I agree with everyone about staying on your
UNIX platform. I have found (as I'm sure you
have) that my NetView 6.0.1 running under AIX
4.3.3 it so tied to UNIX that I cannot think
of moving it to NT without starting all over.
I have a lot of pure UNIX scripts that help
me administer NetView (and our network) that
technically are not part of NetView, but are
indeed part of the whole nut that I keep pounding
upon.
Tell your bosses that hardware is cheap compared
to the price of your effort to re-implement
(notice I didn't say move) your NetView.
Les Dickert
Verisign Consulting
>From: Jorge Jiles <Jorge.Jiles AT ualberta DOT ca>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>Subject: Re: [NV-L] Netview 6.0.2 Unix vs NT
>Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:21:43 -0600
>
>Thanks for you input.
>Yes, I could run a test environment, but I thought it would be unfair to
>compare version 6.0.2 on NT and version 5.0 on Unix, as the Unix side would
>be at a disadvantage being a much older version (less features) As far as I
>know, I don't have version 5 for NT. I'll check on the Installation CD's.
>
>At 02:06 PM 5/31/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Personally, I think that going to the NT version from UNIX is a very bad
> >idea. You cannot migrate anything. You have to completely install
>NetView
> >for Windows NT and customize it from scratch. Version 6.0.2 will run
> >under Windows 2000 but so what? At 30,000 objects most boxes are going
>to
> >be completely used up trying to keep up, and you lose some functionality
> >(most ruleset processing is not supported, for example). A lot of
>what
> >you are used to is slightly different on NT and most users find the
> >differences frustrating if they are used to UNIX. Much of the
>underlying
> >differences are due to differences in the OS, which are not at all alike.
> >NT is notoriously difficult to customize or tune.
> >
> >But as both versions of NetView are shipped on the same CD, why couldn't
> >you find a test NT box and install the NT Version and get a feel for it
> >yourself before deciding? You could even do that with V5 (NT -only, not
> >W2K), couldn't you?
> >
> >James Shanks
> >Team Leader, Level 3 Support
> > Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
> >
> >
> >
> >Jorge Jiles <Jorge.Jiles AT ualberta DOT ca>@tkg.com on 05/31/2001 01:32:52
> >PM
> >
> >Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> >
> >Sent by: owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com
> >
> >
> >To: nv-l AT tkg DOT com
> >cc:
> >Subject: [NV-L] Netview 6.0.2 Unix vs NT
> >
> >
> >
> >Netview 5 on AIX 4.2.1 RS/6000 43P -240
> >30.000 + objects on the Database.
> >
> >We need to upgrade our version of Netview to the latest 6.0.2 In order to
> >run the new Netview version we need to upgrade our existing hardware, as
>it
> >would not be adequate to perform at a production level. We would like to
> >upgrade our RS/6000 server, upgrade AIX to the latest levels, and also
> >Netview to version 6.0.2.
> >
> >Since we need to invest on hardware, the question asked was weather we
> >should continue to run Netview on Unix, or we should move to a less
> >expensive Windows environment.
> >
> >The biggest headache would be to move all the customization we have
> >developed over the years from Unix to a Windows NT setting. Lots of Perl,
> >shell (awk, sed) , C, Expect, X , etc scripts.
> >
> >But what about the application it self, is there much different in
> >functionality between Unix and Windows?
> >Is the Windows version going to be supported also under Windows 2000?
> >Would I be able to move my native Unix db's to the Windows version?
> >Have any body made the switch? And how painful was? And was it worth it?
> >Any thing I should know before making a decision?
> >
> >Thanks for any info.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jorge A Jiles
> >Network Analyst
> >Computing & Network Services
> >University of Alberta
> >Edmonton, Alberta
> >Canada
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