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Summary of Contents for TIVOLI SC32-0129-00

Page 1: ...Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide Version 5 4 SC32 0129 00...

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Page 3: ...Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide Version 5 4 SC32 0129 00...

Page 4: ...ked with a vertical bar in the left margin Ensure that you are using the correct edition for the level of the product Order publications through your sales representative or the branch office that ser...

Page 5: ...ftware 19 Step 2 2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server Defining the Storage Agent and Configuring Devices 24 Step 3 Configuring Devices for the Storage Agent to Access 26 Tape Devices 27 Disk Devices 28...

Page 6: ...iv IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 7: ...nd 349X Tape Library sharing v File device sharing using software such as Tivoli SANergy or IBM TotalStorage SAN File System For current information about supported file sharing software see www ibm c...

Page 8: ...sts Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent publications Publication Title Order Number IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide SC32 0129 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN...

Page 9: ...de SC33 6386 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Hardware Data Protection for Enterprise Storage Server for DB2 UDB Installation and User s Guide SC32 9060 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Hardware Data Prot...

Page 10: ...http www ibm com software tivoli library Scroll down and click the Product manuals link In the Tivoli Technical Product Documents Alphabetical Listing window click the Tivoli Storage Manager link to a...

Page 11: ...nd newsgroups Obtaining fixes A product fix might be available to resolve your problem You can determine what fixes are available for your IBM software product by checking the product support Web site...

Page 12: ...from other countries go to the contacts page of the IBM Software Support Handbook on the Web http techsupport services ibm com guides contacts html and click the name of your geographic region for ph...

Page 13: ...one number to call in your country go to the contacts page of the IBM Software Support Handbook on the Web http techsupport services ibm com guides contacts html and click the name of your geographic...

Page 14: ...xii IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 15: ...d backup to write data to the tape so that it could be used from open systems You can continue to use this method However with this release you can configure Tivoli Storage Manager server to quickly a...

Page 16: ...the server options and commands refer to the Administrator s Reference For details about the client option TXNBYTELIMIT refer to the Backup Archive Clients Installation and User s Guide Note For cert...

Page 17: ...for Tivoli Storage Manager have been updated See www ibm com software tivoli solutions storage for complete details Configuration Information Worksheets Client and server configuration information wo...

Page 18: ...xvi IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 19: ...ients You can install the storage agent on a client machine that shares storage resources with the Tivoli Storage Manager server Figure 1 on page 2 or on a client machine that does not share storage r...

Page 20: ...y File Library Library Control Client Metadata Library Control Client Data Client Data SAN LAN Tivoli Storage Manager Server Client with Storage Agent Figure 2 SAN Data Movement with the LANFREECOMMME...

Page 21: ...Storage Manager native library management support consisting of a library manager and library clients or just a library manager See ACSLS SCSI and 349X Tape Library Sharing on page 6 for details regar...

Page 22: ...r the restore is dependent on the value of the client RESOURCEUTILIZATION option and the number of server volumes that contain the client data to be restored The following outlines a typical multi ses...

Page 23: ...Storage Manager server on z OS However you must install and configure another server to function as the library manager or implement external library support through an external library manager for e...

Page 24: ...server directly to the library manager Note that when using a shared ACSLS library the library manager must be a Tivoli Storage Manager server on AIX Solaris or Windows A library client requests share...

Page 25: ...ris or Windows The configurations in Figure 3 are the following v A Tivoli Storage Manager server library manager manages a client s data which is stored on a tape library v A Tivoli Storage Manager s...

Page 26: ...on a z OS system with shared library support and a 3494 automated tape library you must configure a Tivoli Storage Manager server on AIX Linux HP UX Solaris or Windows as a library manager to control...

Page 27: ...t the Tivoli SANergy license included with the storage agent media is provided with Tivoli Storage Manager only for supporting LAN free backup to disk See Figure 5 for the possible Tivoli SANergy conf...

Page 28: ...on on z OS manages the physical aspects of tape cartridge storage and retrieval The external library manager for instance Gresham EDT communicates with the ACSLS Server or the LibraryStation on z OS t...

Page 29: ...Coexistence on page 51 If you currently have data stored from using external library support for ACSLS library access and plan to migrate to a native Tivoli Storage Manager library sharing support en...

