This is the first comprehensive, hands-on guide to using OpenView administration tools to maximize network performance, availability, and value. You'll find expert guidance on planning, customization, automation, security, optimization, troubleshooting, and a whole lot more. Coverage includes

- Planning for deployment: a best-practices checklist
- Running NNM: discovery, symbols, objects, alarms, and
   queries
- Customizing NNM: submaps, application integration,
   custom symbols/fields, and more
- CV: providing a logical view of devices based on customer
   ownership
- SIP: making management information Web-accessible,
   step-by-step
- Managing data collection and event configuration
- Scalability and distribution: remote consoles, filters,
   and Distributed Internet Monitoring
- Roles, service levels, installation, configuration, agents,
   policies, and day-to-day administration
- Taking full advantage of Smart Plug-Ins (SPI)
- Improving flexibility by adding Multiple Management Servers
- Includes OpenView Command Quick Reference Guide

    If you're a network/system administrator running
OpenView under HP-UX, Unix, or Windows, OpenView
System Administration Handbook will make you more productive, more effective, and more valuable.

I. NETWORK NODE MANAGER, CUSTOMER VIEWS, AND
SERVICE INFORMATION PORTAL.
II. OPENVIEW OPERATIONS.
III. BEST PRACTICES.
IV. OPENVIEW OPERATIONS FOR WINDOWS.
Appendix A: OpenView Commands Quick Reference Guide.
Appendix B: Hostname Resolution.
Appendix C: Resources.