Netfinity Manager; Managing Your Ibm Netfinity Server With Netfinity Manager - IBM 6000R - Netfinity - 8682 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Netfinity Manager

Netfinity Manager provides powerful hardware systems-
management capabilities, including access to all systems on
the network that are running Netfinity Manager or Client Ser-
vices for Netfinity Manager. In addition to all standard Client
Services for Netfinity Manager functions, Netfinity Manager
also features directory transfers and file, remote screen cap-
tures, and remote command-line sessions. Netfinity Man-
ager 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 sys-
tems management.
Netfinity Manager also provides two powerful features that
enable you to access the Netfinity Manager system and all
Netfinity Manager systems from a system that is not
attached to the managing system network:
• Serial Connection Control
Use the Serial Connection Control service to use a Net-
finity Manager system modem to establish a connec-
tion with any Netfinity Manager system that has a
modem. Once this connection is established, the Net-
finity Manager has full access to Netfinity Manager ser-
vices, just as though the remote system were part of
the managing system network.
• Netfinity Manager for Web
Netfinity Manager for Web enables access and remote
control of the Netfinity Manager system over the Inter-
net, using any system that has an Internet connection
and a World Wide Web (WWW) browser. With the Net-
finity Manager for Web, the Netfinity Manager systems
can be accessed from anywhere in the world.
Managing your IBM Netfinity server with
Netfinity Manager
The copy of Netfinity Manager that is included with Server-
Guide entitles you to one Netfinity Manager installation. You
are also entitled to additional installations of Client Services
for Netfinity Manager. To use Netfinity Manager to monitor
and manage this Netfinity server, install Netfinity Manager
on a system in your network that you will use as a system-
management console, and then install Client Services for
Netfinity Manager on your Netfinity server. You can also
install additional copies of Client Services for Netfinity Man-
ager on other systems in your network. Furthermore, addi-
tional Netfinity Manager and Client Services for Netfinity
Manager licenses are available for purchase from your IBM
representative.
Note: This section provides installation instructions for all
operating systems supported by Netfinity Manager.
However, not all operating systems described in this
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