IBM Tivoli storage resource manager a practical introduction

Storage growth continues to accelerate, and the cost of disk can approach 80% of total system hardware costs. Yet, the storage in most businesses is typically only about 50% used. How can you take control of your storage assets to render utilization more efficient, and make the most of your storage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization (-)
Otros Autores: Brooks, Charlotte (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization 2003.
Edición:2nd ed
Colección:IBM redbooks.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627101206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Preface
  • The team that wrote this redbook
  • Become a published author
  • Comments welcome
  • Summary of changes
  • October 2003, Second Edition
  • Part 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Storage Resource Management
  • 1.1 What is Storage Resource Management?
  • 1.1.1 Storage Resource Management, then and now
  • 1.2 Storage management issues today
  • 1.2.1 Growth
  • 1.2.2 Storage costs too much, and money is not used efficiently
  • 1.2.3 Unmanaged storage costs too much, and the scope is large
  • 1.2.4 Storage management functions defined
  • 1.2.5 Architecture for a suite of Storage Management solutions
  • 1.2.6 Standards and Storage Resource Management tools
  • 1.3 Objectives of Storage Resource Management
  • Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager overview
  • 2.1.1 Business purpose of Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.1.2 Architecture
  • 2.1.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager products
  • 2.1.4 Components of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.1.5 Supported platforms for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.1.6 Security considerations
  • 2.2 Enhancements to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager V 1.2
  • 2.2.1 Automated filesystem extension
  • 2.2.2 Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) integration
  • 2.2.3 TEC integration
  • 2.2.4 Cloudscape
  • 2.2.5 UDB/DB2 support
  • 2.3 Justification for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.3.1 Improving storage return on investment
  • 2.4 Functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 2.4.1 Basic menu displays
  • 2.4.2 Discover and monitor Agents, disks, filesystems, and databases
  • 2.4.3 Reporting
  • 2.4.4 Alerts
  • 2.4.5 Chargeback: Charging for storage usage
  • 2.5 Chapter summary
  • Part 2 Design considerations.
  • Chapter 3. Deployment architecture
  • 3.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager architecture
  • 3.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
  • 3.2.1 Discovery of unmanaged Windows systems
  • 3.2.2 Scripts
  • 3.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agent
  • 3.4 Deployment considerations
  • 3.4.1 Repository database
  • 3.4.2 CIM/OM server placement
  • 3.4.3 NAS Agent placement
  • 3.4.4 Novell NetWare Agent placement
  • 3.5 Deployment scenarios
  • 3.5.1 Standalone Server installation with local database
  • 3.5.2 Standalone Server installation with remote database
  • 3.5.3 Standby Server installation for HA using remote database
  • 3.5.4 Windows cluster install of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
  • 3.5.5 AIX cluster installation of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
  • Part 3 Installation and basic operations
  • Chapter 4. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager installation
  • 4.1 Supported operating system platforms
  • 4.2 Supported databases for repository
  • 4.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install
  • 4.3.1 Lab environment
  • 4.3.2 Database creation for repository
  • 4.3.3 Installation of the Server code
  • 4.3.4 Microsoft SQL-Server as repository
  • 4.3.5 Installing Cloudscape as a test database
  • 4.3.6 Configuration for Web access
  • 4.3.7 Installation of the GUI code
  • 4.3.8 Installing the Server code on UNIX
  • 4.4 Installing the Agent code
  • 4.5 Applying maintenance to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 4.5.1 Planned upgrade installation for Agents
  • 4.6 Basic administrative tasks
  • 4.6.1 Security
  • 4.6.2 Administration
  • 4.6.3 Administration: Navigation
  • 4.6.4 Administrative Services: Services
  • 4.6.5 Administrative Services: Agents
  • 4.6.6 Administrative Services: Configuration
  • 4.7 Microsoft Cluster installation
  • 4.7.1 Microsoft Cluster initial setup.
  • 4.7.2 Adding shared disk resource for DB2 instance and SRM installation
  • 4.7.3 Installation of DB2 database on both nodes
  • 4.7.4 Setting up a clustered instance in DB2
  • 4.7.5 Installing IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server on both nodes
  • 4.7.6 Copying the repository database to the clustered instance
  • 4.7.7 Editing the Server config file to reflect the database change
  • 4.7.8 Creating clustered resources for the Server and Agent
  • 4.8 Manager HA install using remote Oracle database
  • 4.8.1 Testing the standby HA installation
  • 4.9 CIM/OM
  • 4.9.1 What is CIM/OM?
