IBM TotalStorage Expert Hands-On Usage Guide

IBM TotalStorage Expert Hands-On Usage Guide

by Mary Lovelace, John Cooper, Daniel Demer, Norbert Schorm
Released January 2003
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

The IBM TotalStorage Expert V2R1 is the rebranded name for the IBM Storwatch Expert. It provides all the function in the StorWatch versions you have come to rely on - and then some. The IBM Total Storage Expert is made up of two component features: Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) Expert and Enterprise Tape Library (ETL) Expert.

IBM TotalStorage Expert helps storage administrators boost the productivity of storage resources. It gathers and presents information that helps administrators manage the Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) and three Enterprise Tape Library (ETL) solutions: IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library, IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server, and IBM TotalStorage Peer-to-Peer Virtual Tape Server.

The TotalStorage Expert prepares reports and graphical charts from the data it has collected. These reports and charts can be used in managing assets, capacity, and performance for your ESSs and ETLs.

This IBM Redbooks publication will help you to install, tailor, and configure the TotalStorage Expert, and will show you how to use TotalStorage Expert.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Chapter 1: IBM TotalStorage Expert ESRM overview
    1. What is ESRM
    2. What is IBM TotalStorage Expert
      1. Performance management for your ESS and ETL
      2. Asset management for your ESS and ETL
      3. Capacity management for your ESS and ETL
    3. How does TotalStorage Expert work
      1. How do I operate the TotalStorage Expert
    4. Ordering information
    5. TotalStorage Expert hands-on guide lab configuration
  4. Chapter 2: Comparison of TotalStorage Expert V2.1 to StorWatch Expert V1.2
    1. Functional comparison
      1. TotalStorage Expert Sign On panel
      2. TotalStorage Expert Introduction panel
      3. TotalStorage Expert Main Navigation Bar
      4. Manage TotalStorage Expert
      5. Manage ESS
      6. Manage ETL
    2. ESS Expert performance comparison
      1. Comparison of ESS Expert V2.1 and ESS Expert V1.2
  5. Chapter 3: Planning for the TotalStorage Expert
    1. Network planning considerations
      1. Network security considerations
      2. Network bandwidth considerations
    2. Planning for installation of the TotalStorage Expert
      1. Installation requirements for Windows 2000
      2. Installation requirements for AIX systems
      3. Preparing a machine for the TotalStorage Expert
      4. Number of ESSs to be monitored per TotalStorage Expert
      5. Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) Server considerations
      6. Pre-installation troubleshooting
      7. Preparing your ESS or ETL for TotalStorage Expert
    3. Implementation and performance considerations
      1. ESS Expert V2.1 performance
      2. ESS Expert Performance optimization
  6. Chapter 4: Implementing the TotalStorage Expert on Windows 2000 Server
    1. Preparing for installation
      1. Installation steps
      2. Starting the installation program (1/3)
      3. Starting the installation program (2/3)
      4. Starting the installation program (3/3)
    2. Installation troubleshooting
      1. Miscellaneous log file locations
    3. Validating the individual products
      1. Validate the installation of DB2 Universal Database
      2. Validate the installation of the IBM HTTP Server program
      3. Validate the installation of the IBM WebSphere
    4. Performance tuning parameters
      1. Relocation of DB2 log files
      2. Increase Java maximum heap size
    5. Setting up the TotalStorage Expert
      1. Configuration Utility
    6. TotalStorage Expert graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
      1. The left pane shows a list of operations
      2. The right pane shows the main information
      3. The TotalStorage Expert displays system messages
    7. Configuration Utility
      1. Basic configuration
      2. Database setup
      3. Define administrators
      4. Enter license key
      5. Restart TotalStorage Expert
    8. Migrating to TotalStorage Expert V2.1
      1. Migration process
      2. Migrating to a new Windows 2000 Server machine
      3. Migrate on the existing machine
      4. Migrate StorWatch Expert database on a new machine
    9. Starting and stopping the servers
      1. Starting the servers in Windows 2000 Server
      2. Stopping the Servers in Windows 2000 Server
      3. Stopping and restarting TotalStorage Expert with Configuration Utility
    10. Changing the passwords in Windows 2000 Server platform
      1. DB2 user name restrictions
      2. Creating a new Windows 2000 Server user name
      3. Windows 2000 Server Log on as a service advanced user rights
      4. Secure WebSphere Administrative console
      5. Changing user name and password for IBM HTTP Server
      6. IBM HTTP Server protection for StorWatchConfig Servlet user name
    11. SWExport and SWImport utilities
      1. Migrating Databases with SWExport and SWImport utilities
      2. SWExport and SWImport installation requirements
      3. SWExport and SWImport with local or remote databases
      4. Exporting Expert databases with the SWExport Utility
      5. Running SWExport utility on Windows NT (1/2)
      6. Running SWExport utility on Windows NT (2/2)
