IBM DR550 Computer Drive User Manual


 
IBM System Storage DR550 Version 3.0 ------17 March 2006 Page 2
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 6
HARDWARE OVERVIEW............................................................................................... 7
IBM System P5 520...................................................................................................................................................7
Management Console..............................................................................................................................................9
IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Midrange Disk System and IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP100...................9
IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch .............................................................................................................................10
Accessing the Switch(es).................................................................................................................................10
Dual Node Zoning – without Enhanced Remote Volume Mirroring ......................................................11
Single Node Zoning – without Enhanced Remote Volume Mirroring...................................................12
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 14
High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) for AIX ......................................................................14
System Storage Archive Manager ......................................................................................................................14
System Storage Archive Manager API Client..............................................................................................15
DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.12.65........................................................................................................15
Content Management Applications....................................................................................................................16
IBM DB2 Content Manager ..............................................................................................................................16
Other Management Applications....................................................................................................................16
DR550 OFFERINGS ..................................................................................................... 18
DR550 Single Node Components .......................................................................................................................18
DR550 Dual Node Components...........................................................................................................................21
DS4100 Logical Volume Configurations ...........................................................................................................25
AIX settings ..............................................................................................................................................................27
System Storage Archive Server Configuration ...............................................................................................28
System Storage Archive Manager Database and Logs ............................................................................28
System Storage Archive Manager Disk Storage Pool...............................................................................28
System Storage Archive Manager Storage Management Policy............................................................28
Automated System Storage Archive Manager Operations......................................................................28
Routine Operations for System Storage Archive Manager..........................................................................29
Monitoring the Database and Recovery Log Status .................................................................................29
Monitoring Disk Volumes.................................................................................................................................29
Monitoring the Results of Scheduled Operations .....................................................................................29
Installing and Setting Up System Storage Archive Manager API Clients.................................................29