IBM® Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition discovers networks, including layer 1 optical networks, and layer 2 and 3 IP networks.

What's new

For a description of new features and enhancements, see the New product features and functions section in the Release Notes:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html#relnotes__rel_whatsnewtext

For known problems and limitations, see  the  Known problems section in the Release Notes:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html#relnotes__problems

Fixes

For details of an individual APAR, go to  http://www.ibm.com/support  and search for the APAR name or number.


Build Number 61


APAR IV98083 - TS000037464 : Model fix to handle customer added tables
APAR IJ08812 - TS001079293 – Stitcher bug for collector data
APAR IJ07830 - TS000055612  - ncp_ctrl out of memory issue
APAR IJ06800 - TS000124680 – Fix for ssh/telnet devices
APAR IJ04593 - mtosisoap logging duplicated
APAR IJ08447 - Outdated restrict_oracle_privileges.sql script causing the Network Views to fail
APAR IJ09161 - UNABLE TO SAVE GENERIC THRESHOLD POLL POLICIES
APAR IJ10721 - NetworkViewDAOImpl.getView(int) executes the SQL statement twice
APAR IJ09691 - TS001351334 – ITNM 4.2 FP4 ncp_g_event not starting
APAR IJ04272 - Slow Startup of NCP_G_EVENT when RCA plugin is enabled and topology contains many VLAN trunks
TS001121210: ITNM 4.2 FP4 network views malformed device icons when using AGGREGATION domains
APAR IV97256 - TS000044649 - The Network View widget remains blank due to missing viewId from the JazzSM/DASH event payload
APAR IV99162 - WHEN CONFIGURING NCP_GIS BY USING SYSLOCATION THE LOCATIONID COLUMN FROM NCIM.GEOGRAPHICLOCATION TABLE IS ALWAYS EMPTY
APAR IJ04272 - TS000108154/TS000119348 - SLOW STARTUP OF NCP_G_EVEN                       
TS001193847 IJ11452 – Collection entity merge issue. Ncp_model change
TS001575597 – Performance improvements ( +20 hours processing down to 2.5 )
TS001607673 – IJ11469 – linger time/lost snmp  access issue. Ncp_model change

Downloading the product

Check the supported operating systems for this version:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/reference/ins_supportedoperatingsystem.html

Log into IBM  Fix Central , and search for IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2.0 Fix Pack 6: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Download and unpack each of the parts into a single temporary directory on your system.

Supported languages
Those Network Manager IP Edition parts that are multilingual are provided in the following languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Prerequisites
For software and hardware prerequisites, including supported operating systems, see the  Planning for installation section in the IBM Knowledge Center:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/pln_planninginst.html

If you use Network Manager as part of a solution, you must also check the compatibility of the versions of all component products in the solution documentation. For example, if you use Netcool Operations Insight, check the instructions for downloading components for your version of Netcool Operations Insight at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSTPTP.

Installation Instructions

To install the product, follow the instructions in the Installing and uninstalling fix packs sections in the IBM Knowledge Center:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/ins_installinganduninstallingfixpacks.html

Technical Support
IBM Support: https://www.ibm.com/support/home/
Passport Advantage Online support: http://www.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paocustomer/docs/en_US/ecare.html