Alain Menezes <a.menezes AT CGER DOT BE>
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:49:52 PDT
I agree with Ken : I've got many apps running over NetView and I must be sure 
that they support V5.1 before upgrading my system. Q1 99 seems to be a good 
moment to end NV 4.1 support since vendors will thus have more time to prepare 
their apps for NV 5.1

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> Thanks David!  Is there a target date for the GA release of Optivity v9.0?


> I have a requirement to migrate my NV platform to v5.1 ASAP. I will not be
> loading v5.0 in the interim and IBM would like to pull support on NV v4.1
> in November '98.
>
> James,  it would be nice (customer focused) if IBM/Tivoli would postpone
> the end of support of NV v4.1 until the end of Q1 '99. It seems that many
> vendors software is not ready to support NV v5.1.  Is this possible? Would
> there need to be some majority of customer requests to make this happen?
>
>
>
>
> From: David_Easter AT BAYNETWORKS DOT COM on 10/13/98 12:03 PM AST
>
>
> Please respond to NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> cc:
> Client:
> Subject:  Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>
>
>
>
> Hi Ken,
>   Optivity NMS 9.0 will be the first version to support NV 5.1.  NMS 8.1.1
> will support the same platforms that the NMS 8.1 platform did.
>   AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported.  Bay Networks will, whenever fiscally
> possible, support maintenance releases of any platforms or Operating
> systems for use with Optivity applications.  A maintenance release is
> defined as a change in the third decimal point of a version number.
> -David J. Easter
> Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
> Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.
> -=-REgarding-=-
> At 10:18 AM 10/13/98 -0500, Ken Karasek wrote:
> >Steve, can you tell us if there is a target date for Bay supporting TME10
> >NV v5.1 under either Optivity v8.1, v 8.1.1 or will Bay wait for v9.0?
> >
> >Could you also tell us if AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported by Bay? The
> 8.1
> >doc only lists support for AIX 4.2.
> >
> >I would like to upgrade to AIX 4.2.1 and NV v5.1 in November if possible
> >and have Bay's support.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: svalente AT BAYNETWORKS DOT COM on 10/12/98 08:37 AM MST
> >
> >
> >Please respond to NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> >
> >To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
> >cc:
> >Client:
> >Subject:  Re: Latest Version of Optivity
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >Just to clarify, though Optivity 8.1 may indeed be functional with NV 5.1,
> >the last tested version, and therefore the SUPPORTED version of NV is 5.0.
> >This does not mean that the NorTel Networks TSC will not attempt to
> support
> >a 5.1 configuration, it merely means that if a bug is detected, it must be
> >reproduceable on version 5.0 of NV, Optivity 8.1 in order for engineering
> >to accept it as Change Request.
> >Regards,
> >Steve Valente
> >NorTel Networks
> >Optivity Unix Support
> >
> >At 09:51 AM 10/12/98 -0500, Art C. DeBuigny wrote:
> >>Blaine;
> >>
> >>It installed okay on top of 5.1.  I installed it last week.  So far, so
> >>good.
> >>
> >>Art DeBuigny
> >>debuigny AT dallas DOT net
> >>
> >>Owens, Blaine C wrote:
> >>>
> >>> We are currently running version 7.2 of Optivity and want to upgrade to
> >>> the latest (and Y2K compliant) version. Would that be Optivity Network
> >>> Management System version 8.1? Will it run with NetView V5.1? Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Blaine Owens
> >>> Eastman Chemical Company
> >>> Email - bowens AT eastman DOT com
> >>> Phone - (423)229-3579
> >>> Fax     - (423)229-1188
> >>
> >
>

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