Techdocs Library > Presentations & Tools > IBM TPC Reporter for Disk (Utility for anyone running IBM's TotalStorage Productivity Center)

Document Author:	Azam Khan		Document ID:	PRS2618
Doc. Organization:	Techline Americas		Document Revised:	01/26/2012
Product(s) covered:	DASD

Abstract: America's Advanced Technical Skills (AATS) is pleased to announce worldwide general availability (GA) of the IBM Solutions customer performance data collection and reporting utility, "IBM TPC Reporter for Disk v2.

The IBM TPC Reporter for Disk v2 is a Microsoft Windows (.NET 4.0 Framework) application that connects remotely to a workstation running IBM's TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) software, version 4.1 and above. The TPC Reporter will extract storage subsystem information and hourly performance statistics directly from the DB2 database on the TPC workstation. Extracted statistics are compiled locally, and transcribed into a white-paper style PDF file, which is saved on the local machine. The report will contain information detailing your storage server utilization. The Reporter will generate reports for subsystem types: DS8K DS6K SVC XIV Storwize V7000 BSP (ESS & DS4K). The automatically generated report will contain an overview of the subsystem information, basic attributes of each subsystem components, a performance summary of each component, aggregate statistics of each component, and charts detailing information about each component instance. Component types reported are Subsystem, Ports, Arrays, and Volumes. Additional SVC component types reported are IO/Groups, Nodes, MDisk Groups, MDisks, & VDisks. Please take the time to review the following items as they contain the latest information regarding IBM TPC Reporter for Disk v2: README Sample Report Terms and Conditions Download IBM TPC Reporter for Disk ver 2.1.1 for Windows (31 MB) This application also requires installation of IBM DB2 libraries: Go to https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24029745 Select "Windows 32-bit, x86" or "Windows 64-bit, x86" Download one of: IBM Data Server Runtime Client, Execute "v9.7fp4_nt32_rtcl_EN.exe" for English, or "v9.7fp4_nt32_rtcl.exe" for international Accept all defaults or IBM Data Server Client, Unzip "v9.7fp4_ntx64_client.exe" and then run "CLIENT\setup.exe" Disable Operating System security, or make sure current user belongs to the right group or IBM Data Server Driver Package, Execute "v9.7fp4_nt32_dsdriver_ALL_LANG.exe" or "v9.7fp4_nt32_dsdriver_EN.exe" for English only Accept all defaults For technical support please send an email to eSizings@us.ibm.com with the subject heading: "TPC Reporter for Disk - Technical Question"

Classification:	Hardware	Category:	Performance
Platform(s):	Cross-Platform; IBM System Storage
:		Keywords:	TPC, Disk, Performance, Tool, Reporter, TotalStorage Productivity Center