Software Announcement December 14, 2004

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1 Software Announcement December 14, 2004 Center V2.1 can help to simplify and automate the management of an enterprise s storage infrastructure through a centralized suite of tools for disk, data, and fabric Overview IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 is an integrated storage infrastructure management solution that can help simplify and automate the management of devices, data, and storage networks. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 can help: Manage the capacity utilization of file systems and databases, and automate file system capacity provisioning Perform device configuration and management of multiple devices and their advanced replication services from a single user interface Tune and proactively manage the performance of supported storage devices on the SAN Manage, monitor, and control SAN fabric Center is comprised of the following four products. Center for Data (formerly IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager) can provide over 300 enterprise-wide reports, monitoring and alerts, policy-based action, and file system capacity automation in the heterogeneous environment. Center for Fabric (formerly IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager) can provide automated device discovery, topology rendering, error detection fault isolation, SAN error predictor, zone control, real-time monitoring and alerts, and event management for heterogeneous enterprise SAN environments. Center for Disk (formerly IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager Performance Manager feature) can enable device configuration and management of supported SAN-attached devices from a single console. It can discover storage and provides configuration capabilities for the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS), IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller (2145), and the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 (FAStT) storage. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk manages the performance for the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server and SAN Volume Controller. Center for Replication (formerly IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager Replication Manager feature) can provide copy services management for the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication provides configuration and management of the Point-in-Time copy (FlashCopy ) and Metro Mirror (synchronous point-to-point remote copy) capabilities of the ESS in supported configurations. Center V2.1 can help to: Improve storage infrastructure availability Optimize storage resource utilization Enhance storage personnel productivity Add intelligence to your data protection practices At a glance Center V2.1 can help to: Manage the capacity utilization of file systems and databases and automate file system capacity provisioning Manage, monitor, and control SAN fabric Perform device configuration and management of multiple devices from a single user interface Tune and proactively manage the performance of the supported storage devices on the SAN Manage advanced replication services Center can help improve application availability, optimize storage resource utilization, enhance storage personnel productivity, and add intelligence to data protection and retention practices through a centralized suite of tools for managing and automating your disks, data, and fabric. Center includes a centralized suite installer, and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data and Center for Fabric share a common agent. For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

2 Planned availability dates December 17, 2004: Electronic general availability via Passport Advantage for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric January 21, 2005: Media general availability via Passport Advantage and AAS for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric January 28, 2005: Electronic general availability via Passport Advantage for Center for Disk and Center for Replication February 25, 2005: Media general availability via Passport Advantage and AAS for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication Description Data Data is designed to provide a comprehensive storage resource management (SRM) solution for storage resources across the enterprise. It can enable administrators to identify, manage, control, and predict storage usage. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data can provide a set of tools that address multiple aspects of the storage infrastructure, including capacity, asset, event, and availability management. Architected for efficiency and ease-of-use, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data uses a single agent per server to provide detailed information without high consumption of network bandwidth or CPU cycles. Data supports the most popular operating systems, including Windows, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, NetWare, and Linux, and also supports the metadata repository in your choice of databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2 /UDB, and Sybase. Refer to the Hardware and software requirements section for more specific information on supported versions. Reporting Data provides over 300 reports that can enable you to have a detailed or summary view of your networked storage assets enterprise-wide or by age, operating system, computer, file system, computer, computer group, and/or user. You can easily forecast based on actual usage. Whether you re viewing usage information enterprise-wide, by computer, by instance, or by user, you can graph usage trends and forecast future usage based on historical data. Data can enable you to generate reports and graphs, in batch mode, selecting specific reports to run enterprise-wide, or by computer. Report output can also be exported into many other applications. Center for Data provides historical trending information of enterprise-wide storage information. Through reporting, a user can identify and reclaim wasted space by identifying files that may not be needed, such as duplicate files, obsolete files, or orphan files. