Exploring storage management efficiencies and provisioning / / [Roland Tretau ... et al.]

• Pubblicazione: [S.l.], : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 252 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 005.8/6
• Soggetto topico: Electronic data processing - Backup processing alternatives; Data recovery (Computer science)
• Altri autori: TretauRoland
• Note generali: "August 2004."; "SG24-6373-00."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center solution offerings -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center overview -- 1.2 Storage capacity management -- 1.3 SAN fabric management -- 1.4 Storage device management -- 1.5 On demand automated provisioning -- 1.6 Realizing the value -- 1.7 Brand and recognition refinement -- Chapter 2. Architecture -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 The big picture -- 2.3 Component interaction -- 2.4 Communications -- 2.5 Communications with devices and agents -- 2.5.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.5.2 IBM Tivoli SAN Manager -- 2.5.3 IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager -- 2.6 Integration with other Tivoli products -- 2.6.1 IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse integration -- 2.6.2 IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console integration -- Chapter 3. Components -- 3.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 3.1.1 Features and advantages -- 3.1.2 Reporting -- 3.1.3 Policy management -- 3.1.4 Alerts -- 3.1.5 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases -- 3.1.6 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Chargeback -- 3.2 IBM Tivoli SAN Manager -- 3.2.1 How is SAN topology information displayed? -- 3.2.2 Features and advantages -- 3.2.3 Fault management -- 3.2.4 Internet SCSI (iSCSI) support -- 3.2.5 Zone Control Graphical User Interface -- 3.2.6 Selectable launch of device applications -- 3.2.7 IBM Tivoli NetView Web console -- 3.3 IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager -- 3.3.1 Overview -- 3.3.2 IBM TotalStorage Device Manager -- 3.3.3 IBM TotalStorage Performance Manager -- 3.3.4 IBM TotalStorage Replication Manager -- 3.3.5 Provisioning -- 3.4 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center LaunchPad -- 3.5 Bundling and offering definitions. ; 3.5.1 Solution offerings -- 3.5.2 Packaging -- Chapter 4. Installation overview -- 4.1 Installation and configuration procedures -- 4.1.1 Migration -- 4.1.2 Installing the components -- 4.1.3 Installing the agent and remote console components -- 4.1.4 Installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager and storage workflows -- 4.2 Installing IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager -- 4.2.1 One-node topology installation -- 4.2.2 Two-node topology installation -- 4.2.3 Three-node topology installation -- 4.3 Installation prerequisites -- 4.3.1 Software -- 4.3.2 Hardware -- Part 2 Storage Provisioning using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager -- Chapter 5. Automation with IBM storage products -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 The IBM Vision -- 5.3 Steps toward automation -- 5.4 Benefits of automation -- 5.5 How IBM products address these requirements -- 5.5.1 Business Service Management -- 5.5.2 Infrastructure Orchestration -- 5.5.3 Availability -- 5.5.4 Security -- 5.5.5 Provisioning -- 5.5.6 Resource Virtualization -- 5.5.7 Optimization -- 5.6 Business value model of automation -- Chapter 6. Advanced Provisioning -- 6.1 Isolation and over-provisioning -- 6.2 Overview of IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator -- 6.2.1 Benefits of IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator -- 6.2.2 IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator -- IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager -- 6.3 Overview of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager -- 6.3.1 Storage building block actions and workflows -- 6.4 Architecture and terminology -- 6.4.1 Architecture -- 6.4.2 Terminology -- 6.5 The Web Management Interface -- 6.5.1 IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager navigation trees -- Chapter 7. Workflows -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Automation -- 7.3 Terminology -- 7.4 Out of the box functionality -- 7.4.1 Integration workflows -- 7.4.2 Fabric functions -- 7.4.3 Volume functions -- 7.5 Example workflow for storage administrators. ; 7.6 Executing existing workflows -- 7.7 Custom workflow creation -- 7.7.1 Workflow plug-ins -- 7.7.2 Summary of workflow component relationships -- 7.7.3 Combining existing functions -- 7.7.4 Troubleshooting -- Chapter 8. Case study -- 8.1 Case study environment -- 8.1.1 IBM Tivoli SAN Manager view -- 8.1.2 IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager view -- 8.2 Case study -- 8.2.1 Workflow creation -- 8.2.2 Create the storage requirements -- 8.2.3 Create the storage volume -- 8.2.4 Complete workflow from the top -- Part 3 Appendix -- Appendix A. Additional material -- Locating the Web material -- Using the Web material -- Requirements for downloading the Web material -- How to use the Web material -- Glossary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the solution offerings — IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center with Advanced Provisioning. It presents an overview of the product components and functions, explaining the architecture and showing the use of storage provisioning workflows. This book is intended for those who want to learn more about IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center with Advanced Provisioning, and IBM TotalStorage Provisioning Manager. This easy-to-follow guide describes on demand provisioning for managing resources and information, as well as enhancing automation by explaining how these innovative offerings may improve client business. The book explains how to take storage management concepts to the next level, describing the architecture, components, and component interaction, explaining storage automation, and showing how to create high and low level workflows by using examples along with common storage management tasks. Narrated screen recordings in QuickTime format: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center LaunchPad demonstration (26MB) IBM Tivoli TotalStorage Provisioning Manager Overview (62MB) IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center with Advanced Provisioning Workflow Case Study (66MB) Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exploring storage management efficiencies and provisioning
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809999903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IBM redbooks.