IBM Tivoli software and the Virtual I/O Server
Learn about integrating the Virtual I/O Server into your Tivoli® environment for IBM® Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center.
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) discovers infrastructure elements found in the typical data center, including application software, hosts and operating environments (including the Virtual I/O Server), network components (such as routers, switches, load balancers, firewalls, and storage), and network services (such as LDAP, NFS, and DNS). Based on the data it collects, TADDM automatically creates and maintains application infrastructure maps that include runtime dependencies, configuration values, and change history. With this information, you can determine the interdependences between business applications, software applications, and physical components to help you ensure and improve application availability in your environment. For example, you can do the following tasks:
- You can isolate configuration-related application problems.
- You can plan for application changes to minimize or eliminate unplanned disruptions.
- You can create a shared topological definition of applications for use by other management applications.
- You can determine the effect of a single configuration change on a business application or service.
- You can see what changes take place in the application environment and where.
TADDM includes an agent-free discovery engine, which means that the Virtual I/O Server does not require that an agent or client be installed and configured in order to be discovered by TADDM. Instead, TADDM uses discovery sensors that rely on open and secure protocols and access mechanisms to discover the data center components.
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager
With IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, you can manage identities and users across several platforms, including AIX® systems, Windows systems, Solaris systems, and so on. With Tivoli Identity Manager 4.7 and later, you can also include Virtual I/O Server users. Tivoli Identity Manager provides a Virtual I/O Server adapter that acts as an interface between the Virtual I/O Server and the Tivoli Identity Manager Server. The adapter might not be located on the Virtual I/O Server and the Tivoli Identity Manager Server manages access to the Virtual I/O Server by using your security system.- Creating a user ID to authorize access to the Virtual I/O Server.
- Modifying an existing user ID to access the Virtual I/O Server.
- Removing access from a user ID. This deletes the user ID from the Virtual I/O Server.
- Suspending a user account by temporarily deactivating access to the Virtual I/O Server.
- Restoring a user account by reactivating access to the Virtual I/O Server.
- Changing a user account password on the Virtual I/O Server.
- Reconciling the user information of all current users on the Virtual I/O Server.
- Reconciling the user information of a particular user account on the Virtual I/O Server by performing a lookup.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Virtual I/O Server V1.3.0.1 (fix pack 8.1), includes the IBM Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for IBM Power Systems™. With Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for Power Systems, you can monitor the health and availability of multiple Power Systems (including the Virtual I/O Server) from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for Power Systems gathers data from the Virtual I/O Server, including data about physical volumes, logical volumes, storage pools, storage mappings, network mappings, real memory, processor resources, mounted file system sizes, and so on. From the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, you can view a graphical representation of the data, use predefined thresholds to alert you on key metrics, and resolve issues based on recommendations provided by the Expert Advice feature of Tivoli Monitoring.IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Virtual I/O Server 1.4 includes the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client. With Tivoli Storage Manager, you can protect Virtual I/O Server data from failures and other errors by storing backup and disaster-recovery data in a hierarchy of offline storage. Tivoli Storage Manager can help protect computers running a variety of different operating environments, including the Virtual I/O Server, on a variety of different hardware, including Power Systems servers. If you configure the Tivoli Storage Manager client on the Virtual I/O Server, you can include the Virtual I/O Server in your standard backup framework.IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager
Virtual I/O Server 1.4 includes the IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager agent on the Virtual I/O Server. Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager helps you track, allocate, and invoice your IT costs by collecting, analyzing, and reporting on the actual resources used by entities such as cost centers, departments, and users. Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager can gather data from multi-tiered datacenters that include Windows, AIX, HP/UX Sun Solaris, Linux, IBM i, and VMware operating systems, and Virtual I/O Server appliance.IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
- 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.
