WA1431 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (ITSM) V 5.2 Basics Course Outline
1. The overview

  • Provides a global background of the full capabilities of both the server and the client.
2. The server implementation flow
  • The implementation is covered from initial server installation, tailoring the data base and designing and the storage pool architecture. This includes the setup of tape robotics.
  • The ITSM objects described here are the Data Base, the Log, the Storage Pools, the Device Classes, the Libraries and the Volumes.
3. The client implementation
  • The setup includes the framework, the functional capabilities and the preparation for both manual and automated operation.
  • The facilities include:
    • backup, restore, archive, retrieve, selection criteria, web client and client option sets.
4. The design and implementation of service level support
  • The implications and the best practices within the context of infrastructure constraints are discussed.
  • The ITSM objects discussed include: Policy Domains, Policy Sets, Management classes and Copy groups.
5. The automation of the Client activities for successful implementation.
  • The scheduling options are described for both client schedules and administrative schedules.
  • The steps to design the daily scheduled activities are examined along with the daily routine.
  • The ITSM objects discussed are the:
    • schedules, server scripts, macros and associations.
6. ITSM Facilities
  • Compute Node
  • The logs, the monitoring and the reporting facilities are reviewed including centralized logging.
  • The facilities and procedures to protect the ITSM server are reviewed including the recommended best practices.
  • The movement and management of off-site pools is discussed.
  • The steps to full server recovery are covered as a base understanding for disaster recovery.