I attempted to order 7.1.2 via swdist AT tivoli DOT com and was told that it has
not been released to them yet?
Herman.E.Caballero@Lowe
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04/12/2002 09:22 AM
Pam,
I just received Netview 7.1.1 for AIX, so can I go ahead and order 7.1.2
right now?
Thanks,
Herman Caballero
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Communications
336-658-4147
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pam Geiger [SMTP:pgeiger AT us.ibm DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
> Cc: Brad C Peters
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] IBM Tivoli NetView - is this a product or
not??
>
> Brad,
>
> NetView 7.1.2 will be available immediately on all of the currently
> supported NetView platforms, including the windows platforms as well as
> Linux. The first release of the Switch Analyzer is on AIX and Solaris
> only. Supporting all of the NetView platforms is high on the list of
> requirements though and will be shipped in subsequent releases.
>
> pam
> Pam Geiger
> Tivoli Performance and Availability Evangelist
> pgeiger AT us.ibm DOT com
> 919-224-1665, T/L 687-1665
>
>
>
>
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>
> "Brad C Peters" <bcp AT meadwestvaco DOT com>
> 04/11/2002 08:05 AM
>
>
> To: Pam Geiger/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] IBM Tivoli NetView - is this a product
> or not??
>
>
>
>
> Pam,
>
> This all sounds great! My question is, will Netview 7.1.2 and the Switch
> Analyzer be available for NT, 2000, or XP. Everything I have read says
> AIX and Solaris. Not much mention of NT. Is NT still in the strategic
> future for Netview and TEC?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad Peters
> MeadWestvaco
>
>
>
>
> "Pam Geiger" <pgeiger AT us.ibm DOT com>
> 04/10/2002 05:31 PM
>
> To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] IBM Tivoli NetView - is this a product
> or not??
>
>
>
> Folks, I'd like to jump in on this one to hopefully clarify this a little
> bit from the NetView perspective. Several things happened in this
> announcement:
>
> 1) NetView 390 now comes with integrated TCP/IP services, which as James
> mentions is distributed NetView for Linux ported to zLinux
>
> 2) This is the first step in merging TEC and NetView, however NetView
WILL
>
>
> still be available as a standalone product. The NetView distributed
> pricing is on a per managed device basis, so once you hit the minimum TEC
> server purchase price, you will be better off purchasing a TEC license,
> which includes unlimited network management (integrated TCP/IP services).
> That will allow you to take advantage of the features of TEC as well as
> the integration, which will continue to be enhanced moving forward.
> Integrated TCP/IP services is more than just shipping NetView and TEC,
> there is some integration provided out of the box . The integration
> includes contextual launch of the NV console from the TEC console,
> synchronization so that an event updated in one console will be updated
in
>
>
> the other and event correlation. On the NetView side, you'll have the
> option of using a new event class for the network events. TEC will
> recognize this new class and TEC rule language has a new capability
> enabling it to determine if a given IP address included in a system event
> is on a subnet known to be unreachable, and therefore can pinpoint the
> network problem as the root cause. TEC will also include a NetView
> "intelligence pack" (rule set) to process common NetView events.
>
> 3) CNAT will be included with TEC , not with NetView
>
> 4) As Jane mentioned, the IBM Tivoli Switch Analyzer was also included in
> this announcement. It installs on top on NetView 7.1.2 and provides layer
> 2 knowledge and root-cause analysis down to the layer 2 level.
>
> I hope this helps and doesn't muddy it up even more. Feel free to let me
> know if you have questions
>
> Pam
> Pam Geiger
> Tivoli Performance and Availability Evangelist
> pgeiger AT us.ibm DOT com
> 919-224-1665, T/L 687-1665
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>
>
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> James Shanks/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
> 04/09/2002 04:31 PM
>
>
> To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] IBM Tivoli NetView - is this a product
> or not??
>
>
>
> There are still two NetViews -- one distributed and one for the mainframe
> (zOS) but the line gets murkier all the time.
> The zOS mainframe product now ships with distributed NetView for Linux
> specially ported to the Suse 7.0 version which runs in a mainframe
> partition.
>
> Distributed NetView is merging with TEC. So yes, beginning with 7.1.2 if
> you have a license for one, you will get the other free. You can bet
> that in the future there will not be two products. CNAT is also part of
> the deal, beginning with 7.1.2. The product line is consolidating.
>
> Your best bet is to follow the links and keep reading. I like
> http://www.tivoli.com/products/documents/datasheets/
> where you can download the PDF files on the products myself .
> Also try http://www.tivoli.com/products/solutions/a-z.html
>
>
> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
> Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jane Curry <jane.curry AT skills-1st.co DOT uk>
> 04/09/2002 03:46 PM
>
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> To: NetView mailing list <nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com>, tme10
> <tme10 AT lists.tivoli DOT com>
> cc:
> Subject: [nv-l] IBM Tivoli NetView - is this a product or
> not??
>
>
>
> Can anyone shed any light on today's announcements re the new Tivoli
> product portfolios and NetView (I mean Distributed NetView here)??
>
> The Tivoli site only seems to talk about Tivoli NetView as a /390
> product and says that TEC 3.7.1 has network management capability added
> in for distributed platforms:
> http://www.tivoli.com/products/index/netview/
>
> The IBM Announcement Letters site has ZP02-0149 which talks about
> NetView 7.1.2 as a new announcement today (though I can't find the
> announcement letter) whereby NetView 7.1.2 is available as a standalone
> product OR as part of TEC 3.7.1.
>
> ZP02-0115 seems to say that if you have an old product with Tivoli
> Support then you are entitled to migrate to the new product. Does this
> mean if I have a distributed NetView licence with a support contract, I
> can migrate to TEC 3.7.1?????
>
> A good piece of news is that there seems to be a new product, IBM Tivoli
> Switch Analyzer, which does "...auto discovery and population of layer 2
> switches" and is available for AIX and Solaris. It requires TEC 3.7.1
> or NetView 7.1.2 as a pre-req.
>
> Another good piece of news (but I can only see a 1-liner about it), is
> that TEC 3.7.1 will now support Comprehensive Network Address
> Translation (CNAT). Does this mean that CNAT is now rolled into NetView
> 7.1.2 which is rolled into TEC 3.7.1???
>
> Cheers, Jane
>
>
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