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data can provide the information needed to understand and optimize storage usage throughout an organization, so that the organization is effectively using the storage it has. Policy-based management Data can enable you to define and enforce storage policies through user-defined alerts, quotas, and constraints, notifying the user via , pager, or the event log, or a systems management console for events such as when a quota has been exceeded or a constraint violated. However, we know that finding a problem is not enough. You need a way to find and fix problems or potential problems as they are discovered. Center for Data can provide automated solutions through event management. Alerts, quotas that have been exceeded, or constraints that have been violated can result in notification or action, enabling the user to fix or even prevent storage outages. For example, if IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data discovers data that has not been accessed in more than a year, it can trigger Tivoli Storage Manager or another archive utility. Sample policy-based triggers: Free space falls below a user-defined value Discovery of a file that isn t backed up Storage usage exceeds a user-defined value A file that has not been accessed in a user-defined length of time has been discovered A storage resource is added or removed from the network Archive, backup, or provision using any tools Data can enable organizations to use many third-party tools for actions such as archiving, backup, or provisioning helping to make the tools the enterprise already has more effective. Actions are defined in scripts that are passed relevant parameters (such as computer name, user name, usage violation) by Data at execution time. The user chooses the trigger and defines the corresponding action. For example, the user can also define actions to backup critical data. If IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data finds a file that has not been backed up, it can trigger a back up job, using Tivoli Storage Manager or a third-party backup tool the user already has. If the user has chosen Tivoli Storage Manager as the backup-archive application, the user can use Data to create backup-archive related reports and invoke Tivoli Storage Manager functions directly to execute the backup-archive process. For example, if a user no longer works for your area, you can archive their files by simply creating a report filtering on the user name and invoking the Tivoli Storage Manager archive function. Automatic file system extension Data automated file system extension capability can allow the user to specify a policy to automatically extend a file system when a threshold has been reached. For example, if a file system s threshold is set at 78% and, through monitoring, Data identifies that this threshold has been exceeded, it can automatically initiate a file system extension to reduce the possibility of a storage-related outage. The feature supports both manual and automated initiated extension. Once you are comfortable with the manual process, you can turn over all the steps to IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data. The policy is set through a File System Extension Policy Panel. A probe will run on Agents and send file system statistics to the server. The server will compare the current file system stats against the policy, and invoke provisioning and extension as necessary

3 File sweep With this feature, Center for Data can automatically invoke Tivoli Storage Manager to archive and delete files. This can free up space in a file system and can allow you to more effectively manage storage utilization. For example, a policy can be created to archive all files over 365 days old to tape via IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, and then delete the files to free up the disk space. Subsystem reporting Data gathers and reports on disk subsystems. Information includes physical characteristics such as the drive s manufacturer, model, serial, capacity, and rotational speed. Also included is how that drive s storage is allocated to logical volumes, snapshot copy volumes, and free space. This feature will allow users to perform the following (subject to vendor s implementation of Storage Management Initiative Specification [SMI-S]): Display the physical disks behind what the host sees as a disk drive Show the allocated and free capacity of subsystems on the network List subsystem volumes that have been allocated but aren t in use Show which hosts have access to a given subsystem volume Show which hosts have access to a given disk drive (within the subsystem) Show which subsystem volumes (and disks) a host has access to IBM SAN Volume Controller reporting Data s general subsystem reporting is extended to provide support for IBM SAN Volume Controller reporting: Provides a subsystem view of allocated and free space Provides a view of storage from host perspective Maintains a view of logical and physical drives Maintains a historical view of allocated and free capacity Allows grouping of subsystems Reporting for IBM SAN File System implementation Data can help identify environments where IBM TotalStorage SAN File System implementation may be appropriate. It does this by utilizing network-wide statistics to show metrics including, but not limited to, temp space, duplicate file data, and storage utilization by disk and/or file systems, to help plan for IBM SAN File System implementation. Data can help create an inventory of assets, offers suggestions for policies, and helps you plan for implementation. NAS support According to industry analysts, demand for network-attached Storage (NAS) appliances is expected to grow rapidly over the next several years. As the demand for network storage increases, the need for an effective way to manage that storage and its related costs increases. Data can enable storage administrators to monitor, report on, and manage NAS resources. