IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
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Storage Productivity Center (TPC) is a Storage Resource Management
(SRM) software offering that provides a centralized point of control for managing large scale, complex heterogeneous storage environments.
Key features include:
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center components can be ordered as a bundled suite or ordered separately based on specific needs of the IT manager.
The individual components include:
DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, DS6000 & DS8000 products, IBM SAN Volume Controller
(SVC), IBM System Storage N series (IBM N series) and heterogeneous storage environments.
Key features include:
TPC for Data provides a single interface to manage storage assets. It can help IT administrators identify, evaluate, control and predict storage usage. It also is designed to enable management of key aspects of the storage infrastructure: capacity, assets, events and availability.
TPC for Data offers active, policy-based management for an automated, self-healing approach to storage resource management.
Through monitoring, TPC for Data detects when a user-defined threshold has been reached, and extend the file system, to help prevent a potential outage. It is designed to enable IT administrators to define and enforce storage policies. It provides event management, which you can use to help fix or avoid storage outages.
Key features include:
It offers performance management capabilities, including thresholds and gauges, that allows proactive management of storage performance. It is designed to allow a user to gather and analyze historical and real-time performance metrics for IBM Enterprise Storage Server
(ESS), DS8000, DS6000, DS5000, DS4000, XIV, SVC and IBM N series.
Key features include:
TPC for Replication is designed to control and monitor copy services operations in storage environments. It also provides advanced copy services functions for supported storage subsystems on the SAN.
Key features include:
In addition to the benefits and features of Data, Disk and Basic Edition, TPC Standard Edition offers additional management, control and performance reporting for the fibre channel SAN infrastructure.
These features include the following benefits:
IBM
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Tivoli
Tivoli Software
Tivoli Software is the service management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. on March 4, 1996 and allowed existing executive management to operate Tivoli as a wholly owned subsidiary in the IBM Software Group...
Storage Productivity Center (TPC) is a Storage Resource Management
Storage Resource Management
Storage Resource Management is the process of optimizing the efficiency and speed with which the available drive space is utilized in a storage area network ....
(SRM) software offering that provides a centralized point of control for managing large scale, complex heterogeneous storage environments.
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is designed to provide the foundation for storage service level management by offering storage system and SAN performance and availability management. This includes connectivity reporting between file systems and physical disk as well as SAN and disk subsystem failure and audit logging.Key features include:
- Enterprise-wide roll-up reports
- Asset & Capacity reporting,
- SAN Configuration guidance,
- End-to-End Topology views,
- Analytics, Trending, Forecasting,
- Problem isolation & Alerting,
- Provisioning, Replication management and Performance reporting.
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center components can be ordered as a bundled suite or ordered separately based on specific needs of the IT manager.
The individual components include:
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition (TPC Basic Edition) is focused on providing basic device management services for IBM System StorageIBM System Storage
IBM System Storage is the brand name for IBM's computer storage products, covering both Disk and Tape products.-DS3000 Series:The DS3000 products are made for IBM by LSI* DS3200...
DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, DS6000 & DS8000 products, IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM SAN Volume Controller
In computer data storage, the IBM SAN Volume Controller is a block storage virtualization appliance that belongs to the IBM System Storage product family. SVC implements an indirection, or "virtualization", layer in a Fibre Channel storage area network .- Architecture :SVC is always deployed as a...
(SVC), IBM System Storage N series (IBM N series) and heterogeneous storage environments.
Key features include:
- Discovery and configuration of supported devices
- Event gathering, error logging, and launch of device element managers
- Provisioning support, including LUN allocation and assignment
- Basic Asset and Capacity Reporting
- Discovery and asset management of IBM tape libraries
- A Topology viewer—End to End Storage Topology View and Health Console
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data (TPC for Data) includes the same key features as TPC Basic Edition. In addition, TPC for Data provides a wide range of enterprise reports, monitoring and alerts, policy-based action and file-system capacity automation in a heterogeneous environment. TPC for Data is designed to help improve capacity utilization of file systems and databases and add intelligence to data protection and retention practices.TPC for Data provides a single interface to manage storage assets. It can help IT administrators identify, evaluate, control and predict storage usage. It also is designed to enable management of key aspects of the storage infrastructure: capacity, assets, events and availability.
