Managing storage using the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
You can use the IBM® TotalStorage Productivity Center collect and view information about the Virtual I/O Server.
With Virtual I/O Server 1.5.2,
you can install and configure the TotalStorage Productivity Center agents
on the Virtual I/O Server. TotalStorage Productivity
Center is an integrated, infrastructure management suite for storage
that is designed to help simplify and automate the management of storage
devices, storage networks, and capacity utilization of file systems
and databases. When you install and configure the TotalStorage Productivity
Center agents on the Virtual I/O Server,
you can use the TotalStorage Productivity Center interface
to collect and view information about the Virtual I/O Server. You can then
perform the following tasks using the TotalStorage Productivity Center interface:
- Run a discovery job for the agents on the Virtual I/O Server.
- Run probes, run scans, and ping jobs to collect storage information about the Virtual I/O Server.
- Generate reports using the Fabric Manager and the Data Manager to view the storage information gathered.
- View the storage information gathered using the topology Viewer.