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data is designed to provide organizations with a universal view of direct-attached and network-attached storage, from a filesystem or application perspective. For Network Appliance filers, Data will monitor, report on, and manage physical disk information such as total disk capacity and disk usage information. By providing this information as part of a universal view of enterprise storage, storage administrators can manage storage from a logical (filesystem) perspective as well as a physical (disk) perspective. Administrators can also view information for a single filer, a group of filers, a user or group of users, or all filers enterprise-wide, enabling them to manage all enterprise storage resources from a single Web-based interface, to help them reduce costs and increase availability by pinpointing and solving problems more effectively. Tivoli TEC integration Representing integration with Tivoli Systems Management solutions, Center for Data can use the Event Integration Facility (EIF) to send messages to the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC). This can allow TEC to consider IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data alerts in causal analysis for problems. TEC will be added as a destination for alerts, in addition to SNMP Trap, Windows Event Log, and so forth. What s new in V2.1 Files by type reporting This feature collects information on and reports on files by the file type (extension) so that you can see what kind of capacity is being utilized by files of each type (that is,.jpeg,.gif,.html,.mpeg). The reports will be very similar to the existing User Space Usage reports. If users choose to gather file type information with history, they will be able to produce graphs showing the space used (and of files) by each file type. Push button integration with Tivoli Storage Manager This feature includes two points of integration between Productivity Center for Data and Tivoli Storage Manager. The definition of a constraint is extended to allow users to request a Tivoli Storage Manager archive or backup of the N largest violating files. A constraint lets users define acceptable and unacceptable uses of storage. For example, a constraint might be defined to prohibit the storage of MP3 files on a file server. Productivity Center for Data currently reports on the N largest of the files which violate the constraint (where N is configured by the user). This integration point lets users configure the constraint to automatically perform a Tivoli Storage Manager archive or backup of these violating files. The file reports are modified to allow users to archive or back up selected files directly from the reports. These file reports can identify, for example, a filesystem s largest files, orphaned files, and duplicate files. A storage administrator might use this feature to quickly free up storage by archiving and deleting selected files. Both integration points can provide support for: Tivoli Storage Manager archive with the option of deleting the file after successful archive Tivoli Storage Manager incremental and selective backups The results of the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive commands are viewable thru the GUI. In the case of constraints configured to archive-backup violating files, the results are included in the agent scan job logs (scans are responsible for enforcing constraints). In the case of file report driven archive-backup operations, a new type of job (archive-backup job) is created. The results of the backup operations in this case are found in archive-backup job logs

4 Batch reporting of charts The batch reporting facility is enhanced to support the generation of graphs. The batch reporting facility can allow users to generate reports unattended, on a regularly scheduled basis. This enhancement can allow users to configure a batch reporting job to optionally generate graphs in either HTML or PDF format. Export agent list with status The feature creates a new report for Agent status. The output will be a tabular report. The data can be exported using existing techniques. Save chart customizations This feature provides an option for customizing charts. These customizations are saved on a per chart and per user basis. For each report type, there can be several charts, each of these charts allow for a different customization. Options include the type of chart to display (pie, bar, stacked bar, 100% stacked bar, plot); if data labels should be displayed always or only when the mouse is on the data point (dwell labels); and the of data series to be displayed on a page ( of pie charts or of sets of data on a bar chart). Move agent to Common Endpoint (common agent) This feature ports the Productivity Center for Data agent to Common Endpoint services. When the Productivity Center for Data is installed, it will give the user a choice between using an existing Endpoint Manager or installing a new Endpoint Manager. Usage of only one Endpoint Manager will be supported. If Productivity Center for Data component agent is the first Tivoli product to be installed on a machine, it will prompt for the location of the Endpoint Manager, install the endpoint infrastructure, and then register itself as a subagent. If an instance of the common endpoint already exists, an option will be provided to the user to either register the Productivity Center for Data subagent with the existing instance or install a new instance. Automated remote install This new feature supports a push install of agents to remote UNIX machines. Pkgadd install for UNIX agents On Solaris systems, the Data Component is installed using the Pkgadd facility. The package resides on the CD and can be copied and executed easily. There are parameters that are currently supplied to the command line install that customize the install (server name, ports, and other options). You can supply these parameters from outside of the package, without using an interactive script. Additional platform support Additional server and agent platform support includes Red Hat Linux 3.0, SUSE Linux 9, AIX 5.3, and Windows Fabric Fabric can provide SAN management capabilities by performing a SAN topology discovery and rendering of the components and storage