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Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database, Filename, Title, Database, Editor.

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Note: When installing the database on a remote server, select the name of the remote server from the Servers list. 7. Type in the Filename field: NETFINDB.NSF 8. Type in the Title field: Netfinity Database 9. Click New to create the database and close the New Database window. 10. Double-click the Netfinity Database icon in the Lotus Notes workspace. 11. Click Database in the File pull-down menu. 12. Click Access Control... in the Database pull-down menu. 13. Set the Access Level for all Netfinity Manager systems that will be exporting data to this database to Editor. 14. Check the Can Delete Documents check box. 15. Click OK. Once the Lotus Notes database is installed, enable Netfinity Manager systems to export to the Lotus Notes server. If the Netfinity Manager system is running Netfinity Manager for OS/2, ensure that the Lotus Notes directories are included in the CONFIG.SYS file LIBPATH, PATH, and DPATH statements. If the directories are not included in these statements, it is not possible to export to the Lotus Notes database. If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows NT, ensure that the Lotus Notes directory path is included in the Global Windows NT environment settings. If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows 95, ensure that the Lotus Notes directories are included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file PATH statement. If the directories are not included in this statement, it is not possible to export to the Lotus Notes database. Once these steps have been completed, export system information from Netfinity Manager to an easy-to-browse Lotus Notes database. Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database To browse the data contained in the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database: 1. Open the Netfinity Database object in the Lotus Notes Workspace. 2. Select from the View pull-down menu the section of the Netfinity Manager database to be browsed. The Netfinity Manager database is divided into sections that contain data gathered by specific Netfinity Manager services. Click the name of the service that gathers the data to be viewed (for example, Alert Logs). Note: Some menu selections will contain submenus. 3. Information contained in the part of the Netfinity Manager database that has been selected is now listed in the window. For more detailed information about any displayed data item, double-click the data item. Chapter 9. Netfinity Manager database support 51

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Note:
When installing the database on a remote server, select the name of
the remote server from the Servers list.
7. Type in the
Filename
field:
NETFINDB.NSF
8. Type in the
Title
field:
Netfinity Database
9. Click
New
to create the database and close the New Database window.
10. Double-click the Netfinity Database icon in the Lotus Notes workspace.
11. Click
Database
in the File pull-down menu.
12. Click
Access Control...
in the Database pull-down menu.
13. Set the Access Level for all Netfinity Manager systems that will be exporting
data to this database to
Editor.
14. Check the
Can Delete Documents
check box.
15. Click
OK
.
Once the Lotus Notes database is installed, enable Netfinity Manager systems to
export to the Lotus Notes server.
±
If the Netfinity Manager system is running Netfinity Manager for OS/2, ensure
that the Lotus Notes directories are included in the CONFIG.SYS file LIBPATH,
PATH, and DPATH statements.
If the directories are not included in these
statements, it is not possible to export to the Lotus Notes database.
±
If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows NT, ensure that the
Lotus Notes directory path is included in the Global Windows NT environment
settings.
±
If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows 95, ensure that the
Lotus Notes directories are included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file PATH
statement.
If the directories are not included in this statement, it is not possible
to export to the Lotus Notes database.
Once these steps have been completed, export system information from Netfinity
Manager to an easy-to-browse Lotus Notes database.
Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database
To browse the data contained in the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database:
1. Open the Netfinity Database object in the Lotus Notes Workspace.
2. Select from the View pull-down menu the section of the Netfinity Manager
database to be browsed.
The Netfinity Manager database is divided into sections that contain data
gathered by specific Netfinity Manager services.
Click the name of the service
that gathers the data to be viewed (for example,
Alert Logs
).
Note:
Some menu selections will contain submenus.
3. Information contained in the part of the Netfinity Manager database that has
been selected is now listed in the window.
For more detailed information about
any displayed data item, double-click the data item.
Chapter 9.
Netfinity Manager database support
51