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Tivoli Network Manager

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net-disco configuration shall be stored in PersistentVolumeClaims

as net-disco always needs some hotfixes and configuration changes, the changes shall survive a pod restart. Stitchers, disco configs, etc
almost 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Delivered

Make Component discovery of fabric extender consistent

For Cisco Nexus Fabric extenders(FEX) attached to Nexus N9K switches (even with recent firmware), sometimes fabric extender elements were not discovered and the chassis element was not discovered. on other hosts, only the chassis element but no fa...
almost 2 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

Include the cross-domain topology in the ncp_dla exported file

though the NCIM have cross-domain connections populated using cross-domain stitching. The ncp_dla does not fetch the cross-domain topology in the exported file. the cross-domain topology export is not implemented in ncp_dla.
over 1 year ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Delivered

Problem to discover Serial Number, Manufacturer and vendor parameters for Tiesse devices

I'm trying to find the serial number, manifacture and vendor parameters of the Tiesse devices. I built the ad hoc agent but even if it does not give an error it does not extract the desired values.
almost 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 4 Delivered

Instant Client for Oracle 19 in ITNM

ITNM installs the client to connect to database for access the NCIM tables. For Oracle, having it installed and upgraded from 4.2.0.3 to 4.2.0.11 (with many steps in-between over the years), I see two clients at $NCHOME/precision/platform/linux2x8...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

Path tool option to perform DB trace

When running the path tool within ITNM, it always performs a live trace of the routing data by querying specific OIDs via SNMP. As those OIDs might not all be available on certain devices, it would be a nice feature if the path could be determined...
over 7 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 3 Delivered

Improve the ITNM mustgather script and provide in the code with future fixpack releases

Currently the itnm_data.pl mustgather script is provided in a technote available for download here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collect-data-ibm-tivoli-network-manager-ip We would like to see this included in the code so that it is available...
almost 2 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Delivered

Custom URL Tool with UserID

Want to be able to create a customer URL tool that also shows the userID of the user that clicks on the customer URL tool. The current documentation was incorrect as it was using cookies as follows: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/networkmanager/4.2.0...
about 2 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Delivered

support Zhone vendor (EMS ZMS) , Device/NE model MXK-F 1421

we appreciate to have this device is supported in ITNM for both device structure and discovery
about 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Delivered

ITNM: Add feature to create static network views

ITNM network maps are dynamically updated unless a global setting is enabled to prevent the re-draw of the map. Static maps are sometimes desired for maps with custom graphic backgrounds where the topology icons are placed in defined locations.
about 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Delivered