IBM Netfinity 6000R, User Reference Manual

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IBM® Netfinity® 6000R User’s Reference
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.
Note: When installing the database on a remote server, select the name of the
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.
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
to this database to Editor.
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.
• 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.
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.