IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in a Clustered Environment

330 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in a Clustered Environment

7.1 Overview

The functionality of Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Network (Storage

Agent) has been described described under 2.1.2, “IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

for Storage Area Networks V5.3” on page 14.

Through the current chapter, we focus in the use of this feature as applied to our

Windows clustered environments.

7.2 Planning and design

There are different types of hardware configurations that take advantage of using

the Storage Agent for LAN-free backup in a SAN.

An installation must carefully plan and design their own configuration, and they

should also check the compatibility and support requirements for the Tivoli

Storage Manager for Storage Area Network in order for it to work correctly.

In our lab we use IBM disk and tape Fibre Channel attached storage devices

supported by LAN-free backup with Tivoli Storage Manager.

7.2.1 System requirements

Before implementing Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Network, we

should access the latest available software levels of all components and check

supported hardware and software configurations. For information, see:

http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

In order to use the Storage Agent for LAN-free backup, we need:

򐂰 A Tivoli Storage Manager server with LAN-free license.

򐂰 A Tivoli Storage Manager client or a Tivoli Storage Manager Data Protection

application client

򐂰 A supported Storage Area Network configuration where storage devices and

servers are attached for storage sharing purposes

򐂰 If we are sharing disk storage, Tivoli SANergy® must be installed. Tivoli

SANergy Version 3.2.4 is included with the Storage Agent media.

򐂰 The Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Network software.