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Tivoli Network Manager

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Provide annotation and export of maps to Visio, PDF, PNG and print.

Provide annotation and export of maps to Visio, PDF, PNG and print.
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Functionality already exists

Redesign Cisco/Juniper Remote Ping Polling

urrently requires R/W access to device MIB to enable. This is a security finding in DoD and typically not allowed. Need a way to track BGP routes that does not require this access for rping. Would be nice if BGP routes could be identified in some ...
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Ability to add background images to maps

Ability to add background images to maps and be able to resize them. Currently images do not stay where they are put and don't scale with window size.
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration

Export Topology Maps to Visio

The client would like the ability to export Topology Network Views to Visio as current functionality via SVG or PNG does not provide enough detail.
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration

URL Launch for Network Health view and Network Health Dashboard 2nd

There are several URLs documented for launching ITNM GUI components (see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/itnm/ip/wip/admin/reference/nmip_adm_parameterfortopoviz.html). Unfortunately, the Network Health view and Network...
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2

Customizing the device icon status color in NCPGUI topology network views

We should also be able to highlight the device status using a different color on the device icon status for a specific alarm coming from the object server through the gateway.
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Future consideration

Matching LocalNodeAlias and Node to process OMNIbus events in ITNM

I have events that arrive from different managers to OMNIbus and are associated with discovered devices, just because they match in the IP that is in LocalNodeAlias
over 6 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Future consideration

F5 device problem

Hi,We have discovered F5 devices in our infrastructure and now we are attempting to poll and store value of an OID (1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.12). After polling and storing the data, when we query the historical data - the 'Instance' field is ...
over 6 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 3 Not under consideration

Allow for SNMP polling of object IDs that are not listed in the precision MIB directory

System: IBM Tivoli Network Manager Actor: User needs to create poll definitions against object IDs not listed in the MIBs loaded from precision MIB directory. Description: Several times we have seen the need to run tests against OIDs not listed in...
over 7 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

GUI for creating key-value pairs for custom information

System: IBM Tivoli Network Manager Actor: User needs to create key-value pairs in custom data tags. Description: Having a GUI to create these tags, upload the contents, and manage the data and data values would greatly increase the effectiveness o...
over 7 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Functionality already exists