Openview Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

by John Blommers

*Architecting, designing, implementing, and managing NNM solutions involving networks, desktop computers, and UNIX servers *All examples have been used in actual implementations *Covers capacity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130198498
• ISBN13: 9780130198495
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

This should be required reading!!

Mr. Blommers book should be required reading for anyone deploying HP's Network Node Manager. While reading a book is not a substitute for real-world experience, this book CAN help anyone deploying NNM from making common (and often costly) mistakes. I have been deploying NNM since version 3.31, and I have seen most (but not quite all) of the issues that Mr. Blommers raises. However, I wish there had been a book like this one to help me avoid some of the pitfalls that I didn't anticipate. With only ONE exception, I wholeheartedly recommend taking all of Mr. Blommers' suggestions/recommendations. The sole exception is regarding using "public" as your SNMP "Read" community string. This is a grave security blunder and should be avoided at all costs. You should be CONSISTENT with your SNMP community strings, as Blommers recommends, but do NOT use "public". Otherwise, read this book cover to cover and do everything it recommends.Note: this book best serves people who have experience with NNM AND who have read HP's (free) manuals. Blommers assumes that you have the necessary experience/training and states that in his forward. If this book leaves you behind, it is probably because you don't have the necessary prerequisites. Also, I do not know and have never met Mr. Blommers.My credentials: I have the following HP certifications (although I do NOT and have never worked for HP):(1) HP OpenView Certified Consultant in UNIX Server and Application Management (IT/O 5.x)(2) HP OpenView Certified Consultant in UNIX Server and Application Management (IT/O 5.x) Level 2(3) HP OpenView Certified Consultant in Network Management (NNM 6.x on UNIX and NT)(4) HP OpenView Certified Consultant in Network Management (NNM 6.x on UNIX and NT) Level 2(5) HP OpenView Certified Integration Expert in Application and System Management (track 2)(6) HP OpenView Certified Integration Expert in Network Management

Good Material

I have participated in depolying the HP Openview Network Node Manager (NNM) less than a month and I am waiting for someone to share his experience in deploying the NNM on Enterprise Environment. I think the author's experience is worth for me because NNM is not as easy as Microsoft Windows NT. It involves long time site preparation, pilot team, and implementation procedure. Certainly, the content is some out-of-date, for example the IT Operation has been changed to Vantage Point Operation ...Surely , thank you for John Blommers!