Introduction to Tivoli Storage Manager

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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 SL1, 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.

SL1 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:

  • Two 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 SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when IBM Tivoli Storage Manger devices meet certain status criteria

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.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, 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.