      7. Importing the Expert database with the SWImport utility (1/2)
      8. Importing the Expert database with the SWImport utility (2/2)
    12. Uninstalling TotalStorage Expert V2.1
      1. Preparing for uninstalling
      2. Using Windows Add/Remove Programs for uninstalling
      3. Completing the removal process
    13. Configuring TotalStorage Expert V2.1
  7. Chapter 5: Implementing the TotalStorage Expert in AIX
    1. Preparing for the installation
      1. Perform the following steps before starting the installation
      2. Starting the installation program (1/2)
      3. Starting the installation program (2/2)
    2. AIX installation error troubleshooting
      1. Diagnostic logfile locations
      2. Known issues
      3. Passwords for DB2 Universal Database and TotalStorage Expert
      4. Verify the TotalStorage Expert V2.1 install
    3. Setting up the TotalStorage Expert
      1. Configuration Utility
    4. TotalStorage Expert graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
      1. The left pane shows a list of operations
      2. The right pane shows the main information
    5. TotalStorage Expert Configuration Utility
      1. Basic configuration
      2. Database setup
      3. Define administrators
      4. Enter License Key
      5. Restart TotalStorage Expert
    6. Migrating from IBM StorWatch V1R2 to TotalStorage Expert
      1. Pre-migration steps
      2. Migration process (1/2)
      3. Migration process (2/2)
    7. SWExport and SWImport utilities
      1. Migrating databases with SWExport and SWImport utilities
      2. SWExport and SWImport installation requirements
      3. SWImport on AIX (1/2)
      4. SWImport on AIX (2/2)
      5. Starting and stopping the servers in AIX
      6. Preparing for uninstalling TotalStorage Expert V2.1
      7. Removing TotalStorage Expert V2.1 and prerequisite products
  8. Chapter 6: TotalStorage Expert administrative tasks
    1. Managing TotalStorage Expert users
      1. Authorize Users panel
      2. Define roles
    2. Migrating Databases with SWExport and SWImport utilities
    3. Alert administration
      1. Activate SNMP Function
      2. Additional considerations for AIX
      3. Remove SNMP Managers: Windows 2000 Server platform
      4. Remove SNMP Managers: AIX platform
      5. Configure alerts
      6. Monitor database alerts
      7. Customize ESS threshold alerts
    4. Viewing task status and logs
      1. Viewing scheduled tasks
      2. Viewing finished or running tasks
      3. Active Users
      4. Viewing logs
      5. Filtering logs
  9. Chapter 7: Gathering ESS Data
    1. Setting up the Manage TotalStorage Expert functions
      1. Define Nodes for ESSs
      2. Scheduling the Node Discovery task
      3. Hints on scheduling the Node Discovery task
    2. Setting up Data Collection tasks
      1. Sample Daily Schedule for ESS Expert Users with Heavy Workloads
      2. Overview of a performance data collection task
      3. Scheduling data collection tasks: Performance management
      4. Defining a Performance Data Collection task
      5. Scheduling Data Preparation tasks: performance management
      6. Hints on defining a Data Preparation task
      7. Scheduling Data Collection tasks: asset and capacity management
      8. Scheduling Data Preparation tasks: Volume Management
      9. Verifying task setups
  10. Chapter 8: Managing ESS through the TotalStorage Expert
    1. Interpreting the ESS performance reports
      1. Interpreting Cache Reports
      2. Interpreting Disk <> Cache Reports
      3. Interpreting Disk Utilization reports
    2. Using performance reports for ESS subsystem analysis (1/2)
    3. Using performance reports for ESS subsystem analysis (2/2)
    4. TotalStorage Expert performance reports and other tools
      1. Using the ESS reports under UNIX systems
      2. Using the ESS reports under Windows 2000 systems
      3. Using the ESS reports in an S/390 environment
  11. Chapter 9: Viewing the ESS reports
    1. Viewing hardware asset management reports
      1. Viewing an ESS hardware asset summary report
      2. Viewing a detail report for an ESS
      3. Viewing an LIC summary report
    2. Viewing the ESS capacity management reports
      1. Viewing an ESS summary report (1/2)
      2. Viewing an ESS summary report (2/2)
      3. Viewing a SCSI/FC host summary report
      4. Viewing a historical capacity report
      5. Capacity management report considerations
    3. Viewing performance management reports
      1. Viewing Ranked Performance reports
      2. Viewing Storage Server Performance and Threshold Summary reports
      3. Viewing Logical Volume reports
      4. Viewing disk utilization summary report
      5. Viewing disk information and cache summary report
      6. Viewing Cache Summary report
      7. Considerations on performance summary reports
      8. Viewing performance detail reports (1/2)
      9. Viewing performance detail reports (2/2)
    4. Viewing host volume data, LUN to disk host mapping
      1. Interface for viewing host volume data - host data collected
      2. Interface for viewing host volume data: no host data collected
      3. View data for a single volume by the LUN serial number
      4. View data for a single volume by the device name on a host
      5. Neither Asset/Capacity or Host Data collected
  12. Chapter 10: Gathering ETL data
    1. Setting up the Manage TotalStorage functions
      1. Define Nodes for the ETL
      2. Scheduling the Node Discovery task
    2. Enabling data collection from the ETL