TPC for Data offers active, policy-based management for an automated, self-healing approach to storage resource management.
Through monitoring, TPC for Data detects when a user-defined threshold has been reached, and extend the file system, to help prevent a potential outage. It is designed to enable IT administrators to define and enforce storage policies. It provides event management, which you can use to help fix or avoid storage outages.
Key features include:
- Comprehensive enterprise reporting, monitoring and alerts to help improve storage utilization and availability, and help you manage more with the same resources
- Capacity management and automated storage provisioning
- Monitor, report on and manage growing NAS resources with a universal view of direct-attached storage and NAS—from a file system or application perspective.
- Manage file systems, users, user groups, directories
- Manage Databases - DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase
- Manage storage for virtualized machines (VMware)
- Data Categorization (aged files, orphan files, file by file type)
- File system analysis - file name, file type, file size, date attributes, last accessed & last modified
- Data classification and migration using TSM automation features
- Space Optimization features
- File system grouping
- Quoted management
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk (TPC for Disk) includes the same key features as TPC Basic Edition. In addition, TPC for Disk offers device management, configuration and disk performance management. TPC for Disk is designed to enable device configuration and management of SAN-attached devices from a single console.It offers performance management capabilities, including thresholds and gauges, that allows proactive management of storage performance. It is designed to allow a user to gather and analyze historical and real-time performance metrics for IBM Enterprise Storage Server
IBM Enterprise Storage Server
The IBM Enterprise Storage Server or the Shark is an enterprise storage array from IBM.-History:Originally, in 1998 IBM released the IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server...
(ESS), DS8000, DS6000, DS5000, DS4000, XIV, SVC and IBM N series.
Key features include:
- Proactive performance management by providing an IT administrator with a single, integrated console for the performance management of IBM System Storage devices.
- Monitor performance metrics across multiple storage subsystems from a single console.
- Allow administrators to monitor metrics, such as I/O rates and cache utilization, and support optimization of storage through the identification of the best LUNs across multiple storage subsystems.
- Monitor and analyze performance statistics for storage systems to measure services levels by storing received performance statistics into database tables for later use, and analyze and generate reports on monitored devices for display in central administrative console.
- Generate alerts to enable proactive event-based actions to reduce potential outages.
- Provides a Performance Optimization Engine that can help reduce service times of resource-constrained application by an aver-age of 48% and up to a maximum of 90% using a heat map that pro-vides storage IO utilization reports that can be used to determine hotspots in the environment and generate recommendation plans for migration to distribute workload.
- Virtual storage (SVC) performance management
- Performance table and graphical reports
- Storage controller performance
- Storage system I/O group performance
- Storage system are ready performance
- Storage system managed disk group performance
- Storage system performance threshold alerts
- Storage system volume performance
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication (TPC for Replication) includes the same key features as TPC Basic Edition. In addition, TPC for Replication is designed to help simplify copy services management for IBM System Storage DS6000, DS8000, SVC and IBM ESS.TPC for Replication is designed to control and monitor copy services operations in storage environments. It also provides advanced copy services functions for supported storage subsystems on the SAN.
Key features include:
- Provide configuration and management of the IBM copy services like FlashCopyFlashCopyFlashCopy is an IBM feature supported on various IBM storage devices that makes it possible to create, nearly instantaneously, Point in Time copies of entire logical volumes or data sets. The Hitachi Data Systems implementation providing similar function is branded as ShadowImage...
