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*               IBM VideoCharger for NT Version 2.0.1                               
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*                       Read Me - Please !                                                 
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Tivoli Ready Enablement
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With the purchase of an IBM software product that carries the Tivoli 
Ready logo, you have the ability to manage your IBM software products 
through the Tivoli Enterprise management products, allowing you to 
automatically discover, monitor, and inventory one or more Tivoli 
Ready applications.

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How to Get Started
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IBM software products that are Tivoli Ready can be managed through 
either the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC), or through Tivoli Global 
Enterprise Manager (GEM).  Supported TME configurations include 
managing IBM applications that are installed on TME managed nodes, 
PC managed nodes and endpoints in a distributed environment.

On the following Tivoli web site, a free Tivoli Ready Enablement 
package is available for Tivoli customers to download.

   http://www.support.tivoli.com/tme10gem/tivoli-ready

Additional information about this program is available from the 
following IBM web site:

   http://www.software.ibm.com/tivoli-ready


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Tivoli Ready Support for IBM VideoCharger for NT
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This Tivoli Ready instrumentation, when configured, provides you with
the ability to:
  
  - graphically view the health of IBM VideoCharger for NT through Tivoli
    Global Enterprise Manager 2.2 or Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC)
    3.1 or higher consoles.   
     
  - inventory IBM VideoCharger for NT using Tivoli Inventory version 3.2.

 
         
To install and configure your instrumentation follow the steps 
described below:

  1) Unpack the IBM VideoCharger for NT Tivoli Ready instrumentation package:

     
     Unzip the Tivoli Ready instrumentation package (trvcnt.zip) 
     into a temporary directory. You will find the following files:

       IBM_VideoCharger.amp
       IBM_VideoCharger_Server_for_NT2_0_1.slf   
       vcntbasc.sys 
       readme.txt                         (This document) 
       
    
  2) Place the slf files on the system(s) to be monitored:

     The slf files are used by the monitoring software contained in 
     the Tivoli Ready Enablement package to monitor the state of the 
     servers across your enterprise when used with the TEC and/or 
     Tivoli GEM products.  Your Tivoli Administrator will need to 
     install and configure the Tivoli Ready Enablement package to 
     activate the monitoring.

     
     Copy the following file into the directory %windir%\tivready\monitorslfs 
     on each machine you intend to monitor:
	
	IBM_VideoCharger_Server_for_NT2_0_1.slf

       

    3) To enable VideoCharger for NT for Tivoli Inventory your Tivoli          
       administrator needs to copy the  IBM VideoCharger for NT signature file 
       to  %Lantv_dir%/bin directory .  This directory is 
       defined in the current Tivoli Inventory Profile to be scanned.
       The IBM VideoCharger for NT Tivoli Ready signature file is: 
        
          vcntbasc.sys    

    4) Your Tivoli administrator needs to install and configure the 
       Tivoli GEM 2.2 Tivoli Ready Enablement on all the machines that
       you intend to monitor.  To download the Tivoli Ready Enablement
       and detailed instructions on how to install it and use it,
       refer to the following URL:
     
          http://www.support.tivoli.com/tme10gem/tivoli-ready


    5) The Tivoli GEM 2.2 Tivoli Ready Enablement is installed with a 
       set of default configuration values.  For detailed information 
       on customizing your configuration refer to the GEM 2.2 Tivoli 
       Ready Enablement Release Notes at following URL:   
     
          http://www.support.tivoli.com/tme10gem/tivoli-ready
  
  
    6) To enable VideoCharger for NT for Tivoli Global Enterprise 
       Management (GEM) version 2.2 your Tivoli administrator needs to 
       import the .amp file into the GEM as described in the GEM 2.2 
       documentation.  Your  IBM VideoCharger for NT AMP file is: 
        
        IBM_VideoCharger.amp      

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Support Information
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For more information on obtaining support for Tivoli Ready Enablement,
refer to the following Tivoli web site:

   http://www.support.tivoli.com/tme10gem/tivoli-ready

In addition, please refer to the following IBM web site for product-
specific updates to Tivoli Ready Enablement components (such as AMP 
and Inventory signature updates):
   http://www.IBM.COM/Software/tivoli-ready
   
For more information on obtaining support for IBM VideoCharger for NT, refer
to the following web site:
   http://www.software.ibm.com/data/videocharger
   
                                          
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