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Cl ic k ei ther Yes or No.
Note: These change s must be made to the sys tem
configuration for Netfinity Manager to run co r-
rectly.
• If you cli ck Yes the installation program automati-
cally m akes the necessary changes to th e system
configuration.
• If you cli ck No the commands are saved to a file
named CONFIG.NEW in the destination directory
(and to AUTOEXEC.NEW, if appropriate) so that
they can be added later.
11. The installation is now complete. Shut down and
restart the system for the system configuration changes
to take effect.

Netfinity Manager database s upport

Netfinity Manager supports the co llection and export of a
vast amount of system-specific data to a Netfinity Manager
database.
Netfinity Manager databases can be created on database
management systems using DB2®, Lotus Notes®, or
Microsoft SQL. Microsoft SQL is supported through open
database connectivity (ODBC), and is available on systems
running Netfinity Manager for OS/2, Windows 95, or Win-
dow s NT. I f the s yst e m su pp ort s ODB C, th e u se r can ac ces s
and export D B2 data through ODBC as well. Once supp ort
for one or more of these databases has been installed along
with Netfinity Manager , data can be exported from these
Netfinity Manager services:
• Alert Manager
• Software Inventory
• S y s te m Inf orm a t io n Tool
• System Profile
• System Monitor
Information on how to install and config ure support for data-
base export follows.
• If support for DB2 d atabase export is being installed,
see “DB2 database support”.
• If support for Lotus Notes database export is being
installed, see “Lotus Notes database support” on page
91.
• If support for ODBC datab ase expor t is being installed,
see “ODBC database support” on page 93.

DB2 database support

Supp ort f or D B2 da ta base exp or t i s a ut omat ic al ly conf ig ure d
during installation of the Netfinity Manager. However, the
databa se system itself must be configured. Instr uctions for
configuring th e database follow.
A raw data dump to a file is also available and will run with-
out a database.