			     Table of Contents

 
About This Guide

Who Should Read This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Content Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
    Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
    Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Additional Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii


CHAPTER 1  About NMA for NetView

What Is NMA for NetView?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
What Is New in Version 1.3? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
NMA for NetView Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
    Alert Generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
    Command Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
	Server Query Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
	Server Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
	Command Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
	Command Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
    Host Communications Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 
	Direct Host Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
	Collection Point Communications . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
	Advantages of Collection Point Communications . . . . 1-8
    Support for the Open NetView Interface. . . . . . . . . . 1-8


CHAPTER 2  Installing and Updating NMA for NetView

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 
Obtaining the Software and the Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Preparing the Installation Diskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Choosing a Connection Topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
    Topologies That Support Direct Host Communications. . . . 2-5
	Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
	Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
    A Topology That Supports Collection Point Communications. 2-6
Setting Up the Required Server Hardware and Software. . . . . 2-6
    Required Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
    Required Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Preparing the NetWare v3.1x Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
    Loading the Required NLMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
	Example for Direct Host Communications. . . . . . . . 2-8
	Example for Collection Point Communications . . . . . 2-8
	Locating NLMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
    Configuring Btrieve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 
	Configuring with BSETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
	Configuring on the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
    Loading and Binding the LAN Adapter Driver. . . . . . . . 2-11
	Loading for Direct Host Communications. . . . . . . . 2-11

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	Loading and Binding for Collection Point Server
	  Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
    Automating Server Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Installing the NMA for NetView Software . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Preparing the Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
    NetView Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
    PU Type 2.0 Definition in VTAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
    Connection to the Token Ring LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
    NetWare for SAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
    Host Communications Link to the Collection Point Server . 2-19
    Installation of NetView Code Points for NetWare . . . . . 2-19


CHAPTER 3  Using NMA for NetView

Starting NVCONFIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Configuring NMA for NetView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
    Configuring for Direct Host Communications. . . . . . . . 3-2
	Parameter Descriptions for the 
	  Token Ring to Host Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
    Configuring for NetView Collection Point Communications . 3-7
Loading NMA for NetView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Unloading NMA for NetView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Administering NMA for NetView Remotely. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Removing the NMA for NetView Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10


APPENDIX A      Installing NetView Code Points for NetWare

Do You Need to Install? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Preparing for File Transfer (VM and MVS Installations). . . . A-2
Installing NetView Code Points in VM Systems. . . . . . . . . A-3
Installing NetView Code Points in MVS Systems . . . . . . . . A-6


APPENDIX B      Using NetView Command Filtering

How Command Filtering Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Editing the Sample Command Filter File. . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Create a Command Filter File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Enable Command Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Command Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Command Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
     ADD FILE, DIRECTORY, or VOLUME TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . B-12
     BROADCAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
     DISABLE SERVER LOGIN or TTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
     DOWN SERVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
     ENABLE SERVER LOGIN or TTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
     LOAD NLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
     QUERY DIRECTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
     QUERY FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
     QUERY IPX VERSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
     QUERY SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
     QUERY SPX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

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     QUERY TTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
     QUERY USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
     QUERY VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
     REMOVE DIRECTORY, FILE, or VOLUME TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . B-20
     SET DIRECTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
     SET FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
     SET SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
     SET VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-25
     UNLOAD NLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-25



























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