Alexander LAN/SPK 2000

[theripper]

I was just reading an article about this management software, offered from Novell's Website.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does anyone work with this particular management interface?&nbsp;&nbsp;If so, are you happy or displeased with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The article makes some pretty big promises and claims on what it can do . . . however, we all know that &quot;real life situations&quot; can destroy how &quot;it should work&quot; ratings in a blink of an abend.<br><br>Any feedback would be appreciated.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you.

 

[DrGreen26]

From what I have gathered, this software only works in case of software problems.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have a hardware issue with&nbsp;&nbsp;a server, it will not report anything.<br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;We had a NW 4.11 server, Compaq Proliant, and it continually locked up for no reason.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even at low utilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since this was a hard lock, ALEXANDER/SPK did not report anything, nor did Managewise or Insight Manager.&nbsp;&nbsp;It took a while to figure out what was wrong, (IBM Auto Lanstreamers) but once the faulty hardware was swapped for a different type, the server worked fine.<br><br> <p>Mark C. Greenwood, Certified N<br><a href=mailto:m_jgreenwood@yahoo.com>m_jgreenwood@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> I have been working in the industry for a little more than 10 years. I hold a current CNE certification for Intranetware 4.11<br>
I will be achieving my CNE 5 in the near future, hopefully before Novell's CCR deadline. I also have my Bachelors<br>
of S