  • 4.9.2 CIM/OM Server installation for ESS
  • 4.9.3 CIM/OM configuration in IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • Chapter 5. Operations: Policy, Quotas, and Alerts
  • 5.1 OS Monitoring
  • 5.1.1 Navigation tree
  • 5.1.2 Groups
  • 5.1.3 Discovery
  • 5.1.4 Pings
  • 5.1.5 Probes
  • 5.1.6 Profiles
  • 5.1.7 Scans
  • 5.2 OS Alerts
  • 5.2.1 Alerting navigation tree
  • 5.2.2 Computer Alerts
  • 5.2.3 Filesystem Alerts
  • 5.2.4 Directory Alerts
  • 5.2.5 Alert logs
  • 5.3 Policy management
  • 5.3.1 Filesystem extension and LUN provisioning
  • 5.3.2 Quotas
  • 5.3.3 Network Appliance Quotas
  • 5.3.4 Constraints
  • 5.3.5 Scheduled actions
  • 5.4 Database monitoring
  • 5.4.1 Groups
  • 5.4.2 Probes
  • 5.4.3 Profiles
  • 5.4.4 Scans
  • 5.5 Database Alerts
  • 5.5.1 Instance Alerts
  • 5.5.2 Database-Tablespace Alerts
  • 5.5.3 Table Alerts
  • 5.5.4 Alert log
  • 5.6 Databases policy management
  • 5.6.1 Network Quotas
  • 5.6.2 Instance Quota
  • 5.6.3 Database Quota
  • 5.7 Database administration samples
  • 5.7.1 Database up
  • 5.7.2 Database utilization
  • 5.7.3 Need for reorganization
  • Part 4 Customizing and advanced operations
  • Chapter 6. Reporting
  • 6.1 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager reporting capabilities
  • 6.1.1 Major reporting categories.
  • 6.2 Using the standard reporting functions
  • 6.2.1 Asset Reporting
  • 6.2.2 Storage Subsystems Reporting
  • 6.2.3 Availability Reporting
  • 6.2.4 Capacity Reporting
  • 6.2.5 Usage Reporting
  • 6.2.6 Usage Violation Reporting
  • 6.2.7 Backup Reporting
  • 6.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting
  • 6.3.1 ESS Reporting
  • 6.4 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports
  • 6.4.1 ESS used and free storage
  • 6.4.2 ESS attached hosts report
  • 6.4.3 Computer Uptime reporting
  • 6.4.4 Growth in storage used and number of files
  • 6.4.5 Incremental backup trends
  • 6.4.6 Database reports against DBMS size
  • 6.4.7 Database instance storage report
  • 6.4.8 Database reports size by instance and by computer
  • 6.4.9 Locate the LUN on which a database is allocated
  • 6.4.10 Finding important files on your systems
  • 6.5 Creating customized reports
  • 6.5.1 System Reports
  • 6.5.2 Reports owned by a specific username
  • 6.5.3 Batch Reports
  • 6.6 Setting up a schedule for daily reports
  • 6.7 Setting up a reports Web site
  • 6.8 Charging for storage usage
  • Chapter 7. Protecting and maintaining Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 7.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager environment
  • 7.1.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
  • 7.1.2 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agents
  • 7.2 Integration with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
  • 7.2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
  • 7.2.2 Setup for backing up Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 7.2.3 Tivoli Storage Manager Server configuration
  • 7.2.4 Client configuration
  • 7.2.5 Additional considerations
  • 7.3 Backup procedures
  • 7.3.1 Agent files
  • 7.3.2 Server files
  • 7.3.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database
  • 7.4 Restore procedures
  • 7.4.1 Restore Agent files
  • 7.4.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server files
  • 7.4.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database.
  • 7.5 Disaster Recovery procedures
  • 7.5.1 Windows 2000 restore
  • 7.5.2 ITSRMDB database restore
  • 7.6 Database maintenance
  • 7.7 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager with SQL-Server
  • 7.7.1 Using Oracle for the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database
  • Part 5 Tivoli Systems Management integration
  • Chapter 8. Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console
  • 8.1 Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Console
  • 8.2 Lab environment
  • 8.3 Configuring the Rule Base
  • 8.4 Configuring TEC Event Console
  • 8.5 Event format
  • 8.6 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager event forwarding
  • Chapter 9. Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
  • 9.1 Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
  • 9.2 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Warehouse Pack
  • 9.3 Tivoli GUID and Data Warehouse
  • 9.4 Configuring TEDW: Importing Warehouse Pack
  • 9.4.1 Prerequisites
  • 9.4.2 Installing the Warehouse Enablement Pack
  • 9.4.3 Register the Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database with ODBC
  • 9.4.4 Configuring Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
  • 9.4.5 Configure ETLs
  • 9.4.6 Verifying data in DB2
  • Chapter 10. Integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager
  • 10.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
  • 10.2 Inventory - determine who has got which version
  • 10.2.1 Create an inventory profile in Tivoli Framework
  • 10.3 Software distribution
  • 10.3.1 Build software package with Software Package Editor
  • 10.3.2 Create software distribution profile in Tivoli Framework
  • Chapter 11. Integration with Tivoli Monitoring
  • 11.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Monitoring
  • 11.2 Tivoli Monitoring with Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
  • 11.3 Daemons to monitor and restart actions
  • Part 6 Appendices
  • Appendix A. Example scripts
  • Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases scripts
  • Backup and restore scripts
  • Appendix B. Additional material.
  • Locating the Web material.