
56 Understanding the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family
Looking beyond the storage device, IBM Tivoli SAN Manager answers
administrator questions that arise when changes happen in the storage network
that could affect the availability of stored data:
What hosts are connected to a given storage device?
What hosts have access to a given storage logical unit (LUN)?
Another key function of the IBM Tivoli SAN Manager is “change validation”. IBM
Tivoli SAN Manager detects changes in the storage network, both planned and
unplanned. It can highlight those changes for administrators giving them. It is
easy to find the change and know the desired ...