IBM Tivoli storage resource manager : a practical introduction / [Charlotte Brooks ... et al].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Charlotte.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

File organization (Computer science).

Database security.

Tivoli storage manager.

Physical Description:

xxx, 518 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 dollars? IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager helps you discover, monitor, and create enterprise policies for your filesystems and databases. You will find out where all your storage is going and be able to act intelligently on this information. Application availability is improved because you will have early warnings when filesystems are running out of space. If you are thinking about server consolidation, you can use IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager to help efficiently utilize your accumulated storage resources. This IBM Redbooks publication shows how to install, configure, and protect the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager environment; how to create policies; how to define automated actions like scripts or SNMP events when policies are violated; and how to produce detailed, meaningful storage reports. This book is intended for those who want to learn more about IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager and for those who are about to implement it. The second edition of this book is updated for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Version 1.2 Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Figures

Tables

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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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.

Notes:

"August 2003."

"SG24-6886-01."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

62882527