Installing The Database - IBM Netfinity 4500R Type 8656 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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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10. Double-click the Netfinity Database icon in the Lotus Notes workspace.
11. Click Database in the File pull-down menu.
12. Click Access Control... in the Database pull-down menu.
13. Set the Access Level for all Netfinity Manager systems that will be exporting data
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.
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Once these steps have been completed, export system information from Netfinity
Manager to an easy-to-browse Lotus Notes database.
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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.
Note: When installing the database on a remote server, select the name of the
remote server from the Servers list.
Type in the Filename field:
Type in the Title field:
Click New to create the database and close the New Database window.
to this database to Editor.
If the Netfinity Manager system is running Netfinity Manager for OS/2, ensure
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.
If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows NT, ensure that the
Lotus Notes directory path is included in the Global Windows NT environment
settings.
If the system is running Netfinity Manager for Windows 95, ensure that the 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.