Tom,

There is no need for the TEC server in the NetView TMR to be up and
running if you intend to have the TIPN NetView/TEC Integration get data
from a TEC server in a different TMR. By default, TIPN will use the TEC
server in the local TMR but the TIPN User's Guide explains how to get it
to use a different TEC server. It is required that the NetView TMR and
the other TMR be interconnected.

TIPN NetView/TEC Integration requires access to code installed with the
TEC Console. That is why the console must be installed on the NetView
server itself. Having to install a TEC Server in the same TMR is just an
unfortunate prerequisite to that. I don't think it would even be
necessary to configure that TEC Server or install an RDBMS for it, never
mind start it up.

Scott Donohoo
Tivoli NetView L2 Support