Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- October 2003, Second Edition -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Storage Resource Management -- 1.1 What is Storage Resource Management? -- 1.1.1 Storage Resource Management, then and now -- 1.2 Storage management issues today -- 1.2.1 Growth -- 1.2.2 Storage costs too much, and money is not used efficiently -- 1.2.3 Unmanaged storage costs too much, and the scope is large -- 1.2.4 Storage management functions defined -- 1.2.5 Architecture for a suite of Storage Management solutions -- 1.2.6 Standards and Storage Resource Management tools -- 1.3 Objectives of Storage Resource Management -- Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager overview -- 2.1.1 Business purpose of Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.1.2 Architecture -- 2.1.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager products -- 2.1.4 Components of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.1.5 Supported platforms for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.1.6 Security considerations -- 2.2 Enhancements to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager V 1.2 -- 2.2.1 Automated filesystem extension -- 2.2.2 Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) integration -- 2.2.3 TEC integration -- 2.2.4 Cloudscape -- 2.2.5 UDB/DB2 support -- 2.3 Justification for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.3.1 Improving storage return on investment -- 2.4 Functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 2.4.1 Basic menu displays -- 2.4.2 Discover and monitor Agents, disks, filesystems, and databases -- 2.4.3 Reporting -- 2.4.4 Alerts -- 2.4.5 Chargeback: Charging for storage usage -- 2.5 Chapter summary -- Part 2 Design considerations.

Chapter 3. Deployment architecture -- 3.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager architecture -- 3.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server -- 3.2.1 Discovery of unmanaged Windows systems -- 3.2.2 Scripts -- 3.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agent -- 3.4 Deployment considerations -- 3.4.1 Repository database -- 3.4.2 CIM/OM server placement -- 3.4.3 NAS Agent placement -- 3.4.4 Novell NetWare Agent placement -- 3.5 Deployment scenarios -- 3.5.1 Standalone Server installation with local database -- 3.5.2 Standalone Server installation with remote database -- 3.5.3 Standby Server installation for HA using remote database -- 3.5.4 Windows cluster install of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server -- 3.5.5 AIX cluster installation of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server -- Part 3 Installation and basic operations -- Chapter 4. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager installation -- 4.1 Supported operating system platforms -- 4.2 Supported databases for repository -- 4.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server install -- 4.3.1 Lab environment -- 4.3.2 Database creation for repository -- 4.3.3 Installation of the Server code -- 4.3.4 Microsoft SQL-Server as repository -- 4.3.5 Installing Cloudscape as a test database -- 4.3.6 Configuration for Web access -- 4.3.7 Installation of the GUI code -- 4.3.8 Installing the Server code on UNIX -- 4.4 Installing the Agent code -- 4.5 Applying maintenance to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 4.5.1 Planned upgrade installation for Agents -- 4.6 Basic administrative tasks -- 4.6.1 Security -- 4.6.2 Administration -- 4.6.3 Administration: Navigation -- 4.6.4 Administrative Services: Services -- 4.6.5 Administrative Services: Agents -- 4.6.6 Administrative Services: Configuration -- 4.7 Microsoft Cluster installation -- 4.7.1 Microsoft Cluster initial setup.

4.7.2 Adding shared disk resource for DB2 instance and SRM installation -- 4.7.3 Installation of DB2 database on both nodes -- 4.7.4 Setting up a clustered instance in DB2 -- 4.7.5 Installing IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server on both nodes -- 4.7.6 Copying the repository database to the clustered instance -- 4.7.7 Editing the Server config file to reflect the database change -- 4.7.8 Creating clustered resources for the Server and Agent -- 4.8 Manager HA install using remote Oracle database -- 4.8.1 Testing the standby HA installation -- 4.9 CIM/OM -- 4.9.1 What is CIM/OM? -- 4.9.2 CIM/OM Server installation for ESS -- 4.9.3 CIM/OM configuration in IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- Chapter 5. Operations: Policy, Quotas, and Alerts -- 5.1 OS Monitoring -- 5.1.1 Navigation tree -- 5.1.2 Groups -- 5.1.3 Discovery -- 5.1.4 Pings -- 5.1.5 Probes -- 5.1.6 Profiles -- 5.1.7 Scans -- 5.2 OS Alerts -- 5.2.1 Alerting navigation tree -- 5.2.2 Computer Alerts -- 5.2.3 Filesystem Alerts -- 5.2.4 Directory Alerts -- 5.2.5 Alert logs -- 5.3 Policy management -- 5.3.1 Filesystem extension and LUN provisioning -- 5.3.2 Quotas -- 5.3.3 Network Appliance Quotas -- 5.3.4 Constraints -- 5.3.5 Scheduled actions -- 5.4 Database monitoring -- 5.4.1 Groups -- 5.4.2 Probes -- 5.4.3 Profiles -- 5.4.4 Scans -- 5.5 Database Alerts -- 5.5.1 Instance Alerts -- 5.5.2 Database-Tablespace Alerts -- 5.5.3 Table Alerts -- 5.5.4 Alert log -- 5.6 Databases policy management -- 5.6.1 Network Quotas -- 5.6.2 Instance Quota -- 5.6.3 Database Quota -- 5.7 Database administration samples -- 5.7.1 Database up -- 5.7.2 Database utilization -- 5.7.3 Need for reorganization -- Part 4 Customizing and advanced operations -- Chapter 6. Reporting -- 6.1 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager reporting capabilities -- 6.1.1 Major reporting categories.