resources across the SAN. This discovery is done through a combination of both in-band (through the SAN network itself) and out-band (using Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP] and Brocade API capabilities through TCP/IP discovery mechanisms), and then correlating the results. SAN management capabilities focus on: 1. Utilization of storage industry-standard discovery techniques including: SCSI commands SNMP FC Management Information Base (MIB) Fiber channel management standards such as: Extended link services including Request Node Identification (RNID) Name server queries Management server queries 2. Selected vendor-specific interfaces including Brocade s Application Program Interface (API) These capabilities can allow support of vendor products that support legacy SCSI commands and the newer Fibre Channel SAN management industry standard. SANs are used to connect systems to storage devices. It is imperative in this type of environment to confirm that the intended connections between systems and storage devices are established and unintended connections do not exist. Fabric allows you to easily view and monitor the physical connectivity of devices and the zone configurations that enable access over the physical network. Predictive error detection (ED) and fault isolation (FI) The ED and FI function in Center for Fabric monitors the links in a fabric for indications that a failure is imminent and then analyzes the links in the related areas of the fabric to isolate the problem to a particular device. This helps the user to perform pre-emptive maintenance during a maintenance window as opposed to experiencing an outage that would cause downtime. Zone control The new zone control feature allows zones to be created and zone sets to be maintained on supported switches that adhere to the T11 FC-GS3/4 standard (Fibre Channel Generic Service). Brocade proprietary zoning is also supported. For more information on switch vendors standards compliance, visit support/ibm_tsanm_device_compatibility.html# Switches iscsi support Fabric can provide basic support for iscsi device discovery and monitoring via NetView. Integration with systems management solutions This includes Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) event filtering for the SAN administrator that can allow a simple mechanism to filter events that get issued by IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric. SNMP alerts and TEC events are supported. In addition, further integration with Tivoli Data Warehouse enables Tivoli Service Level Advisor to incorporate LUN availability as part of their service level agreements. Cisco MDS support Fabric can allow viewing of Cisco s VSAN (Virtual SAN) concept by inserting a new level for VSANs in the topology viewing hierarchy. What s new in V2.1 Event Driven Status Update This feature helps improve Productivity Center for Fabric s responsiveness to SAN events. With this new feature, Productivity Center for Fabric can perform an isolated rediscovery of only the SAN or SANs pertaining to SAN events as they come in. This isolated rediscovery can also update connection,

5 switch and/or device status immediately in the SAN NetView topology. Clear History Granularity This feature can allow finer, more granular control over the removal of missing devices by the Clear History function. The ability to remove missing devices from multiple screens can be accommodated with the Clear History menu item and a secondary dialog which can allow the user to identify which missing entities are removed. Delete can delete the corresponding missing entities under the object on the console. Move agent to Common Endpoint (common agent) This feature can enable the Productivity Center for Fabric agent to leverage Common Endpoint services. When the Productivity Center for Fabric is installed, it will prompt the user to use an existing Endpoint Manager or install a new Endpoint Manager. Usage of only one Endpoint Manager will be supported. If Productivity Center for Fabric Component agent is the first Tivoli product to be installed on a machine, it will prompt for the location of the Endpoint Manager, install the endpoint infrastructure, and then register itself as a subagent. If an instance of the common endpoint already exists, an option will be provided to the user to either register the Productivity Center for Fabric subagent with the existing instance or install a new instance. Autozoning Enablement and API enhancements Productivity Center for Fabric API s are enhanced in order to further support TotalStorage Productivity Center with advanced provisioning workflows (via Tivoli Provisioning Manager) for policy-based autozoning. Enhanced Cisco Zone Control Support The feature can enable secure zoning of Cisco MDS 9000 devices with Cisco s unique zoning implementation. Additional platform support Additional server and agent platform support includes support for Red Hat Linux 3 and AIX 5.3. Disk Disk is designed to centralize management of networked storage devices that implement the Storage Management Interface Specification (SMI-S) established by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), including the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server, IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series family (FAStT family), and IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, and the devices that they manage. Highlights of Disk Designed to: Help reduce storage management complexity and costs while improving data availability Centralize management of storage devices through open standards (SMI-S) Enhance storage administrator productivity Improve storage resource utilization Offer proactive management of storage devices Offers: Discovery of IBM storage devices that are SMI-S enabled. Centralized access to storage devices information information concerning the system attributes of connected storage devices is available from the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk console. Enhanced storage administrator productivity with integrated volume configuration IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk console is designed to