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9. Restart Tivoli Provisioning Manager.

10.Verify that the Java. plug-ins are installed:

a. Open Tivoli Provisioning Manager:

http://<host_name>:9080/tcWebUI/login.jsp

b. Select the System configuration and workflow management tab.

c. Expand the Java plug-ins section.

d. Verify that there are TPC xxx plug-ins in the list.

11.Run the TPC_Configure workflow.

a. Select the System configuration and workflow management tab.

b. Expand the Workflows section.

c. Select the TPC_Configure workflow.

d. Click the Execute icon in the top right of the window.

e. Enter the host, port, user name, and password of the machine on which

Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager is installed. The defaults are:

User name - TPCUser Port = 9550.

f. Click Run.

12.Verify that Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager and IBM Multiple Device

Manager have discovered all the fabric and volume resources. Use Tivoli

NetView to verify that the fabric switches are discovered. Use the IBM

Director console to verify that all the storage devices are discovered.

14. Run the TPC_Initialize workflow:

a. This workflow loads the SAN Fabric and Volume information into Tivoli

Provisioning Manager.

b. For the TPCServerName attribute in the TPC_Initialize workflow, specify

the host name of the machine where Tivoli Storage Area Network

Manager is installed and click Run.

4.2 Installing IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager

The storage manager components of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center are

currently supported on the Windows 2000 platform. The common software used

for implementations is Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, and

Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

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In your production environment, it is recommended to install IBM TotalStorage

Multiple Device Manager, IBM Tivoli SAN Manager, and IBM Tivoli Storage

Resource Manager on the same machine. To use the storage provisioning

workflows, IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager and IBM Tivoli SAN

Manager must be installed on the same machine.

4.2.1 One-node topology installation

In a one-node topology, IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager (see Figure 4-1) and

the supporting software are installed on a single machine. This includes the

database server, WebSphere Application Server, and the LDAP server. The

prerequisite and supported software must be installed on this single machine.

Figure 4-1 Single node server block diagram

Important: It is vital that the node configuration, server setup, and software

selection is planned at the beginning before any installation begins.

Note: We recommend the one-node topology IBM Tivoli Provisioning

Manager configuration for simplicity.

Tivoli

Provisioning

Manager

WebSphere

Application

Server

Directory

Server

Data base

Server

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Limitations

This configuration is supported only on Windows, Solaris, and SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 8 for Linux on iSeries. A one-node configuration is not

supported on AIX 5.2 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 2.1.

Flow diagram of the installation

The following flow chart (see Figure 4-2) is for a Windows 2000 system with a

DB2 database running with no security.

Figure 4-2 Single node installation flow diagram

Note: This type of node setup is resource intensive and the minimal hardware

requirements must be considered and adjusted for this configuration.

Install Cygwin from the

internet

Configure SNMP

services

Run the Software

prerequisite installer

Install relational

database

Install Directory Server

Install the Websphere

Application Server

Set the Java_Home

directory

Apply the DB2 License

Apply all fix packs

Configure the Directory

Server

Start installing TPM

Install NetView

Reboot Server

Apply Post TPM

installation

configuration changes

Logon with the

tioappadmin User

name and

password

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4.2.2 Two-node topology installation

There are two different configurations supported in a two-node topology. These

configurations are described next.

Remote directory server configuration

In a two-node configuration (see Figure 4-3), only the LDAP server is installed on

a separate machine. All other software applications are installed on the IBM

Tivoli Provisioning Manager server machine. The prerequisite and supported

software must be installed on the two nodes.

Figure 4-3 Remote directory server block diagram

Tivoli Provisioning

Manager Server

Directory server

Tivoli

Provisioning

Manager

WebSphere

Application

Server

Relational

database

Directory

server