6.2 Using the standard reporting functions -- 6.2.1 Asset Reporting -- 6.2.2 Storage Subsystems Reporting -- 6.2.3 Availability Reporting -- 6.2.4 Capacity Reporting -- 6.2.5 Usage Reporting -- 6.2.6 Usage Violation Reporting -- 6.2.7 Backup Reporting -- 6.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager ESS Reporting -- 6.3.1 ESS Reporting -- 6.4 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager top 10 reports -- 6.4.1 ESS used and free storage -- 6.4.2 ESS attached hosts report -- 6.4.3 Computer Uptime reporting -- 6.4.4 Growth in storage used and number of files -- 6.4.5 Incremental backup trends -- 6.4.6 Database reports against DBMS size -- 6.4.7 Database instance storage report -- 6.4.8 Database reports size by instance and by computer -- 6.4.9 Locate the LUN on which a database is allocated -- 6.4.10 Finding important files on your systems -- 6.5 Creating customized reports -- 6.5.1 System Reports -- 6.5.2 Reports owned by a specific username -- 6.5.3 Batch Reports -- 6.6 Setting up a schedule for daily reports -- 6.7 Setting up a reports Web site -- 6.8 Charging for storage usage -- Chapter 7. Protecting and maintaining Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 7.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager environment -- 7.1.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server -- 7.1.2 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agents -- 7.2 Integration with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager -- 7.2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager -- 7.2.2 Setup for backing up Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 7.2.3 Tivoli Storage Manager Server configuration -- 7.2.4 Client configuration -- 7.2.5 Additional considerations -- 7.3 Backup procedures -- 7.3.1 Agent files -- 7.3.2 Server files -- 7.3.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database -- 7.4 Restore procedures -- 7.4.1 Restore Agent files -- 7.4.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Server files -- 7.4.3 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database.

7.5 Disaster Recovery procedures -- 7.5.1 Windows 2000 restore -- 7.5.2 ITSRMDB database restore -- 7.6 Database maintenance -- 7.7 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager with SQL-Server -- 7.7.1 Using Oracle for the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database -- Part 5 Tivoli Systems Management integration -- Chapter 8. Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console -- 8.1 Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Console -- 8.2 Lab environment -- 8.3 Configuring the Rule Base -- 8.4 Configuring TEC Event Console -- 8.5 Event format -- 8.6 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager event forwarding -- Chapter 9. Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse -- 9.1 Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse -- 9.2 Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Warehouse Pack -- 9.3 Tivoli GUID and Data Warehouse -- 9.4 Configuring TEDW: Importing Warehouse Pack -- 9.4.1 Prerequisites -- 9.4.2 Installing the Warehouse Enablement Pack -- 9.4.3 Register the Tivoli Storage Resource Manager database with ODBC -- 9.4.4 Configuring Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse -- 9.4.5 Configure ETLs -- 9.4.6 Verifying data in DB2 -- Chapter 10. Integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager -- 10.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager -- 10.2 Inventory - determine who has got which version -- 10.2.1 Create an inventory profile in Tivoli Framework -- 10.3 Software distribution -- 10.3.1 Build software package with Software Package Editor -- 10.3.2 Create software distribution profile in Tivoli Framework -- Chapter 11. Integration with Tivoli Monitoring -- 11.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Monitoring -- 11.2 Tivoli Monitoring with Tivoli Storage Resource Manager -- 11.3 Daemons to monitor and restart actions -- Part 6 Appendices -- Appendix A. Example scripts -- Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases scripts -- Backup and restore scripts -- Appendix B. Additional material.

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