Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
Hello, Has anyone here setup TSM on Linux using a SAN as their main storage pool? Is it possible? Gene Walters System Programmer WV Dept of Administration - OT 304-558-5914 ext 8902 Fax 304-558-1351 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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Hello Gene, yes, it is possible. We have all disk pools for TSM for Linux on zSeries on an IBM DS8300. Best regards, Pieter Harder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +31-73-6837133 / +31-6-47272537 >>> Gene Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/31/07 3:23 >>> Hello, Has anyone here setup TSM on Linux using a SAN as their main storage pool? Is it possible? Gene Walters System Programmer WV Dept of Administration - OT 304-558-5914 ext 8902 Fax 304-558-1351 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 Brabant Water N.V. Postbus 1068 5200 BC 's-Hertogenbosch http://www.brabantwater.nl Handelsregister: 16005077 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
> Has anyone here setup TSM on Linux using a SAN as their main storage > pool? Is it possible? Yes, it works as documented although you should use the DASDtape (disk emulates tape) approach, and ensure you have defined a high number of "devices" for that pool. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
Where is it documented? Gene Walters System Programmer WV Dept of Administration - OT 304-558-5914 ext 8902 Fax 304-558-1351 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/31/2007 9:42 AM >>> > Has anyone here setup TSM on Linux using a SAN as their main storage > pool? Is it possible? Yes, it works as documented although you should use the DASDtape (disk emulates tape) approach, and ensure you have defined a high number of "devices" for that pool. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
> Where is it documented? The description is in the TSM Administrators Guide in the "Using Magnetic Disk Devices with TSM" chapter (my manuals are old, but this hasn't changed since the ADSM days). The important stuff is in the description of DEVTYPE=FILE and DEVTYPE=DISK options for device classes and storage pools. With DEVTYPE=FILE, you essentially define the SAN storage as a bunch of files emulating tapes, and have TSM spool directly to them. TSM doesn't care about what kind of disk storage the files live on as long as the operating system can access it. DEVTYPE=FILE volumes can also be used for database dumps and export/import processing, so if you're tape-constrained on the Linux guest or you want to use normal 390 tape drives, this is a partial way to cheat on the TSM stupidity of not supporting channel-attached tape. With DEVTYPE=DISK, you use DEFINE VOLUME, and add the volumes to a storage group as normal. DEVTYPE=DISK volumes are better suited for random-access work, but can't be used for database dumps, etc. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
I understand it from the TSM side, it's the Linux side that I'm not sure about. What does it take(ie hardware, software) to get to a SAN, so that we can use the disk for a storage pool? We are running a Z/890 with an IFL, and SuSE Linux running under VM 5.1. Gene Walters System Programmer WV Dept of Administration - OT 304-558-5914 ext 8902 Fax 304-558-1351 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/31/2007 3:40 PM >>> > Where is it documented? The description is in the TSM Administrators Guide in the "Using Magnetic Disk Devices with TSM" chapter (my manuals are old, but this hasn't changed since the ADSM days). The important stuff is in the description of DEVTYPE=FILE and DEVTYPE=DISK options for device classes and storage pools. With DEVTYPE=FILE, you essentially define the SAN storage as a bunch of files emulating tapes, and have TSM spool directly to them. TSM doesn't care about what kind of disk storage the files live on as long as the operating system can access it. DEVTYPE=FILE volumes can also be used for database dumps and export/import processing, so if you're tape-constrained on the Linux guest or you want to use normal 390 tape drives, this is a partial way to cheat on the TSM stupidity of not supporting channel-attached tape. With DEVTYPE=DISK, you use DEFINE VOLUME, and add the volumes to a storage group as normal. DEVTYPE=DISK volumes are better suited for random-access work, but can't be used for database dumps, etc. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Using Tivoli Storage Manager w/SAN
> I understand it from the TSM side, it's the Linux side that I'm not sure > about. What does it take(ie hardware, software) to get to a SAN, so that > we can use the disk for a storage pool? On the hardware front, you need a FICON adapter with the FCP microcode feature, and whatever jumper cables you need to connect to your SAN switch. You have the software support in your VM and in Linux already. Your SAN admin will need to define a volume for you, and will give you the WWPN information you need to feed CP and Linux to get access to the device. Once that's done, format it, partition it, and mkfs it like normal, mount it in your Linux guest, add it to /etc/fstab, and start defining TSM volumes on it. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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If you have z/VM, SLES and TSM for Linux on zSeries you are all set from the software side. On the hardware side you need two FC ports configured for chpid type=FCP (assuming you want failover/load balancing, otherwise you can scrape by on 1 port) out of a Ficon card and connected to a SAN switch. If you have all that it is a matter of doing it. Best regards, Pieter Harder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +31-73-6837133 / +31-6-47272537 >>> Gene Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/01/07 5:02 >>> I understand it from the TSM side, it's the Linux side that I'm not sure about. What does it take(ie hardware, software) to get to a SAN, so that we can use the disk for a storage pool? We are running a Z/890 with an IFL, and SuSE Linux running under VM 5.1. Gene Walters System Programmer WV Dept of Administration - OT 304-558-5914 ext 8902 Fax 304-558-1351 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/31/2007 3:40 PM >>> > Where is it documented? The description is in the TSM Administrators Guide in the "Using Magnetic Disk Devices with TSM" chapter (my manuals are old, but this hasn't changed since the ADSM days). The important stuff is in the description of DEVTYPE=FILE and DEVTYPE=DISK options for device classes and storage pools. With DEVTYPE=FILE, you essentially define the SAN storage as a bunch of files emulating tapes, and have TSM spool directly to them. TSM doesn't care about what kind of disk storage the files live on as long as the operating system can access it. DEVTYPE=FILE volumes can also be used for database dumps and export/import processing, so if you're tape-constrained on the Linux guest or you want to use normal 390 tape drives, this is a partial way to cheat on the TSM stupidity of not supporting channel-attached tape. With DEVTYPE=DISK, you use DEFINE VOLUME, and add the volumes to a storage group as normal. DEVTYPE=DISK volumes are better suited for random-access work, but can't be used for database dumps, etc. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 Brabant Water N.V. Postbus 1068 5200 BC 's-Hertogenbosch http://www.brabantwater.nl Handelsregister: 16005077 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