, synchronous Metro MirrorPeer to Peer Remote CopyPeer to Peer Remote Copy or PPRC is a protocol to replicate a storage volume to another control unit in a remote site. Synchronous PPRC causes each write to the primary volume to be performed to the secondary as well, and the I/O is only considered complete when update to both primary and secondary...
and asynchronous Global Mirror capabilities. - Keep data on multiple related volumes consistent across storage subsystems
- Perform freeze-and-go functions with consistency on multiple pairs when an error occurs during a replication operation
- Take advantage of configuration assistance and automate the source-to-target pairing setup, as well as monitoring and tracking the replication operations
- Automate the mapping of source volumes to target volumes, allowing a group of source volumes to be automatically mapped to a pool of target volumes.
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition is a bundled offering at a reduced price that combines the benefits of:- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk
In addition to the benefits and features of Data, Disk and Basic Edition, TPC Standard Edition offers additional management, control and performance reporting for the fibre channel SAN infrastructure.
These features include the following benefits:
- Provide automated device discovery, topology rendering, error detection and fault isolation, SAN error predictor, zone control, real-time monitoring and alerts, performance reporting and event management for heterogeneous enterprise SAN environments.
- Help simplify the management and improve the availability of the SAN environment.
- Provide automatic device discovery and allow multiple SAN views, including physical, logical and zone views.
- View and analyze multiple aspects of the storage environment, including capacity, utilization, assets and availability.
Terminology
- Storage Area Network (SAN)
- Storage Resource ManagementStorage Resource ManagementStorage Resource Management is the process of optimizing the efficiency and speed with which the available drive space is utilized in a storage area network ....
(SRM) - Heterogeneous
- Replication
- Business ContinuityBusiness continuityBusiness continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions. These activities include many daily chores such as project management,...
- FlashCopyFlashCopyFlashCopy is an IBM feature supported on various IBM storage devices that makes it possible to create, nearly instantaneously, Point in Time copies of entire logical volumes or data sets. The Hitachi Data Systems implementation providing similar function is branded as ShadowImage...
- Metro MirrorPeer to Peer Remote CopyPeer to Peer Remote Copy or PPRC is a protocol to replicate a storage volume to another control unit in a remote site. Synchronous PPRC causes each write to the primary volume to be performed to the secondary as well, and the I/O is only considered complete when update to both primary and secondary...
- Global Mirror
Data server
- This component is the control point for product scheduling functions, configuration, event information, reporting, and graphical user interface (GUI) support. It coordinates communication with and data collection from agents that scan file systems and databases to gather storage demographics and populate the database with results. Automated actions can be defined to perform file system extension, data deletion, and Tivoli Storage Productivity Center backup or archiving, or event reporting when defined thresholds are encountered. The Data server is the primary contact point for GUI user interface functions. It also includes functions that schedule data collection and discovery for the Device server.
Device server
- This component discovers, gathers information from, analyzes performance of, and controls storage subsystems and SAN fabrics. It coordinates communication with and data collection from agents that scan SAN fabrics and storage devices.
Database
- A single database instance serves as the repository for all Tivoli Storage Productivity Center components.
Agents
- Data agents, Storage Resource agents, and fabric agents gather host, application, and SAN fabric information and send this information to the Data Server or Device server.
GUI
- The graphical user interface (GUI) lets you enter or receive information for all Tivoli Storage Productivity Center components.
CLI
- The command-line interface (CLI) lets you issue commands for major Tivoli Storage Productivity Center functions.
Tivoli Integrated Portal
- The IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center installation program includes IBM Tivoli Integrated Portal. Tivoli Integrated Portal is a standards-based architecture for Web administration. Tivoli Integrated Portal enables developers to build administrative interfaces for IBM and independent software products as individual plug-ins to a common console network. The installation of Tivoli Integrated Portal is required to enable single sign-on for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center. Single sign-on is an authentication process that enables you to enter one user ID and password to access multiple applications. Single sign-on integrates with the launch in context feature to enable you to move smoothly from one application to a functionally-related location in a second application
Integration
- Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S)
- BIRT ProjectBIRT ProjectThe Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Project is an open source software project that provides reporting and business intelligence capabilities for rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE...
