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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting and Monitoring Feature Minimum HW/SW Requirements

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Question

What is the hardware and software requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting and Monitoring Feature?

Answer

The following tables list the minimum hardware and software requirements needed to install the Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 reporting and monitoring feature. Find on this page,
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Supported Operating Systems



V6.1
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting and Monitoring V6.1
Hardware Requirements
Type
Minimum Requirements
Hardware
    • A multiprocessor-based computer with a 2Ghz or greater processor
    • 64-bit system, minimum for AIX
    • Network interface card
    • Graphic display adapter
Disk space
    • 30 GB free disk space (minimum). Requirements increase as historical data is gathered and stored in Tivoli Data Warehouse.
    • At least 10 GB free space should be made available in the home directory where the warehouse data is stored.
MemoryMinimum 3 GB memory for Windows and Linux. Minimum 4 GB memory for AIX

If Tivoli® Storage Manager monitoring agents are installed on the Tivoli Monitoring server, memory requirements increase quickly as the number of Tivoli Storage Manager servers are monitored from that one IBM Tivoli Monitoring server.

If a Tivoli Storage Manager monitoring agent is installed on a Tivoli Storage Manager server, there is only a single instance of the agent is running on the Tivoli Storage Manager server and no increases in memory requirements are needed by the IBM Tivoli Monitoring server.


IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting and Monitoring V6.1
Software Requirements
Type
Minimum requirements
Operating System
Web browserA Web browser to log on and use the console. The Web browser can be installed on the same or a separate system. The following browsers can be used:
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (Windows systems only)
    • Mozilla 1.0.2
    • Mozilla 1.3
    • Mozilla 1.4

      • Mozilla has published some fixes you might need to run on AIX systems

    • Netscape 6.2
    • Netscape 7
Your browser must support the server code page. If your browser
does not support the server code page, the windows might be
unreadable. If your browser meets these requirements but does
not correctly display a Tivoli Storage Manager Web-based interface,
consider using a different browser.
Communication ProtocolAt least one of the following communication protocols:
    • Named Pipes
    • TCP/IP Version 4 or Version 6
Optional softwareThe following optional software is required for creating your own custom reports:
    • Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), version 2.2.1, All-In-One software
    • IBM Java 1.5 Java Developer's Kit/Java Runtime Environment (JDK/JRE) installed on the server where you are creating custom reports
X Window system or X11 GUISupplied with AIX and Linux software.
If you are accessing the Tivoli Storage Manager reporting and monitoring server remotely, you must be able to tunnel the X11 server back to your system. If you are on a Windows system, you must have an X11 Window System running.

Supported Operating Systems

Operating System
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Server, version 6.2 FP1
Tivoli Storage Manager Reporting and Monitoring Agent
Windows 2000
X
X
Windows 2003
X
X
Windows 2003 64bit
X
X
Windows 2008
X
Windows 2008 64bit
X
AIX 5.3 64bit
X
X
RHEL 5 32bit Intel
X
X
RHEL 5 32bit Intel Xeon
X
X
RHEL 5 32bit AMD
X
SLES 10 32bit Intel
X
SLES 10 32bit Intel Xeon
X
SLES 10 32bit AMD
X
RHEL 5 64bit Intel
X
RHEL 5 64bit Intel Xeon
X
RHEL 5 64bit AMD
X
SLES 10 64bit Intel
X
SLES 10 64bit Intel Xeon
X
SLES 10 64bit AMD
X
Important: If you are installing a monitoring agent, and you previously installed an IBM Tivoli Monitoring server, you must install the monitoring agent on the existing Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring server. The Tivoli Storage Manager reporting and monitoring feature is only supported with IBM Tivoli Monitoring, version 6.2 FP1.

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Modified date:
17 June 2018

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