Lotus Notes Database Support; System Requirements; Installing The Database - IBM Netfinity 4500R User Reference Manual

To configure Netfinity Manager to discontinue export data through ODBC for use on
DB2, refer to "ODBC database support" on page 42.

Lotus Notes database support

To enable the Netfinity Manager to export system data to a Lotus Notes database, the
following must be done:
1. Install the Netfinity Manager database template on the Lotus Notes server.
2. Enable Netfinity Manager to export to the Lotus Notes server.
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:
• Lotus Notes
• Lotus Notes client
For information on what versions of Lotus Notes and the Lotus Notes client are
supported, see Table 3 on page 46. 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:
1. Copy NETFINDB.NTF from the Netfinity program directory to the Notes data
directory on the Lotus Notes server.
2. Start Lotus Notes on the server.
3. Click New Database... from the Notes File pull-down menu.
This opens the New Database window.
4. Click Netfinity Database from the Template selection list.
5. Check the Inherit Future Design Changes check box.
This enables future releases of Netfinity Manager to automatically apply changes
to this Netfinity Manager database.
6. Click Local from the Servers selection list.
When installing the database on a remote server, select the name of the
Note:
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.
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