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Index
A
abstraction of workflows 186
acquisition components 140
acquisition controller 140
Action 161
Add zone members 179
Additional material 223
Advanced Provisioning 127
agents
CIM architecture 29
communications 25
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager 27
IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager 37
in-band 31
out-band 31
AIX
requirements 109
alerts 55
allocation decisions 143
API 32
Apple
Quicktime 224
Application
availability 63
application
definition 148
Application Cluster 148
Application Controller 140
Classification component 141
components 140
prediction component 140
workload modeling component 141
Application layer acquisition 139
Architecture 15, 22, 137
component architecture 138
asset reporting 53
Assignment function 183
autocorrelation
function 140
subsystem 140
automated provisioning 9
automation 111, 160
benefits 118
business value model 123
IBM products 118
levels of 11
steps toward 116
Automation Packages 147
Autonomic computing attributes 115
Availability 63, 120
reporting 53
B
backup reporting 53
big picture 16
Brand
product names 13
refinement 12
bundling 86
Business Service Management 119
C
capacity
fluctuations 132
management 132
reporting 53
case study 191, 224
compile workflow 214
Complete workflow from the top 209
create storage requirements 196
Create Storage Volume 200
drag subroutines into workflow 211
execute workflow 216
IBM Tivoli SAN Manager view 193
IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager view
194
input screen 218
Insert Parameters 212
Rename variables 213
successful run 220
video 191
workflow creation 195
Chargeback 56
CIM
agent architecture 29
Command-line interface 145
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Communications 21
with agents 25
with devices 25
Component interaction 19
component relationships 184
Components 47
installation 93
Create storage capabilities. 176
Create Storage Volume. 176
Customer 148
relationship model 149
Customer applications 155
Cygwin 107
D
Data acquisition components 139
Data Acquisition Engine 138
Data center assets and resources 152
data center assets tab 152
Data Center Model 24, 142, 147, 162
database 150
database
growth 55
Storage Resource Management 55
storage utilization 55
Deployment Engine 141
Device Driver 147, 162
Model 162
devices
communications 25
driver 147
E
EJB 147
Elemental Workflows 161
endpoint devices 33
Enterprise Java Beans 147, 184
excess capacity 132
executing existing workflows 174
F
Fabric Basic Actions 23
Fabric functions 166
Fabric Workflows (and parameters) 166
fluctuating business demands 129
fluctuations 132
forecasting 51
G
Gather device data 175
Global Resource Manager
component 143
Glossary 225
H
Hardware requirements 108
HBA
API 32
I
IBM Director 75
IBM Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Li-
brary. see OPAL
IBM products for automation 118
IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse
and IBM Tivoli SAN Manager 41
data flow 40
integration 38
IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console
integration 42
IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator
Architecture
overall 146
architecture 137
benefits 131
compared to IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager
133
overview 128
Provisioning 132
terminology 147
Web management interface 150
IBM Tivoli NetView 59
Web console 73
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 111
Architecture 137
compared to IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator
133
Customer applications 155
Data center assets and resources 152
Data Center Model 162
Device Driver 162
directory server configuration 102
installation 98
flow diagram 102
integration with IBM TotalStorage Productivity
Center 24
Index 247
navigation trees 151
One-node topology installation 99
out of the box workflows 163
overview 134
Remote database configuration 102
Remote directory server configuration 101
Storage building block actions 135
System configuration and workflow manage-
ment 153
Three-node topology installation 104
Two-node topology installation 101
Workflows 135
IBM Tivoli SAN Manager 8, 29, 58
Advantages 64
agents 32
and IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse 41
and Tivoli Enterprise Console 45
basic architecture 30
Benefits 64
Data repository 30
device support 168
Discovery 31
display topology information 59
EDFI user interface 65
Fault management 65
Features 64
IBM Tivoli NetView Web console 73
iSCSI support 65
launch with feature 70
manage zones 66
Managed hosts 31
NetView 59
physical topology 61
sample network environment 59
SAN menu 59
selectable launch applications 70
The Manager 30
with IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager
37
workflows 136
Zone Control GUI 66
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager 7, 25, 48
advantages 51
Agents 27
Alerts 55
and Tivoli Enterprise Console 45
asset reporting 53
backup reporting 53
benefits 51
capacity reporting 53
Enterprise Repository 26
features 51
for Chargeback 56
for Databases 55
high-level architecture 26
Job Scheduler 27
Policy management 54
Probe 53
probes 27
Reporting 51
Reporting categories 53
scans 28
Server 26
Storage Subsystem Reporting 53
Storage Subsystems 28
usage reporting 53
Web reporting 53
IBM TotalStorage Device Manager 75
IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager 8, 34,
73
agents 37
and Tivoli Enterprise Console 46
architecture 35
Device Manager 75
Device Manager features 76
device support 171
IBM Tivoli SAN Manager integration 37
LaunchPad 85
Managers 36
Performance Manager 76
Performance Manager gauge 79
placement in IBM TotalStorage Open Software
Family 75
PPRC 81
PPRC-XD 81
Replication Manager 80
subcomponents 74
workflows 136
IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family 15
IBM TotalStorage Performance Manager 76
IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
Architecture 15
big picture 16
communications 21
component interaction 19
Components 47
example configuration 6
included products 13

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