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Netfinity Manager
Managing your IBM Netfinity server with Netfinity
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Netfinity Manager documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Netfinity Manager system requirements . . . . . . . . 96
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98 system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Netfinity Manager database support . . . . . . . . . . 105
© Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2000
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 export is
available on Windows NT systems only). Finally, Netfinity Manager enables some
services to be started at scheduled times and dates for simplified, automated systems
management.
Netfinity Manager also provides two powerful features that enable you to access the
Netfinity Manager system and all Netfinity Manager systems in the managing system
network from a system that is not attached to the managing system network:
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Serial Connection Control
Use the Serial Connection Control service to use a Netfinity Manager system
modem to establish a connection with any Netfinity Manager system that has a
modem. Once this connection is established, the Netfinity Manager has full access
to Netfinity Manager services, just as though the remote system were part of the
managing system network.
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Netfinity Manager for Web
Netfinity Manager for Web enables access and remote control of the Netfinity
Manager system over the Internet, using any system that has an Internet
connection and a World Wide Web (WWW) browser. With the Netfinity Manager
for Web, the Netfinity Manager systems can be accessed and managed from
anywhere in the world.
DB2 database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lotus Notes database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ODBC database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Starting Netfinity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Netfinity Manager Service Manager . . . . . . . . . . .116
Netfinity Manager service descriptions . . . . . . . .117
Delaying Netfinity Manager startup on OS/2
systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Installation options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automated installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Customized installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
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