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Netfinity Manager

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Netfinity Manager Managing your IBM Netfinity server with Netfinity Manager 78 Netfinity Manager documentation 78 Netfinity Manager system requirements . . . . . 78 Netfinity Manager for OS/2 system requirements 79 Netfinity Manager for Windows 95 and Windows 98 system requirements 79 Netfinity Manager for Windows NT system requirements 80 Starting the Netfinity Manager installation program 81 Netfinity Manager database support 87 DB2 database support 87 System requirements 87 Installing and configuring the database . . . 87 Installing the database on OS/2 . . . . 88 Activating the database 88 Granting and revoking database privileges . . 89 Database privileges on OS/2 systems . . . 89 Cataloging the database in the managing system 90 Deleting the database 90 Deleting the database on OS/2 . . . . . 91 Lotus Notes database support 91 System requirements 91 Installing the database 91 Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes database 92 ODBC database support 93 System requirements 93 ODBC database configuration 93 Creating the Netfinity Manager tables . . . 94 Supported and certified databases . . . . . 96 Starting Netfinity Manager 97 Netfinity Manager Service Manager . . . . . 98 Netfinity Manager service descriptions . . . . 98 Advanced System Management . . . . . 99 Alert Manager 99 Alert on LAN configuration 99 Capacity Management 99 Cluster Manager 99 Critical File Monitor 100 DMI Browser 100 ECC Memory Setup 100 Event Scheduler 100 File Transfer 100 Power-On Error Detect 100 Predictive Failure Analysis 100 Process Manager 100 RAID Manager 100 Remote Session 101 Remote System Manager 101 Remote Workstation Control 101 Screen View 101 Security Manager 101 Serial Connection Control 101 Service Configuration Manager . . . . . 101 Software Inventory 101 System Diagnostics Manager 102 System Information Tool 102 System Monitor 102 System Partition Access 102 System Profile 102 Update Connector Manager 102 Web Manager Configuration 103 Delaying Netfinity Manager startup on OS/2 systems 103 Getting more information about Netfinity Manager 103 Installation options 104 Automated installation 104 Customized installation 105 Netfinity Manager is a group of distributed applications designed to enhance the hardware systems-management capabilities of a network. Netfinity Manager has a flexible, modular design that allows for a variety of system-specific installations. Each of these installation configurations provides a set of Netfinity Manager services that enables you to perform, locally, a variety of powerful hardware systems-management and monitoring functions.These services can be installed using the Client Services for Netfinity Manager installation program included with this package. For information on how to install only the Client Services for Netfinity Manager, see the Client Services for Netfinity Manager User 's Guide Netfinity Manager provides powerful hardware systems-management capabilities, including access to all systems on the network that are running Netfinity Manager or Client Services for Netfinity Manager. In addition to all standard Client Services for Netfinity Manager functions, Netfinity Manager also features bidirectional file and directory transfers, remote screen captures, and remote command-line sessions. Netfinity Manager also enables you to export data collected by System Information Tool, System Profile, Software Inventory, and System Monitor to a DB2, Lotus Notes, or SQL or DB2 via an open database connectivity (ODBC) database (ODBC © Copyright IBM Corp. 1999 77

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Netfinity Manager
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Starting the Netfinity Manager installation program
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Netfinity Manager is a group of distributed applications designed to enhance the
hardware systems-management capabilities of a network. Netfinity Manager has a
flexible, modular design that allows for a variety of system-specific installations.
Each of these installation configurations provides a set of Netfinity Manager
services that enables you to perform, locally, a variety of powerful hardware
systems-management and monitoring functions.These services can be installed
using the Client Services for Netfinity Manager installation program included with
this package. For information on how to install only the Client Services for
Netfinity Manager, see the
Client Services for Netfinity Manager User ’s Guide
Netfinity Manager provides powerful hardware systems-management capabilities,
including access to all systems on the network that are running Netfinity Manager
or Client Services for Netfinity Manager. In addition to all standard Client Services
for Netfinity Manager functions, Netfinity Manager also features bidirectional file
and directory transfers, remote screen captures, and remote command-line sessions.
Netfinity Manager also enables you to export data collected by System Information
Tool, System Profile, Software Inventory, and System Monitor to a DB2, Lotus
Notes, or SQL or DB2 via an open database connectivity (ODBC) database (ODBC
© Copyright IBM Corp. 1999
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