IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction

IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction

by Charlotte Brooks, Michel Baus, Michael Benanti, Ivo Gomilsek, Urs Moser
Released August 2003
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

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.

Table of contents

  1. Figures (1/3)
  2. Figures (2/3)
  3. Figures (3/3)
  4. Tables
  5. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  6. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  7. Summary of changes
    1. October 2003, Second Edition
  8. Part 1: Introduction
    1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Storage Resource Management
      1. What is Storage Resource Management?
        1. Storage Resource Management, then and now
      2. Storage management issues today (1/3)
      3. Storage management issues today (2/3)
      4. Storage management issues today (3/3)
        1. Growth
        2. Storage costs too much, and money is not used efficiently
        3. Unmanaged storage costs too much, and the scope is large
        4. Storage management functions defined
        5. Architecture for a suite of Storage Management solutions
        6. Standards and Storage Resource Management tools
      5. Objectives of Storage Resource Management
    2. Chapter 2: Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager overview
        1. Business purpose of Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        2. Architecture
        3. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager products
        4. Components of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        5. Supported platforms for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        6. Security considerations
      2. Enhancements to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager V 1.2
        1. Automated filesystem extension
        2. Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) integration
        3. TEC integration
        4. Cloudscape
        5. UDB/DB2 support
      3. Justification for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        1. Improving storage return on investment
      4. Functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager (1/3)
      5. Functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager (2/3)
      6. Functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager (3/3)
        1. Basic menu displays
        2. Discover and monitor Agents, disks, filesystems, and databases
        3. Reporting
        4. Alerts
        5. Chargeback: Charging for storage usage
      7. Chapter summary
  9. Part 2: Design considerations
    1. Chapter 3: Deployment architecture
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager architecture
      2. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
        1. Discovery of unmanaged Windows systems
        2. Scripts
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agent
      4. Deployment considerations (1/2)
      5. Deployment considerations (2/2)
        1. Repository database
        2. CIM/OM server placement
        3. NAS Agent placement
        4. Novell NetWare Agent placement
      6. Deployment scenarios (1/2)
      7. Deployment scenarios (2/2)
        1. Standalone Server installation with local database
        2. Standalone Server installation with remote database
        3. Standby Server installation for HA using remote database
        4. Windows cluster install of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
        5. AIX cluster installation of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
  10. Part 3: Installation and basic operations
    1. Chapter 4: IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager installation
      1. Supported operating system platforms
      2. Supported databases for repository
      3. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install (1/4)
      4. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install (2/4)
      5. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install (3/4)
      6. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install (4/4)
        1. Lab environment
        2. Database creation for repository
        3. Installation of the Server code
        4. Microsoft SQL-Server as repository
        5. Installing Cloudscape as a test database
        6. Configuration for Web access
        7. Installation of the GUI code
        8. Installing the Server code on UNIX
      7. Installing the Agent code
      8. Applying maintenance to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        1. Planned upgrade installation for Agents
      9. Basic administrative tasks (1/5)
      10. Basic administrative tasks (2/5)
      11. Basic administrative tasks (3/5)
      12. Basic administrative tasks (4/5)
      13. Basic administrative tasks (5/5)
        1. Security
        2. Administration
        3. Administration: Navigation
        4. Administrative Services: Services
        5. Administrative Services: Agents
        6. Administrative Services: Configuration
      14. Microsoft Cluster installation (1/4)
      15. Microsoft Cluster installation (2/4)
      16. Microsoft Cluster installation (3/4)
      17. Microsoft Cluster installation (4/4)
        1. Microsoft Cluster initial setup
        2. Adding shared disk resource for DB2 instance and SRM installation
        3. Installation of DB2 database on both nodes
        4. Setting up a clustered instance in DB2
        5. Installing IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server on both nodes
        6. Copying the repository database to the clustered instance
        7. Editing the Server config file to reflect the database change
        8. Creating clustered resources for the Server and Agent
      18. Manager HA install using remote Oracle database
        1. Testing the standby HA installation
      19. CIM/OM (1/3)
      20. CIM/OM (2/3)
      21. CIM/OM (3/3)
        1. What is CIM/OM?
        2. CIM/OM Server installation for ESS
        3. CIM/OM configuration in IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
    2. Chapter 5: Operations: Policy, Quotas, and Alerts
      1. OS Monitoring (1/6)
      2. OS Monitoring (2/6)
      3. OS Monitoring (3/6)
      4. OS Monitoring (4/6)
      5. OS Monitoring (5/6)
      6. OS Monitoring (6/6)
        1. Navigation tree
        2. Groups
        3. Discovery
        4. Pings
        5. Probes
        6. Profiles
        7. Scans
      7. OS Alerts (1/3)
      8. OS Alerts (2/3)
      9. OS Alerts (3/3)
        1. Alerting navigation tree
        2. Computer Alerts
        3. Filesystem Alerts
        4. Directory Alerts
        5. Alert logs
      10. Policy management (1/6)
      11. Policy management (2/6)
      12. Policy management (3/6)
      13. Policy management (4/6)
      14. Policy management (5/6)
      15. Policy management (6/6)
        1. Filesystem extension and LUN provisioning
        2. Quotas
        3. Network Appliance Quotas
        4. Constraints
        5. Scheduled actions
      16. Database monitoring
        1. Groups
        2. Probes
        3. Profiles
        4. Scans
