Netview –> Netcool/Precision IP Migration Redbook DRAFT Available

From the Redbook site available here. Props to Donald Hart, a peer of mine, for getting involved and contributing.

“This Redbook will help you determine if you want to migrate from IBM Tivoli® NetView® version 7 as well as IBM Tivoli Switch Analyzer to Netcool/Precision for IP Networks version 3.6. Comparisons and conclusions will change when future releases of NetView or Netcool/Precision are released.

The first part of the book is written to help the manager and technical leaders to understand the changes and benefits that Netcool/Precision for IP Networks can bring to their solution. The intent is to help you evaluate your own usage of the NetView features and see how they map to the Netcool/Precision features. You can also see the list of additional features that Netcool/Precision offers to help determine if a migration is right for your company at this time.

The second part of the book is written based on years of experience by the team with knowledge of both NetView and Netcool/Precision. The second part will help the technical person work through a systematic approach for migrating from NetView to Netcool/Precision. The second part is not intended to be used by technical people that are just beginning to use Netcool/Precision. It is written for the technical leaders and specialists that will be performing the migration and have the appropriate education or experience to deploy Netcool/Precision. Where there was multiple ways to complete a task, we chose a specific way and documented what we did. Scripts that are written to help with the tasks are documented in appendices as well as available to download from our website as additional material.”