Odbc Database Support - IBM xSeries 230 6RY Hardware Maintenance Manual

13. Set the Access Level for all Netfinity Manager systems that will be exporting
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.
v If the Netfinity Manager system is running Netfinity Manager for OS/2, ensure
v If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows NT, ensure that the
v If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows 95, ensure that the
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
3. Information contained in the part of the Netfinity Manager database that has
4. Some data items can be expanded to reveal additional information. These items

ODBC database support

Netfinity Manager supports exporting data via ODBC for use on SQL or DB2
database systems.
Note: ODBC database export is available only on systems that are running
System requirements
The minimum requirements for Netfinity Manager ODBC database export are:
v Windows NT
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data to this database to Editor.
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.
Lotus Notes directory path is included in the Global Windows NT environment
settings.
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.
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.
been selected is now listed in the window. For more detailed information about
any displayed data item, double-click the data item.
are identified by a plus sign (+) in the left side border of the Notes window,
beside the name of the data item. To expand the data item, select the item and
then click Expand in the View pull-down menu.
Netfinity Manager.
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