automate the allocation and zoning of storage volume operations for supported SMI-S enabled IBM storage devices. Improved problem determination with cross device configuration views Center for Disk console displays the associations (if any) between the various storage devices, helping the administrator to identify problems with specific devices. Centralized management of storage devices with browser launch capabilities The device configuration/manager console for the SMI-S enabled IBM storage devices can be launched from the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk console. Device management Disk can provide access to single-device and cross-device configuration functionality. It can allow the user to view important information about the storage devices that are discovered by Disk, examine the relationships between those devices, or change their configurations. Disk supports the discovery and LUN provisioning of IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series storage systems, IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server. The user can view essential information about the storage, view the associations of the storage to other devices, and change the storage configuration. DS4000 and Enterprise Storage Servers, attached to the SAN and/or attached behind the SAN Volume Controller, can be managed by Center for Disk. Disk and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication also include the Fabric Bonus Kit, which supports up to 64 Fibre Channel ports. With this function, the storage administrator can view Fiber Channel as well as SMI-S enabled storage devices, automate zoning of clients, LUNs, and storage devices for the TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller environment, and drill-down from storage devices to the underlying infrastructure. If more than 64 SAN ports are required in an enterprise, you can obtain additional capacity by ordering Center for Fabric. Performance monitoring and management Disk can provide performance monitoring of ESS and SAN Volume Controller storage devices, customization of thresholds based on your storage environment, and generation of events if thresholds are exceeded. In addition, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk is designed to help the IT administrators select the LUN for better performance. Disk allows the IT administrator to specify both when, and how often (frequency) the data should be collected. In addition, Disk is designed to help support high availability for critical applications by providing customization of threshold settings and generating alerts when these thresholds are exceeded. Disk can also provide gauges to track real-time performance. Disk is designed to enable the IT administrator to:

6 Monitor performance metrics across storage subsystems from a single console Receive timely alerts to enable event action based on customer policies Focus on storage optimization through identification of best LUN Support for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition is added in Disk V2.1. Replication Replication is designed to simplify and improve the configuration and management of replication on network storage devices. User-defined volume groups can be configured and stored in Replication without the need for separate scripts. Pairing of source and target volumes for either FlashCopy or Metro Mirror can be: Automatically paired by Center for Replication Manually created by the administrator via GUI Created programatically via a command line interface Replication provides a central point for monitoring and managing FlashCopy and Metro Mirror operations for the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server solution, via its SMI-S enabled API. Replication status is displayed in a GUI or returned via a command line interface request. Replication commands are issued to operate on the volume groups without the need for scripts. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication monitors the copy services execution of the storage device. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication is designed to maintain data consistency across ESS Metro Mirror volumes during link outages and other failures. Support for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition is added in Replication V2.1. Accessibility by people with disabilities Data, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk, and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication have been reviewed for Accessibility Readiness, and an IBM accessibility checklist has been completed. Product positioning Center V2.1 is an integrated storage infrastructure management solution that can help simplify and automate the management of storage devices, data, and storage networks. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 can help: Manage the capacity utilization of file systems and databases and automate file system capacity provisioning Perform device configuration and management of multiple devices and their advanced replication services from a single user interface Tune and proactively manage the performance of storage devices on the SAN Manage, monitor, and control SAN fabrics Center brings together management of the SAN, storage devices, and host resources, including file systems, into a single control point. The former products will be renamed as follows: Former product name New product name IBM Tivoli Storage Resource IBM TotalStorage Manager Productivity Center for Data IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network IBM TotalStorage Manager Productivity Center for Fabric IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device IBM TotalStorage Manager Performance Manager Productivity feature Center for Disk IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device IBM TotalStorage Manager Replication Manager Productivity feature Center for Replication The Center provides a modular, integrated set of features that can be purchased individually or in combination. Reference information Refer to Software Announcement , dated October 21, Refer to Software Announcement , dated March 9, Refer to Software Announcement , dated April 20, Business Partner information Direct Resellers - System Resellers acquiring products from IBM may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. PartnerWorld ID and password required (use IBM ID). BP Attachment for Announcement Letter mem/sla.jsp?num= Trademarks Enterprise Storage Server and Tivoli Enterprise are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. TotalStorage, Tivoli, FlashCopy, Passport Advantage, AIX, DB2, NetView, and Tivoli Enterprise Console are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Company in the United States and other countries. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others

