Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Managed System for SAN Storage Agent User's Guide


|Types of Configurations

|There are several common types of configurations that take advantage |of what can be accomplished using a storage agent in a LAN-free |environment. Your environment is dependent upon the type of storage |device you will be using for LAN-free data storage. The following |sections cover descriptions and planning considerations for several typical |LAN-free environments. These environments are: |

  1. |SCSI and 349X Tape Library sharing using the TSM Library Manager and |Client. See Sharing Tape Storage using TSM Library Manager/Client.
  2. |File device sharing using SANergy. See Sharing Disk Storage using Tivoli SANergy.
  3. |Sharing a library managed by ACSLS or LibraryStation software. See External Library -- Sharing ACSLS-Managed Libraries. |

|Sharing Tape Storage using TSM Library Manager/Client

|When TSM servers share a SCSI tape or 349X storage device using a |library manager and library clients, one server, the | |library manager, owns and controls the tape library device. |The library manager operations include checking volumes into and out of the |library, labeling volumes, mounting and dismounting volumes, auditing volumes, |and creating an inventory of library contents, see Figure 2. The library manager also manages the storage |hierarchy and performs such server functions as storage pool migrations, |reclamation, collocation, and backup and restore of storage pools and the |database. All of the other TSM servers sharing this library are |considered. | |library clients. A library client requests shared library |resources as drives or media from the TSM server acting as the library |manager, but uses the resources independently. The library manager |coordinates the access to these resources. Data moves over the SAN |between the storage device and either the library manager or the library |client. Either the library manager or any library client can manage the |LAN-free movement of client data as long as the client system includes a |storage agent.

|The Library Manager and Library Client configurations are represented in Figure 2.

|Figure 2. Library Manager/Client LAN--free Configuration


LAN-free Configurations
|Note:
An environment can consist of just the Library Manager. |

|The configurations represented in the previous illustration are the |following: |

|Sharing Disk Storage using Tivoli SANergy

| | |When TSM servers share access to disk storage, the environment contains a FILE |library (TSM server File device class) and utilizes the SANergy |product. SANergy provides a file sharing accelerator. If you |will be using a FILE library, you must determine where the Tivoli SANergy |client and the Tivoli | | SANergy Metadata Controller (MDC) will be installed. You will also |require a Windows share (CIFS) or a Network File Share (NFS) on a Unix system |to achieve file sharing. See Figure 3 and Table 1 for the possible Tivoli SANergy |configurations. See the SANergy publications for additional information |about configuring SANergy.

|Figure 3. Tivoli SANergy Configurations


SANergy Configurations

|In the following table, the numbers refer to those numbers in Figure 3. For example, one possible configuration is |for the Tivoli SANergy client to be installed on the TSM client machine |((1)) and the Tivoli SANergy MDC to be installed on the TSM server |((2)). These configurations can also consist of multiple |platforms. For example, an environment can consist of a SUN MDC working |with a NT and AIX client.
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|Table 1. Tivoli SANergy Configurations

Tivoli SANergy Component Where Installed
Tivoli SANergy Client (1) (2) (1) and (2)
Tivoli SANergy MDC (2) (1) (3)

|External Library -- Sharing ACSLS-Managed Libraries

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|When TSM servers share access to ACSLS-managed libraries, the |sharing is enabled by middleware (such as, Gresham EDT-DistribuTAPE) between |the data storage manager (TSM) and a media manager (StorageTek ACSLS). |See Figure 4. The ACSLS Server (or Library Station) manages the |physical aspects of tape cartridge storage and retrieval. The external |library manager, in this discussion Gresham EDT, communicates with the ACSLS |Server or LibraryStation to access tape cartridges in an automated StorageTek |library. The storage agent installed on a machine containing Gresham |EDT and a TSM client (such as, Tivoli Data Protection (TDP) for Exchange or |TDP for SQL) provides access to SAN-attached storage devices resulting in |LAN-free data movement. The continued connection to the LAN provides a |meta data (control information) path. If the storage agent is not |available, the LAN provides a failover path for data backup and |recovery.

|Figure 4. External Library Environment


External Library Environment

|For detailed installation, configuration, and system administration of |ACSLS, refer to the appropriate StorageTek documentation. For detailed |installation, configuration, data migration, and system administration of |Gresham EDT-DistribuTAPE, refer to the Gresham EDT User's Manual.

|Data Migration and Coexistence

|If you currently have data associated with the TSM ACSLS library type and |want to take advantage of LAN-free, you will need to consider coexistence and |migration issues, see Appendix B, Legacy ACSLS Data Migration and Coexistence.


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