IBM Netfinity 5100 8658 21Y, Manual

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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 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.
3. Information contained in the part of the Netfinity
Manager database that has been selected is now listed
in the window. For more detailed information about any
displayed data item, double-click the data item.
4. Some data items can be expanded to reveal additional
information. These items 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.
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 Netfinity Manager.
System requirements
The minimum requirements for Netfinity Manager ODBC
database export are:
v Windows NT
– ODBC
– ODBC support for one or more of the following
database management systems (DBMS):
- IBM DB2
- Microsoft SQL Server
v Windows 95, with:
– ODBC
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