7 IBM US Announcement Supplemental Information December 14, 2004 Education support Training is available, or will be available, for many IBM Tivoli products. Education is offered through IBM Global Services IT Education Services and through IBM Tivoli Software Authorized Training Providers. The following Web-based training for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 will be available on the planned availability date: Center 2.1: Overview Center 2.1: Installation and Configuration for Implementers Center 2.1: Replication Management and Disk Management for Administrators Center 2.1: Data Management for Administrators: Getting Started Center 2.1: Data Management for Administrators: Customization and Integration Center 2.1: Fabric Management for Administrators For current information on Center education, visit center/index.html For current information on IBM Tivoli software education visit the IBM Tivoli Software Education home page at Current schedule information for IBM Tivoli training is available on the Tivoli Software Education Schedules page at schedules/ IBM Global Services, IT Education Services provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM IT Education Services Web site Refer to the IBM IT Education Services Web site for information on course locations and availability dates. Call IBM Global Services, IT Education Services at 800-IBM-TEACH ( ) for catalogs, schedules, and enrollments. Offering information Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site Also, visit the Passport Advantage Web site Publications The following publications can be ordered from IBM Publications Center after December 17, 2004: Title Center User s Guide Version 2.1 Center Planning and Installation Guide Version 2.1 Fabric Planning and Installation Guide Version 2.1 Fabric User s Guide Version 2.1 Fabric Messages Version 2.1 Data Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.1 Data User s Guide Version 2.1 Data Quick Reference Version 2.1 Data for Databases User s Guide Version 2.1 Data Messages Version 2.1 Order GC GC GC GC GC GC GC GC GC GC The following publications can be ordered from IBM Publications Center after January 28, 2005: This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

8 Title Disk Replication Version 2.1 Installation and Configuration Guide Disk Replication Version 2.1 User s Guide Disk Replication Version 2.1 Command-Line Interface User s Guide Disk Replication Version 2.1 Problem Determination Guide Order SC SC SC SC The following publication CD-ROM will be available for ordering on March 18, 2005: Center Version 2.1 Information Center Multilingual The IBM Publications Center SK4T-0347 The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities are provided. Payment options for orders are via credit card (in the U.S.) or customer for 50 countries. A large of publications are available online in various file formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries free of charge. The IBM Publications Notification System (PNS) enables subscribers to set up profiles of interest by order /product. PNS subscribers automatically receive notifications of all new publications defined in their profiles. These may then be ordered/downloaded from the Publications Center messages/welcome The site is available in English and Canadian French. Technical information Specified operating environment Hardware and software requirements: For the most up-to-date information on hardware and software requirements, refer to the following Web site Links to individual product information sites are located at this site. Center V2.1 minimum recommended hardware requirements Total configuration requirements for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 vary with installation size and workload mix. The minimum recommended hardware configuration for Center V2.1 is based on the following guidelines and assumptions. 1. All Disk/Replication/Data/Fabric programs used with common storage in the SAN are installed together on the same server. 2. Required CIM Agents for IBM ESS, TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, CIMOM Agents for IBM DS4000 family (FAStT family) storage, managed hosts, and other agents associated with the storage configuration are installed on their respective separate servers/controllers (other than that for the active Center code). 3. The storage associated with the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center minimum recommended configuration is based on configurations which do not exceed the capacity represented by two IBM ESS 2105 Model 800 storage subsystems. Different or larger storage configurations and workload profiles may require different or larger IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center hardware configurations. 4. When workflows are to be processed using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 with IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, both IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk must be installed on the same machine. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager must be installed on a separate machine. 5. When all four Center V2.1 components are installed on one system, one of the following is required for installation and operation: Windows 2000 Server with SP4 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition 6. When running a subset of the consolidated IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 features, such as when running only Center for Data, smaller configurations may suffice. Refer to the sections below for each separate product for their individual configuration requirements. Recommended minimum hardware values for the consolidated Center V2.1 are: Processor: Dual Intel class P4/Xeon 2.4 GHz processors Memory: 4 GB RAM Disk: 80 GB disk space Note: Review of configuration requirements, based on your specific installation and growth requirements, is recommended prior to ordering. For configuration sizing guidance and information, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner. Refer also to IBM Publications listed in the Publications section of this announcement. Data This section lists the hardware and software required to install and run the Center

