Hi all,
Just a quick note to let you all know that SFM 1.1 has now been
officially released! You can download it from www.symantec.com/sfm
Also on the SFM page is details of the "Best new idea for an add-on"
competition. The Grand Prize is a trip for two to San Francisco, CA.
This includes spending money, airfare, hotel, a Linux server, and the
possibility that your idea will be released as a Veritas Storage
Foundation Manager Add-on. The runner up prizes are $500 gift
certificates to Apple Computer. See below for information regarding
add-ons
Details about Storage Foundation Manager
Major Features
* Centralized management across different applications, operating
systems, servers and storage arrays.
* Centralized reporting and alert notification on data center
infrastructure.
* Over 250 guided operations to enable repeatable administrator
processes.
* Centralized volume mirroring and replication administration and
reporting for a single view of protected applications.
Key Benefits
* A single view of data center infrastructure from applications to
storage.
* Transparency across data center infrastructure with consolidated
reporting on state of storage resources.
* Rapid problem resolution with quick discovery of the origin of
faults and the ability to take corrective action.
* Improved operational efficiencies.
What's New in SFM 1.1
* Simplified Installation
* Includes support for up to 3,000 managed hosts
* Introduction of Add-ons.
* Add-ons are features that can be easily deployed from
within the product and provide new functionality without requiring a
full upgrade of the product. Each add-on can be deployed (or not)
independently from other add-ons.
* Once SFM is installed navigate to the Add-Ons tab then
select the Add-on's link in the left hand pane.
* The first add-on is the Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP)
Add-on, which reduces the complexity of managing thousands of I/O paths,
allowing administrators to centrally enable/disable DMP on multiple
hosts simultaneously.
* In the coming months there will be a Volume Migration
Add-on which will allow for the migration of data from one array to
another. This could be all hosts attached to an array, a group of
hosts, or just a disk group or volume.
System Requirements and documentation is available at
www.symantec.com/sfm
Note to the Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) users
We will be introducing support for visibility of Storage Foundation for
Windows (SFW) in the coming months. Full administration will be
available in the first quarter of 2008. If you are interested in
testing this feature please contact me directly.
If you have any questions, thoughts or ideas regarding SFM please don't
hesitate to contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Frank.
Frank Currie
Technical Product Manager
Storage Foundation Manager (SFM)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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