IBM 5.5 Manual De Usuario

preface.fm November 27, 2006

This guide describes how to install and configure IBM Tivoli Netcool

®

/Precision

™

 for 

Transmission Networks (Netcool/Precision TN) on UNIX. The guide also covers how to 
use Netcool/Precision TN to discover a telecommunications network, view network 
inventory and reports, and visualize alerts in in IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™

The preface contains the following sections:

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This book is organized as follows:

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Provides an overview of Netcool/Precision TN, including a brief description of its 
features, how it works, and its web-based user interface. 

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Describes how to install the product on supported platforms. It also includes 
information about how to use an existing copy of the MySQL database.

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Describes how to start the Netcool/Precision TN components, and how to use 
Netcool/Precision TN to discover your network, view its inventory, resolve topology, 
view logs and asset reports, manage security, and shut down the server.

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Describes how to configure Netcool/OMNIbus for visualization, start the 
components, and visualize alerts using Netcool/Precision TN.

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Describes how to configure the software to use an Oracle database instead of MySQL, 
how to configure failover, and how to configure the product so that it can be 
monitored by Netcool/OMNIbus process control. It also includes a section on 
troubleshooting setup problems.