- Search engine results pageSearch engine results pageA search engine results page , is the listing of web pages returned by a search engine in response to a keyword query. The results normally include a list of web pages with titles, a link to the page, and a short description showing where the Keywords have matched content within the page...
(SERP) - Application Programming InterfaceApplication programming interfaceAn application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
APIs
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- EMCEMC CorporationEMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
- FujitsuFujitsuis a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
- Hewlett-PackardHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
- Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Data SystemsHitachi Data Systems is a company providing mid-range and high-end storage systems, software and services. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. and part of the Hitachi Information Systems & Telecommunications Division....
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- LSILSI CorporationLSI Corporation is an electronics company based in Milpitas, California that designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and mobile networks.-History:...
- NECNEC, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
- NetApp
- Silicon GraphicsSilicon GraphicsSilicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
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- HP-UXHP-UXHP-UX is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V and first released in 1984...
- Red Hat LinuxRed Hat LinuxRed Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994...
- SUSE LinuxSUSE Linux distributionsSUSE Linux is a computer operating system. It is built on top of the open source Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin and mainly developed in Europe. The first version appeared in early 1994, making...
- Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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- BrocadeBrocade Communications SystemsBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. , based in Silicon Valley , is a vendor of storage area network hardware and software. The company also designs, manufactures, and sells networking products and management applications for local, metro, and wide area networks...
- EmulexEmulexEmulex Corporation is a California based manufacturer of storage networking infrastructure solutions. The company's products include Fibre Channel host bus adapters , Fibre Channel over Ethernet converged network adapters , embedded storage switches, storage I/O controller and SAN storage switch...
- Hewlett-PackardHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- LSILSI CorporationLSI Corporation is an electronics company based in Milpitas, California that designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and mobile networks.-History:...
- QLogicQLogicQLogic Corporation is an Aliso Viejo, California-based designer and supplier of storage networking, high performance computing networking, and converged infrastructure solutions...
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- BrocadeBrocade Communications SystemsBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. , based in Silicon Valley , is a vendor of storage area network hardware and software. The company also designs, manufactures, and sells networking products and management applications for local, metro, and wide area networks...
- CiscoCisco SystemsCisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
- QLogicQLogicQLogic Corporation is an Aliso Viejo, California-based designer and supplier of storage networking, high performance computing networking, and converged infrastructure solutions...
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Translation
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Announcement Letters
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V3.1
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication V3.1
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V3.2
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V3.3
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication V3.3
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V4.1
See also
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- Tivoli SoftwareTivoli SoftwareTivoli Software is the service management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. on March 4, 1996 and allowed existing executive management to operate Tivoli as a wholly owned subsidiary in the IBM Software Group...
- List of IBM Products
- IBM System StorageIBM System StorageIBM System Storage is the brand name for IBM's computer storage products, covering both Disk and Tape products.-DS3000 Series:The DS3000 products are made for IBM by LSI* DS3200...
- Storage Area NetworkStorage area networkA storage area network is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. SANs are primarily used to make storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers so that the devices appear like locally attached devices...
(SAN) - Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S)
- Storage Resource ManagementStorage Resource ManagementStorage Resource Management is the process of optimizing the efficiency and speed with which the available drive space is utilized in a storage area network ....
(SRM) - List of SAN network management
- Fiber Channel (FC)
- Disk Storage Replication
- Metro MirrorPeer to Peer Remote CopyPeer to Peer Remote Copy or PPRC is a protocol to replicate a storage volume to another control unit in a remote site. Synchronous PPRC causes each write to the primary volume to be performed to the secondary as well, and the I/O is only considered complete when update to both primary and secondary...
- Global Mirror
- ProvisioningProvisioningIn telecommunication, provisioning is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide services to its users. In NS/EP telecommunications services, "provisioning" equates to "initiation" and includes altering the state of an existing priority service or capability.In a...
External links
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