RE: [nv-l] Netview Justification Part II

Herman,
I have 3 production NetView 7.1.1 installations on AIX 4.3.3. I can say the
single most important purpose for NetView is proactive monitoring of the
network. And I don't mean just that pings have failed to site XYZ; I mean
the extensive use of NetView rulesets. Here are some examples:

        T1 and DS3 circuit equipment traps - check circuit status with SNMP 
query -
page if down
        Cisco switch traps - security or trunk port status change - page on call
personnel
        Monitoring our Internet provider's hardware - cannot reach router for 5
minutes - page on call personnel
        Changing the color of objects on the map based on traps
        Combine rulesets with event forwarding to TEC
                Open TEC ticket because server at site XYZ sent tape drive 
cleaning
required trap
                Open TEC ticket because Compaq server at site XYZ sent drive 
status change
trap
                Open TEC ticket because Compaq server at site XYZ sent 
temperature warning
trap
                UPS traps
                Application traps regarding broken processes
                Internet problems (i.e. 3 or more "www" sites are down" - node 
down traps)
                VPN over the Internet monitoring

This is my short list. I think it is safe to say the rulesets are only
limited by your imagination or maybe your scripting skills. :) If I can
script, anyone can.

Good Luck.
Ray Westphal.


-----Original Message-----
From: Herman.E.Caballero AT Lowes DOT Com [mailto:Herman.E.Caballero AT Lowes 
DOT Com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:59 AM
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Subject: [nv-l] Netview Justification Part II


Can I get some feedback as to what other tools you use for Network
Management besides Netview?  Reason I ask is that we have Cisco Works, and
Vitalnet, Vitalsuite, and management is considering bringing in Net Reality,
which I believe they think would be better solution than Netview.

I was hoping to get more feedback from you guys, I'm just getting started in
Network Management.  I was using Netview for NT, and recently got an RS6000
and installed Netview 7.1.2, so I really haven't had much of a chance to use
it to make an educated evaluation of the AIX version.

So, this is my last request guys, can you tell me how Netview is helping
manage your network (AIX)!

Thanks again,

Herman Caballero

> Can I get an answer from Netview/Tivoli users:
>
> "What value does the Netview Product provide your company?"
>
> They want to do away with it here, "besides a map and a bunch of events
> spitting out, what else does it do for you?"  They say!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Herman Caballero
>

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