Introduction to Tivoli Storage Manager

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This section describes how to monitor IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environments in Skylar One using the " IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager" PowerPack.

The following sections provide an overview of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and the " IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager" PowerPack:

What is IBM Tivoli Storage Manager?

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery, providing centralized, automated data protection that can help reduce the risks that are associated with data loss and help manage compliance with data retention and availability requirements.

What Does the IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environments using Skylar One, you must install the "IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager" PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data from IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environments.

Skylar One uses SSH to connect to the Tivoli Storage Manager server or proxy server. The administrative utility "dsmadmc" is then used to query the TSM inventory.

The "IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager" PowerPack includes:

  • Example credentials you can use as templates to create a SOAP/XML credential and an SSH/Key credential to connect to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environments you want to monitor
  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager environments
  • Device classes for the Tivoli Storage Manager devices that Skylar One monitors
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when IBM Tivoli Storage Manger devices meet certain status criteria
  • A run book action and a run book automation policy that align the root device class

Installing the IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the "IBM: Tivoli Storage Manager" PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks, login required).
  2. In Skylar One, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.