Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000

482 Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 V6.3

There is a plug-in for IBM System Director named IBM System Director Storage Productivity

Center that is now available. It is designed to be used as an embedded version of Tivoli

Storage Productivity Center V4.2.1 for IBM System Director V6.2.1.

12.1 Tivoli Storage Productivity Center overview

In this book, we give a basic overview of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, and show how to

perform a typical setup (in 12.4, “Installing Tivoli Storage Productivity Center components” on

page 499) and connect it to the IBM Storwize V7000 (in 12.5, “Connecting Tivoli Storage

Productivity Center to an IBM Storwize V7000 system” on page 508). Remember that the

functions are dependent on the type of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center license you have

and are not included with IBM Storwize V7000.

Contact your IBM Business Partner or IBM Representative to obtain the correct license for

your requirements.

12.1.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition

Tivoli Storage Productivity Center now enables enterprise-wide management of IBM Storwize

V7000 systems. In addition to device-level management software that comes packaged with

IBM Storwize V7000 systems, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center offers incremental benefits

that are included its latest version, Version 4.2.1. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk

Midrange Edition is ideally suited for use with IBM Storwize V7000 systems.

The benefits of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition are:

򐂰 Simplified deployment and visibility: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange

Edition supports IBM Storwize V7000 systems during discovery as a new device type with

different types of managed disks. The quick discovery and configuration capabilities of

Tivoli Storage Productivity Center enable you to attach the storage device with ease and

helps you configure efficiently, that is, plan for replication while provisioning the device.

Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition also enables

launch-in-context and single sign-on, significantly reducing the burden on

storage administrators.

򐂰 The Tivoli Storage Productivity Center topology viewer offers a collective view that

includes IBM Storwize V7000 systems, helps differentiate between external array-based

disks and local disks, and shows tiering information. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for

Disk Midrange Edition also extends thin provisioning support for IBM Storwize V7000

systems, enabling increased utilization and lowered costs.

򐂰 Performance management: An IBM Storwize V7000 system offers unmatched

performance and availability among midrange disk systems. Adding Tivoli Storage

Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition enhances performance monitoring by

capturing metrics such as input and output (I/O) and data rates, and cache utilization from

a single console. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center helps establish threshold levels based

on business priorities and alerts when these levels are breached, while proactively

managing performance and service levels by tracking historical information.

򐂰 Replication management: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication gives IBM

Storwize V7000 systems superior disaster recovery (DR) management, provides central

control of the replication environment, and helps establish FlashCopy and Metro Mirror

and Global Mirror relationships.