Monitoring storage solutions

After you implement a Tivoli® Storage Manager solution, monitor the solution to ensure that it operates correctly. By monitoring the solution on a daily and periodic basis, you can identify existing and potential issues. The information that you gather can be used to troubleshoot problems and optimize system performance.

About this task

The preferred way to monitor a solution is by using the Operations Center, which provides overall and detailed system status in a graphical user interface. In addition, you can configure the Operations Center to generate email reports that summarize system status.

Procedure

Complete daily monitoring tasks. For instructions, see Daily monitoring checklist.
Complete periodic monitoring tasks. For instructions, see Periodic monitoring checklist.
To verify that your system complies with licensing requirements, follow the instructions in Verifying license compliance.
Optional: Set up email reports of system status. For instructions, see Tracking system status by using email reports
Optional: In some cases, you might want to use advanced monitoring tools to complete specific monitoring or troubleshooting tasks. To select and configure advanced monitoring tools, see Selecting, configuring, and using monitoring tools.

What to do next

To help you diagnose issues with backup-archive clients, install Tivoli Storage Manager client management services on backup-archive client systems that support it. When the client management service is installed on a system, in the Operations Center you can click Diagnose to get help with diagnosing issues with the backup-archive client. To install the client management service, follow the instructions in Collecting diagnostic information with Tivoli Storage Manager client management services.