      17. Database Alerts (1/2)
      18. Database Alerts (2/2)
        1. Instance Alerts
        2. Database-Tablespace Alerts
        3. Table Alerts
        4. Alert log
      19. Databases policy management
        1. Network Quotas
        2. Instance Quota
        3. Database Quota
      20. Database administration samples
        1. Database up
        2. Database utilization
        3. Need for reorganization
  11. Part 4: Customizing and advanced operations
    1. Chapter 6: Reporting
      1. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager reporting capabilities
        1. Major reporting categories
      2. Using the standard reporting functions (1/10)
      3. Using the standard reporting functions (2/10)
      4. Using the standard reporting functions (3/10)
      5. Using the standard reporting functions (4/10)
      6. Using the standard reporting functions (5/10)
      7. Using the standard reporting functions (6/10)
      8. Using the standard reporting functions (7/10)
      9. Using the standard reporting functions (8/10)
      10. Using the standard reporting functions (9/10)
      11. Using the standard reporting functions (10/10)
        1. Asset Reporting
        2. Storage Subsystems Reporting
        3. Availability Reporting
        4. Capacity Reporting
        5. Usage Reporting
        6. Usage Violation Reporting
        7. Backup Reporting
      12. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting (1/4)
      13. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting (2/4)
      14. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting (3/4)
      15. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting (4/4)
        1. ESS Reporting
      16. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (1/6)
      17. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (2/6)
      18. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (3/6)
      19. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (4/6)
      20. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (5/6)
      21. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports (6/6)
        1. ESS used and free storage
        2. ESS attached hosts report
        3. Computer Uptime reporting
        4. Growth in storage used and number of files
        5. Incremental backup trends
        6. Database reports against DBMS size
        7. Database instance storage report
        8. Database reports size by instance and by computer
        9. Locate the LUN on which a database is allocated
        10. Finding important files on your systems
      22. Creating customized reports (1/3)
      23. Creating customized reports (2/3)
      24. Creating customized reports (3/3)
        1. System Reports
        2. Reports owned by a specific username
        3. Batch Reports
      25. Setting up a schedule for daily reports
      26. Setting up a reports Web site
      27. Charging for storage usage
    2. Chapter 7: Protecting and maintaining Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager environment
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server
        2. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agents
      2. Integration with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (1/2)
      3. Integration with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (2/2)
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
        2. Setup for backing up Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
        3. Tivoli Storage Manager Server configuration
        4. Client configuration
        5. Additional considerations
      4. Backup procedures (1/2)
      5. Backup procedures (2/2)
        1. Agent files
        2. Server files
        3. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database
      6. Restore procedures (1/2)
      7. Restore procedures (2/2)
        1. Restore Agent files
        2. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server files
        3. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database
      8. Disaster Recovery procedures
        1. Windows 2000 restore
        2. ITSRMDB database restore
      9. Database maintenance
      10. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager with SQL-Server
        1. Using Oracle for the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database
  12. Part 5: Tivoli Systems Management integration
    1. Chapter 8: Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console
      1. Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Console
      2. Lab environment
      3. Configuring the Rule Base
      4. Configuring TEC Event Console (1/2)
      5. Configuring TEC Event Console (2/2)
      6. Event format
      7. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager event forwarding
    2. Chapter 9: Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
      1. Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
      2. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Warehouse Pack
      3. Tivoli GUID and Data Warehouse
      4. Configuring TEDW: Importing Warehouse Pack
        1. Prerequisites
        2. Installing the Warehouse Enablement Pack
        3. Register the Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database with ODBC
        4. Configuring Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
        5. Configure ETLs
        6. Verifying data in DB2
    3. Chapter 10: Integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager
      1. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
      2. Inventory - determine who has got which version (1/3)
      3. Inventory - determine who has got which version (2/3)
      4. Inventory - determine who has got which version (3/3)
        1. Create an inventory profile in Tivoli Framework
      5. Software distribution (1/3)
      6. Software distribution (2/3)
      7. Software distribution (3/3)
        1. Build software package with Software Package Editor
        2. Create software distribution profile in Tivoli Framework
    4. Chapter 11: Integration with Tivoli Monitoring
      1. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Monitoring
      2. Tivoli Monitoring with Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
      3. Daemons to monitor and restart actions (1/2)
      4. Daemons to monitor and restart actions (2/2)
  13. Part 6: Appendices
    1. Appendix A: Example scripts
      1. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases scripts
      2. Backup and restore scripts
    2. Appendix B: Additional material
      1. Locating the Web material
      2. Using the Web material
        1. System requirements for downloading the Web material
        2. How to use the Web material
    3. Abbreviations and acronyms
    4. Related publications
      1. Other resources
      2. Referenced Web sites
      3. How to get IBM Redbooks
        1. IBM Redbooks collections
    5. Index (1/3)
    6. Index (2/3)
    7. Index (3/3)
    8. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction
  • Author(s): Charlotte Brooks, Michel Baus, Michael Benanti, Ivo Gomilsek, Urs Moser
  • Release date: August 2003
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None