  13. Chapter 11: Viewing and customizing the ETL reports
    1. Understanding the navigation of the ETL reports
      1. Selecting an ETL report
    2. Viewing the ETL asset management reports
    3. Viewing the ETL capacity reports
      1. Viewing the Capacity Summary report for the VTS
      2. Viewing a capacity report for a VTS
    4. Viewing the ETL performance reports
      1. Viewing performance reports for the VTS and composite libraries
      2. Viewing performance reports for native libraries
    5. VTS health monitor
      1. Launching the VTS health monitor
    6. Customizing the ETL reports
      1. Creating your own ETL reports
      2. Managing the ETL customized reports
      3. Modifying warning thresholds of the ETL reports
  14. Chapter 12: Managing ETL through TotalStorage Expert
    1. Introduction to IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server
      1. IBM TotalStorage Peer-to-Peer Virtual Tape Server
    2. Terminology
    3. Important performance metrics
      1. SCSI host attachment
    4. Using VTS capacity reports
      1. Active Data and Free Storage
      2. Active data distribution
      3. VTS capacity reports for Peer-to-Peer VTS
    5. Using ETL performance reports for the VTS
      1. Cache
      2. Throttling
      3. Virtual mounts report
      4. Data transferring
    6. Viewing performance reports for the Peer-to-Peer VTS
      1. Peer-to-Peer Virtual Mounts Detail report
      2. Peer-to-Peer Activity report
  15. Chapter 13: Managing the TotalStorage Expert database
    1. TotalStorage Expert database and logs
      1. The location of the database
      2. The database log files
    2. IBM DB2 Utilities Control Center database backup features
      1. Backup Database Wizard
      2. Manual database backup
      3. TotalStorage Expert database modification
    3. Estimating the size of the database
      1. ESS performance samples take a lot of space
    4. Monitoring the size of the database
    5. Purging excess data from the database
      1. Scheduling the Purge Database task
      2. Hints on scheduling the Purge Database task
    6. DB2 utilities
      1. DB2 utility options
      2. DB2 Information Center
      3. DB2 Command Center
    7. Backing up and restoring the database
      1. SWExport and SWImport utilities
      2. After restoring the database tasks
    8. DB2 database indices
      1. Online DB2 database table information within TotalStorage Expert
      2. TotalStorage Expert DB2 database table formats
      3. Manual database reorganizations
      4. URL references
  16. Chapter 14: Customizing TotalStorage Expert reports
    1. Data exporting methods for TotalStorage Expert
      1. DB2 data management scenarios
      2. IBM DB2 Utilities Command Center feature
    2. Sample of a Performance Data Historical report
      1. Sample report description
  17. Appendix A: Task definition example
    1. TotalStorage Expert task definition
      1. Schedule Node Discovery one time only
      2. One data collection operation for Cluster 1, and one for Cluster 2
      3. Schedule a Data Preparation task every 2 hours
      4. Schedule the Purge Database task every day
  18. Appendix B: Troubleshooting your TotalStorage Expert
    1. ESS Expert online troubleshooting features
      1. Enabling and displaying the Java console
      2. SNMP error pop-up window
      3. HSWC1910W Error during AIX Expert V1.2 to V.1 migration installation
      4. Error SQL8008N when starting DB2 services - DB2 database backup
      5. SQL0954C error message during database purge
      6. Disk Utilization report: DA Level, shows N/A for some disks
      7. SQL1224N and DIA9999E errors in log files - DB2 loopback required
      8. Graphs do not print and cannot be saved to a file
      9. HSWV2815I error during Performance Data Collection
    2. SNMP troubleshooting
      1. SNMP service is not configured correctly on Windows
      2. SNMP service is not installed or configured correctly on AIX
      3. SNMP library is missing
      4. Add SNMP manager on Windows failure
      5. Remove SNMP manager on Windows failure
      6. Display list of managers on Windows failure
      7. SNMP managers incorrectly displayed
      8. SNMP alert function not activated
      9. Sending SNMP alert fails
    3. SDD Server problem diagnosis
  19. Appendix C: IBM Subsystem Device Driver Server
    1. Mapping of host volume identity to ESS LUN serial number
      1. StorWatch Expert connectivity
      2. TotalStorage Expert V2.1 connectivity to host data
      3. What is new in TotalStorage Expert V2.1 structure
      4. LUN to host disk mapping pre-requisites
      5. Two new port numbers for ESS Expert monitoring and reporting
    2. SDD Server (sddsrv) implementation
      1. Installation packages
      2. SDD Server on an AIX host system
      3. SDD Server on a HP-UX host system
      4. SDD Server on a SUN host system
    3. Using the SDD Server on a Windows 2000 host system
      1. Using the SDD Server on a Windows NT host system
  20. Glossary
  21. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
      1. Other resources
    2. Referenced Web sites
    3. How to get IBM Redbooks
      1. IBM Redbooks collections
  22. Index (1/3)
  23. Index (2/3)
  24. Index (3/3)
  25. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM TotalStorage Expert Hands-On Usage Guide
  • Author(s): Mary Lovelace, John Cooper, Daniel Demer, Norbert Schorm
  • Release date: January 2003
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None