Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Short description of the solution -- 1.2 Systems overview -- 1.2.1 Objectives -- 1.2.2 Features -- 1.2.3 Benefits of the solution -- 1.2.4 Tivoli management solution, Configuration Manager, and NetView -- Chapter 2. High-level design and architecture -- 2.1 Architecture overview -- 2.1.1 Products used in the solution -- 2.1.2 Infrastructure diagram used for testing our scenarios -- 2.2 Step one: Discovering new nodes with NetView -- 2.2.1 Discovering new nodes with NetView: Process flow -- 2.3 Step two: Automated endpoint installation script -- 2.3.1 Summary of the winstlcf command -- 2.3.2 The logic the script follows -- 2.3.3 Automated endpoint installation script: Process flow -- 2.4 Step three: Automated inventory scans -- 2.4.1 Configuring inventory profiles or using scripts to create profiles -- 2.4.2 Inventory scan scenario using Activity Planner -- 2.4.3 Brief overview of Activity Planner -- 2.4.4 Distributing a scan using the command line interface -- 2.5 Step four: Extending the solution -- 2.5.1 Creating a software distribution package -- 2.5.2 Distributing a software package using Activity Planner -- 2.5.3 Distributing a software package using the command line interface -- 2.6 NetView Integration Module for Configuration Manager -- Chapter 3. Implementation -- 3.1 Discovery of nodes by NetView -- 3.1.1 Prerequisites to discover the nodes with NetView -- 3.1.2 Summary of steps to discover nodes with NetView -- 3.2 Tivoli management agent installation on discovered nodes -- 3.2.1 Tivoli management agent installation prerequisites -- 3.2.2 Summary of steps to install Tivoli management agent on nodes.

3.3 Inventory scan on nodes with Tivoli management agent installed -- 3.3.1 Inventory scan prerequisites for nodes -- 3.3.2 Summary of inventory scan steps -- 3.4 Software Distribution and Inventory details -- 3.4.1 Software Distribution and Inventory prerequisites -- 3.4.2 Software Distribution and Inventory steps -- Chapter 4. Installation, configuration, and administration -- 4.1 Installation sequence -- 4.1.1 Tivoli Management Region server -- 4.1.2 RDBMS host -- 4.1.3 RIM host -- 4.1.4 IBM Tivoli NetView -- 4.1.5 NetView Integration Module for Configuration Manager -- 4.1.6 Source host -- 4.1.7 Gateways and depots -- 4.1.8 Setting up your environment: Installing the solution -- 4.2 Configuration -- 4.2.1 UNIX scenario: Configuration and script execution -- 4.2.2 Windows NT scenario: Configuration and script execution -- 4.2.3 Tivoli policy regions, profile managers, and tasks -- 4.3 Administration and troubleshooting -- 4.3.1 Troubleshooting the scripts -- 4.3.2 Generic problem determination outline -- 4.3.3 Troubleshooting Tivoli Management Framework Version 4.1 -- 4.3.4 Troubleshooting Software Distribution -- 4.3.5 Troubleshooting Inventory -- Chapter 5. NetView Integration Module implementation and scenarios -- 5.1 NetView Integration Module components -- 5.1.1 NetView Integration Module component list -- 5.2 Installing NetView Integration Module components -- 5.2.1 Using IBM Tivoli Network Diagnostics for Configuration Manager -- 5.3 Accessing Network Diagnostics from the command line interface -- 5.4 Accessing Network Diagnostics from the NetView console -- 5.5 Configuring and using Tivoli Discovery from NetView -- 5.5.1 Configuring Tivoli Discovery -- 5.5.2 Displaying your Tivoli environment -- 5.5.3 Generating reports -- 5.5.4 Configuring and using Tivoli Wake on LAN -- 5.6 IBM Tivoli NetView Integration Module for Configuration Manager.

5.6.1 Installing the IBM Tivoli NetView Integration Module components -- 5.6.2 Installing IBM Tivoli NetView Integration Adapter -- 5.6.3 Installing IBM Tivoli NetView Integration Module -- 5.6.4 Installing RDBMS tables and views -- 5.6.5 Creating the NetView Inventory query library -- 5.6.6 Using IBM Tivoli NetView Integration Module -- 5.6.7 Tivoli Inventory schema additions -- Chapter 6. Extending the solution and best practices -- 6.1 Possible extensions of the solution -- 6.2 Best practices -- 6.2.1 Definition -- 6.2.2 Strategy -- 6.2.3 Scope -- Appendix A. Scripts used in this publication -- rk_first.sh -- rk_second.sh -- rk_third.sh -- rk_fourth.sh -- Appendix B. Additional material -- Locating the Web material -- Using the Web material -- System requirements for downloading the Web material -- How to use the Web material -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.