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