Page 30: ...s will also support Version 5 3 4 and Version 5 3 5 storage agents v In order for storage agents to access volumes from a storage pool that utilizes 3592 generation 2 drive encryption both the storage...

Page 31: ...storage agent For example enter agent tucson ibm com TCP IP port Enter the TCP IP port of the client system Client options LAN free communications method lanfreecommmethod client option Circle the co...

Page 32: ...the server For example enter 1502 Device information External library Executable location Enter the fully qualified path to the external library manager executable for each storage agent to which Tiv...

Page 33: ...orage Manager Optical R W Disk Drive or Tape Drive or Library Medium Changer List All Defined devices Client Node Information Because you will need to take into account node registration and policy in...

Page 34: ...nfigure more than one client to use the same storage agent If the clients reside on the same system as the storage agent set the appropriate options and values in the client dsm sys file If the client...

Page 35: ...ultiple machines at different times 2 Review the complete procedure which follows the summary 3 Complete the steps described in the procedure You can use the Enable LAN free Data Movement wizard in th...

Page 36: ...e configuration Step 1 Verifying the Network Connection The server system and the client systems must be attached to the SAN along with appropriate storage devices The server system and the client sys...

Page 37: ...Client Workstation Client DATAOWNER Storage Agent STORAGNT Tivoli Storage Manager Server TSMSRVER dsm sys file dsmsta opt file define server serverpassword fun4me hladdress agent tucson ibm com lladdr...

Page 38: ...ble 3 Communications methods To use this communication method Install this software To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers TCP IP TCP IP Standard with supported AIX platforms AIX HP UX Lin...

Page 39: ...ons between the Tivoli Storage Manager API and server For example SErvername tsmsrver COMMmethod TCPip enablelanfree yes LANFREECommmethod TCPIP LANFREETCPServeraddress test xyz company com LANFREETCP...

Page 40: ...the next window select the device that you are using for the installation You can enter the drive name in the window or click on List to access the device list If you click on List select the CD driv...

Page 41: ...22 to issue the DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER command For example dsmsta setstorageserver myname storagnt mypassword fun4me myhladdress agent tucson ibm com servername tsmsrver serverpassword not4u hladdres...

Page 42: ...rver storagnt serverpassword fun4me hladdress agent tucson ibm com lladdress 1500 If the library to be used for LAN free data movement is a Tivoli Storage Manager shared library and the data manager s...

Page 43: ...e a copy group with its destination being the LAN free capable storage pool created in Step 3 For example define copygroup sandirect sandirectpolicy sandirectdefmft type backup destination storage poo...

Page 44: ...is section provides information to help you define paths from the storage agent to the drives that are available to the Tivoli Storage Manager server Paths allow a client by means of a storage agent a...

Page 45: ...erver cannot validate PATH information that is provided on the server for use by the storage agent Failures can occur if incorrect device information is provided in the DEFINE PATH command You can als...

Page 46: ...he device class and path synchronized do not change or move existing directories on the server that the storage agent is using Adding directories is permitted Specifying a mismatched number of directo...

Page 47: ...each other as expected c The paths to the drives are correctly defined d All drives in a library have defined paths from the server Note If you retry the backup operation after the first failure the...

Page 48: ...he data directly the QUERY SESSION statistics on the server will show a much higher byte count v Issue either of the following QUERY ACTLOG commands on the server to which the client is connected quer...

Page 49: ...rocedure because the process takes place on multiple machines at different times Overview of Installation and Configuration Tasks The following summarizes the installation and configuration tasks prov...

Page 50: ...ted by means of a LAN The Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks feature requires specific levels and models of hardware and software Ensure that your system configuration meets the hardware...

Page 51: ...oli Storage Manager Client Workstation Client DATAOWNER Storage Agent STORAGNT Tivoli Storage Manager Server TSMSRVER dsm sys file dsmsta opt file define server serverpassword fun4me hladdress agent t...

Page 52: ...steps For example COMMmethod TCPip TCPServeraddress tsmsrver tucson ibm com TCPPport 1502 Note A TCPPORT of 1502 is used in the examples however the default TCPPORT is 1500 Keep the file open for the...

