IBM DR550 manual Routine Operations for System Storage Archive Manager, Monitoring Disk Volumes

IBM System Storage DR550 Version 3.0 ------ 17 March 2006 Page 29

TSM for AIX Administrator’s Guide and Reference manuals for help in modifying the administrative schedules.

Examples of schedules that are setup in the DR550 are:

￿Backup of the System Storage Archive Manager database is scheduled to run daily at 8am.

￿Maintain 3 copies of backup and delete older versions (scheduled a job to run daily at 23:59).

Note: It is the responsibility of the customer to set up and verify schedules and database backups. You should verify that you have appropriate schedules in place to back up your database.

Routine Operations for System Storage Archive Manager

Monitoring the Database and Recovery Log Status

Monitor the System Storage Archive Manager database and recovery usage log to ensure that you have enough space available for efficient operation. You should pay particular attention to the maximum utilization percentage (%Util) for both. If more room is needed in that database or recovery log, shift resources by using the administrator functions outlined in the Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrator’s Guide and Reference manuals.

Monitoring Disk Volumes

Monitor the status of the volumes for the Tivoli Storage database, recovery log, and the ARCHIVEPOOL storage pool. If any volumes have a status of Offline or Stale, you must determine why and correct the situation.

Monitoring the Results of Scheduled Operations

Monitor scheduled administrative to ensure that the schedules are running successfully. This is particularly relevant if you have set up scheduled backups of the database.

Installing and Setting Up System Storage Archive Manager API Clients

The DR550 storage interface is the System Storage Archive Manager API Client. You may need to install the System Storage Archive Manager API Client V5.2.2 or later on the server(s) that are sending data to the DR550. Your software vendor may offer specific recommendations for defining System Storage Archive Manager storage management policies, the System Storage Archive Manager client node names, and System Storage Archive Manager client Include-Exclude lists. You will also need to point to the network address of the DR550 in the System Storage Archive Manager Client Communications Options definition.

The following web based education is available from Tivoli and may be beneficial in providing more information on System Storage Archive Manager. The site for web based training for externals is

the Virtual Tivoli Skill Center- cgse1.cgselearning.com/tivoliskills

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