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Chapter 5. Using Netfinity Manager
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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:
• Windows NT
— ODBC
— ODBC support for one or more of the following database management
systems (DBMS):
– IBM DB2
– Microsoft SQL Server
• Windows 95, with:
— ODBC
— ODBC support for one or more of the following database management
systems:
– IBM DB2
– Microsoft SQL Server
• OS/2
— Microsoft SQL Server (using the Visigenic driver provided with Microsoft
SQL Server)
or
— IBM DB2
For detailed information about supported ODBC platforms, see Table 4 on page
48.
Note: The ODBC database name must not be longer than 8 characters.
ODBC database configuration
This section describes the procedures you must complete before Netfinity Manager
can create the Netfinity Database Tables using ODBC.
1. Define the NETFIN ID so the Netfinity Database Administration can create the
Netfinity Database tables with a table qualifier of NETFIN.