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command will be passed directly to the S-HMC for immediate execution. The return code
of the DS CLI program corresponds to the return code of the command it executed. This
mode can be used for scripting.
Interactive mode: You start the DS CLI program on your host. It provides you with a shell
environment that allows you to enter commands and send them to the S-HMC for
immediate execution.
There also is a section in this book describing the usage of the DS CLI, including some
examples (see Chapter 11, “DS CLI” on page 231).
The
DS8000 Command-Line Interface User’s Guide, SC26-7625, contains a complete
command reference.
15.5 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
The IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) is an open storage management solution
that helps to reduce the effort of managing complex storage infrastructures, to increase
storage capacity utilization, and to improve administrative efficiency. It is designed to enable
an agile storage infrastructure that can respond to on-demand storage needs.
Figure 15-1 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
TPC is the integration point for storage and fabric management, and replication, as depicted
in Figure 15-1. It provides a
launchpad for the following IBM TotalStorage Open Software
Family and Tivoli products:
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
IBM Tivoli SAN Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager
These products allow for the management of data through its life cycle, device configuration,
performance, replication, storage network fabric, data backup, data availability, and data
recovery, as well as enterprise policies for managing host, application, database, and file
system data.
