Lotus Notes Database Support; System Requirements; Installing The Database - IBM x 340 Series Hardware Maintenance Manual

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To configure Netfinity Manager to discontinue export data through ODBC for use on
DB2, refer to "ODBC database support" on page 90.

Lotus Notes database support

To enable the Netfinity Manager to export system data to a Lotus Notes database, the
following must be done:
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Instructions on installing the Lotus Notes database template and enabling the
Netfinity Manager to export to the Lotus Notes database follow.

System requirements

The minimum requirements for Netfinity Manager to export data to a Lotus Notes
database are:
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For information on what versions of Lotus Notes and the Lotus Notes client are
supported, see Table 19 on page 92. See the Notes Administrator's Guide for general
system requirements and supported communications protocols.

Installing the database

To enable Netfinity Manager to export system data to a Lotus Notes database, install
the Netfinity Manager database template on the Lotus Notes server. During Netfinity
Manager installation, a Lotus Notes database template file (named NETFINDB.NTF)
was copied to the Netfinity Manager program directory. To install the database
template on the Lotus Notes server:
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Make the CD-ROM drive the active drive.
Type E: and press Enter.
Type the following command at the OS/2 prompt:
NETFINDB DELETE /DBNAME=databasename
where databasename is the name of the database as specified during NETFINDB
execution.
Press Enter.
Install the Netfinity Manager database template on the Lotus Notes server.
Enable Netfinity Manager to export to the Lotus Notes server.
Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes client
Copy NETFINDB.NTF from the Netfinity program directory to the Notes data
directory on the Lotus Notes server.
Start Lotus Notes on the server.
Click New Database... from the Notes File pull-down menu.
This opens the New Database window.
Click Netfinity Database from the Template selection list.
Check the Inherit Future Design Changes check box.
This enables future releases of Netfinity Manager to automatically apply changes
to this Netfinity Manager database.
Click Local from the Servers selection list.