IBM 5.5 manual Overview of the Netcool Installer, Netcool Installer modes

–View the topological connections, cross-connects, and circuits

–Locate stranded bandwidth

•Network Management:

–Create NEs manually or via discovery

–Delete NEs

–Manage NE associations

–Locate alerts in the NE, down to the affected port (either independently or using Netcool/OMNIbus)

•Security Management:

–View information about users who are logged in (user name, time logged, last activity view), and terminate user sessions

Note: See the online help for detailed instructions for how to use the Network Pilot.

Overview of the Netcool Installer

Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks 5.5 uses the Netcool Installer. The Netcool Installer provides a common installation interface for all Netcool products. Features and benefits of the Netcool Installer include:

•Ease of maintenance. Updated versions of the Netcool Installer are installed automatically with new Netcool products and patches.

•Better reuse and integration of Netcool software within a consolidated Netcool suite. The Netcool Installer is based around packages, or installable units, which can be shared between products. The Netcool Installer ensures that a given package is only installed once. A package used by one product can be automatically updated by another product that uses the same package.

•Consolidated installation logs. For information on viewing the installation log, see "Viewing the installation log" on page 21.

•Common directory structure. For information on the directory structure for Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks 5.5, see "Netcool/Precision TN directory structure" on page 28 for further details.

Attention: The directory structure for products using the Netcool Installer is not

!compatible with the directory structure of older Netcool products. You must install products using the Netcool Installer in a different directory to any existing, non-Netcool Installer products.

Netcool Installer modes

The Netcool Installer can run in different modes. The different modes provide different degrees of user interaction. Netcool Installer modes are described below.

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