Page 53: ...in dsm sys Install and Configure the Storage Agent Note To reduce workload and processing time and to optimize LAN free performance do not install the storage agent and the Tivoli Storage Manager serv...

Page 54: ...represents the country code for the language contents of the package 9 Click OK 10 Check the default settings for the options on this window 11 Click OK SMIT responds ARE YOU SURE 12 Click OK This ins...

Page 55: ...administrative command line See the example above 2 If you are using an ACSLS managed external library install Gresham EDT or other middleware that enables an external library For installation inform...

Page 56: ...efine library stk lib libtype external Note that if a library name remains constant but the library type changes from EXTERNAL to shared ACSLS the storage agent must be stopped and restarted in order...

Page 57: ...ss for the SAN drives you will need to create a new management class Clients that want to use the SAN drives need to use an include statement to bind their files to this new management class See the B...

Page 58: ...been successful you have configured your system correctly There are several ways to use the QUERY SESSION command You can issue the command on the storage agent console if the process is running in th...

Page 59: ...the total amount of data being backed up The QUERY SESSION on the Tivoli Storage Manager server should show a very small number of bytes of metadata received for the same node If the node s session e...

Page 60: ...42 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 61: ...itab autostgagnt Manually Starting and Stopping the Storage Agent Start the storage agent by accessing the storage agent directory and issue the following command dsmsta Stop the storage agent by typi...

Page 62: ...s on the information that the command adds Format DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER MYName storage_agent_name MYPAssword storage_agent_password MYHLAddress storage_agent_hladdress SERVERName server_name SERVERP...

Page 63: ...tion v Storage agent Name storagnt Password fun4me TCP IP address agent tucson ibm com v Tivoli Storage Manager server Name tsmsrver Password not4u TCP IP address tsmsrver tucson ibm com TCP IP port 1...

Page 64: ...the Tivoli Storage Manager server with which the storage agent communicates The DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER command inserts this option TCPPort number Specifies the port number on which the server TCP IP...

Page 65: ...with the server The default value is 25 client sessions The minimum value is 2 client sessions The maximum value is limited only by available virtual memory size or communication resources MSGSTACKTRA...

Page 66: ...ion will help support these sessions TCPADMINPORT number Specifies the port number on which the server TCP IP communication driver is to wait for requests for sessions other than client sessions This...

Page 67: ...orage agent includes information on the storage agent and information about the Tivoli Storage Manager server with which the storage agent communicates The file is typically named devconfig and reside...

Page 68: ...DEFINE SERVER Define the Tivoli Storage Manager server with which the storage agent communicates 50 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 69: ...ibrary environment to a shared ACSLS library environment Data Migration Data migration of ACSLS to external library support is necessary only when Tivoli Storage Manager ACSLS shared library support i...

Page 70: ...his method works by reclaiming the active files from the legacy ACSLS storage pools Reclamation processing however is very resource intensive and should be performed during periods of little activity...

Page 71: ...ia Corporation Licensing 2 31 Roppongi 3 chome Minato ku Tokyo 106 Japan The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any other country where such provisions are inconsistent with l...

Page 72: ...products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products This information contains examples of data and reports used in daily business operations To illustrate them as completely as possible th...

Page 73: ...Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others Appendix C Notices 55...

Page 74: ...56 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 75: ...r administrative client application client API client backup archive client and HSM client also known as space manager client client node A file server or workstation on which the backup archive clien...

Page 76: ...nager server library manager An IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server that controls device operations when multiple IBM Tivoli Storage Manager servers share a storage device The device operations include...

Page 77: ...lso called the dsmsta opt file storage hierarchy A logical ordering of primary storage pools as defined by an administrator The ordering is usually based on the speed and capacity of the devices that...

Page 78: ...60 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX Storage Agent User s Guide...

Page 79: ...ments LAN free 5 external library support 9 31 51 F FILE library configuration considerations 9 disk devices 25 fixes obtaining ix G glossary 57 H how to information determine LAN free data movement 2...

Page 80: ...pport x determining business impact for IBM Software Support x submitting problem to IBM Software Support xi starting and stopping the storage agent 43 storage agent automating startup 43 component co...

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