9 for Data components. Because IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data is programmed in Java, it can run under a of operating systems, including: Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, or Professional with Service Pack 2, or later Windows XP Windows 2003 Server (Standard Edition, or Datacenter Server) HP-UX 11.0, 11i Solaris 8 or 9 Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1 (AS, ES, WS) or 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9 AIX 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3 Novell NetWare 4.0, or later Before attempting to install Center for Data, make sure that your environment meets the following requirements. Windows system requirements The requirements for installing and running Center for Data on Windows are as follows: Server Operating systems Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, or Professional with Service Pack 2, or later Windows XP (no SP required) Windows 2003 Server (32 bit or 64 bit), Standard Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), Enterprise Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), or Datacenter Edition (32 bit or 64 bit) (no SP required for Windows 2003) RDBMSs for Enterprise Repository Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, or later (no service pack required) Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5, or later DB2 /UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later Software If using Microsoft SQL Server for the repository, INet Sprinta2000 JDBC driver For server hardware requirements, refer to TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 minimum recommended hardware requirements at the beginning of this section, or the Web site For individual server installations of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data (only), the following minimum requirements apply for this environment: Pentium 500 MHz processor, or above 256 MB of RAM Approximately 1 GB of hard disk space, and at least 100 MB for the Center for Data Repository Agent Operating systems Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, or Professional with Service Pack 2, or later Windows XP (no SP required) Windows 2003 Server (32 bit or 64 bit), Standard Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), Enterprise Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), or Datacenter Edition (32 bit or 64 bit) (no SP required for Windows 2003) RDBMSs Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, or later (no service pack required, SQL 2000 [32 bit]) Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) , 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later Software If this agent is to monitor Microsoft SQL Server (Database component), INet Sprinta2000 JDBC driver, DataDirect JDBC driver, or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 JDBC driver is required Pentium 400 MHz processor, or above 256 MB of RAM Approximately 100 MB of hard disk space GUI Client Operating systems Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, or Professional with Service Pack 2, or later Windows XP (no SP required) Windows 2003 Server (32 bit or 64 bit), Standard Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), Enterprise Edition (32 bit or 64 bit), or Datacenter Edition (32 bit or 64 bit) (no SP required for Windows 2003) Minimum: Pentium 500 MHz processor; recommended: Pentium 1 GMHz processor, or above Memory: Minimum: 256 MB 800x600 resolution; minimum 60 MB of hard disk space UNIX system requirements The requirements for installing and running Center for Data on UNIX are as follows: Server Operating systems HP-UX 11.0 (32 bit or 64 bit), 11i (32 bit or 64 bit) Solaris 8 (32 bit or 64 bit) or 9 (32 bit or 64 bit) AIX 5.1 (32 bit or 64 bit), AIX 5.2 (32 bit or 64 bit), or AIX 5.3 (32 bit or 64 bit) RDBMSs for Enterprise Repository: Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G

10 Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later For server hardware requirements, refer to TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 minimum recommended hardware requirements at the beginning of this section, or the Web site For individual server installations of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data (only), the following minimum requirements apply for this environment: Agent The server disk should include approximately 1 GB of hard disk space, and at least 100 MB for the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data Repository Operating systems HP-UX 11.0 (32 bit or 64 bit), HP-UX 11i (32 bit or 64 bit) Solaris 8 (32 bit or 64 bit) or 9 (32 bit or 64 bit) AIX 5.1 (32 bit or 64 bit), AIX 5.2 (32 bit or 64 bit), or AIX 5.3 (32 bit or 64 bit) RDBMSs Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, or later (no service pack required) Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) , 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later Approximately 100 MB of hard disk space GUI Client Software X Windows 800x600 resolution Minimum 60 MB of hard disk space Linux on Intel system requirements The requirements for installing and running Center for Data on Intel are as follows: Server Operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1 (AS, ES, and WS) or 3 (32 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit) RDBMSs for Enterprise Repository: Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later For server hardware requirements, refer to TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 minimum recommended hardware requirements at the beginning of this section, or the Web site For individual server installations of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data (only), the following minimum requirements apply for this environment: Agent Pentium 500 MHz processor, or above 256 MB of RAM Approximately 1 GB of hard disk space, and at least 100 MB for the Center for Data Repository Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1 (AS, ES, and WS) or 3 (32 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit) RDBMRSs Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) , 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later Pentium 400 MHz processor, or above 256 MB of RAM Approximately 100 MB of hard disk space GUI Client Operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1 (AS, ES, and WS) or 3 (32 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit) 800x600 resolution Minimum 60 MB of hard disk space Linux on PowerPC system requirements The requirements for installing and running IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data on PowerPC are as follows: Server Operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32 and 64 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit and 64 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit and 64 bit) RDBMSs for Enterprise Repository: Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later For server hardware requirements, refer to TotalStorage Productivity Center V2.1 minimum

11 recommended hardware requirements at the beginning of this section, or the Web site For individual server installations of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data (only), the following minimum requirements apply for this environment: Agent 256 MB of RAM Approximately 1 GB of hard disk space, and at least 100 MB for the Center for Data Repository Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2 (32 and 64 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit and 64 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit and 64 bit) RDBMRSs Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) , 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later 256 MB of RAM Approximately 100 MB of hard disk space GUI Client Operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32 and 64 bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32 bit and 64 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32 bit and 64 bit) 800x600 resolution Minimum 60 MB of hard disk space Linux on zseries system requirements The requirements for installing and running IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data on zseries are as follows: Agent Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (31 bit) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (31 bit) RDBMRSs Oracle 8i, 9i Rel1, 9i Rel2, or 10G Sybase SQL Server (Adaptive Server Enterprise) , 12.5, or later DB2/UDB 7.2, 8.1, or later 256 MB of RAM Approximately 100 MB of hard disk space Novell NetWare system requirements The requirements for installing and running Center for Data within a Novell NetWare environment are as follows: Server not applicable. You cannot install the server component on a Novell NetWare device. Refer to the Windows system requirements, UNIX system requirements, and Linux system requirements sections for information about requirements for installing the server on different operating systems. Agent You must install the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data Agent on a machine that: Is running Windows 2000 with Service Pack, or later. To use Data for retrieving storage information from the servers and volumes within Novell Directory Services (NDS) trees, you must install the Center for Data Agent on a Windows machines where a Novell NetWare client is already located. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data gathers detailed storage information about NetWare servers and volumes using native NetWare calls from these Windows machines. Has an installed NetWare Client. Has access to the Novell NetWare servers and volumes within your environment. Client not applicable. You cannot install the client component on a Novell NetWare device. Refer to the Windows system requirements, UNIX system requirements, and Linux system requirements sections for information about requirements for installing the client on different operating systems. Novell NetWare You must be running V4.0, or later of the Novell operating system. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data is optimized for NetWare V4.0, or later, which contains NDS. NAS system requirements The requirements for installing and running Center for Data within a NAS environment are as follows: Server not applicable. You cannot install the server component on a NAS filer. Refer to the Windows system requirements, UNIX system requirements, and Linux system requirements sections for information about requirements for installing the server on different operating systems. Agent You must install the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data Agents on machines that have access to the NAS filers within your environment that you want to monitor. The Agent that is logging into and scanning the NAS filer is not required to be in the same domain as the user or the NAS filer. If you install the Agent to a different domain than the NAS filer this agent will scan, the domain of the Agent machine must be a trusted domain by the domain of the NAS filer. You do not install Agents to the NAS filers themselves. Client not applicable. You cannot install the client component to a NAS filer. Refer to the Windows system requirements, UNIX system requirements, and Linux system requirements sections for information about requirements for installing the client on different operating systems. NAS The NAS filers within your environment must be visible to the machines where you install the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data. NAS filers have to be configured as a member of a Windows domain. Fabric Manager Fabric requires the following hardware and software: