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  With business growth comes increasing complexity of the IT infrastructure and a corresponding increase in management costs. While IBM System p™ offerings provide outstanding performance and reliability features, it’s important to be sure that they deliver the expected business value. Systems Management tools help ensure IT infrastructure resources are being used effectively to meet business objectives. This includes understanding what resources are available, monitoring operational performance, and making updates and changes as required when problems occur. IBM offers Systems Management tools that enable you to configure, monitor and control the System p environment efficiently and effectively. IBM System Storage™ offerings can also offer significant cost saving efficiencies through complementary automated data management solutions.

Highlights

With Systems Management solutions for a System p5™ server, you can . . .

  • Monitor and correlate server status events, processes and metrics, automate alerts and problem responses, distribute software updates, and collect and manage asset inventory information across server, desktop, and network resources with IBM Director
  • Leverage IBM Micro-Partitioning™ technology to partition server processors down to 1/10th of a processor, manage partition loading based on defined policies, and share storage, network and Fibre-Channel adapters
  • Utilize optional IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization (standard on select platforms) for Enterprise System p5 servers with the Hardware Management Console, or for Express System p5 servers and blades using the Integrated Virtualization Manager
  • Manage server clusters for high availability of mission-critical systems and applications with IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) software, which provides dynamic reconfiguration, near continuous data availability and automatic failure detection for faster recovery
  • Manage High Performance Computing (HPC) Clusters with IBM Cluster Systems Management (CSM) software, which enables deployment of servers in parallel, management of system configuration, remote out-of-band hardware control and event monitoring


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Solutions

BaKBone NetVault solutions for Linux on IBM POWER processor-based systems (158 KB)
This joint IBM and ISV solution brief illustrates how BaKBone's NetVault software uses IBM eServer systems to provide backup and recovery protection that runs on Linux on IBM eServer OpenPower and other IBM POWER processor-based systems, including IBM eServer p5 systems.

EchoStream FS for Linux on IBM POWER processor-based systems (81 KB)
The EchoStream™ FS solution by Lakeview Technology provides active, efficient replication for your Linux fileswith the essential speed and reliability to keep your business moving while minimizing risks from planned or unplanned downtime.

File-and-Print Serving for Linux on IBM POWER Systems Solution
IBM System p5 Express and IBM eServer OpenPower systems provide enterprise-class features at entry-level pricing with a flexible, high-performance architecture to affordably contain file-and-print server sprawl. Samba runs on Linux platforms but can speak to Windows clients like a native Windows server. It allows a Linux system to move into a Windows "Network Neighborhood" without causing a stir. At the same time, Windows users can access file and print services without knowing that those services are offered by a Linux host.

HACMP for System p
HACMP provides the highest level of protection and availability for mission critical applications running on IBM System p™ servers. From the network server operating systems and applications, HACMP monitors the entire system and can quickly and automatically restart an application on backup hardware in the event of failure or service degradation.

H.A. Clusters for Linux on IBM POWER processor-based systems (143 KB)
Lakeview Technology solutions provide high-availability clustering technology that helps keep business-critical processes up and running.

IBM Tivoli Network Manager Entry Edition for System p
IBM Tivoli Network Manager Entry Edition for System p is designed to help organizations improve network visibility and drive reliability, performance and control over physical assets. You can use Network Manager Entry Edition to collect and distribute layers 2-3 network data — and thereby build and maintain knowledge about physical and logical network connectivity. With accurate network visibility you can efficiently and effectively visualize and manage complex networks — and, more importantly, the services delivered across them.

IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
Add resilence to your enterprise - protection against planned and unplanned system outages. IBM Tivoli® System Automation for Multiplatforms plays an important role in improving the availability and resilience of critical business processes delivered to end users through self-managing and self-healing autonomic computing capabilities.

Lakeview MIMIX® Solutions for IBM System p5 and BladeCenter JS21
Lakeview Technology solutions provide high-availability clustering technology and disaster recovery solutions that provide uninterrupted access to critical information in small to medium sized businesses.

SteelEye LifeKeeper solutions for Linux on IBM POWER processor-based systems (131 KB)
This solution brief discusses the benefits of SteelEye LifeKeeper solutions for Linux on IBM POWER-microprocessor-based servers. The joint offering provides data replication, high availability and disaster recovery protection at a low cost.

Tivoli (138 KB)
Linux on POWER management solutions from IBM Tivoli Software help customers implement integrated, low-cost infrastructure management for on-demand business.

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC for AIX 5L on IBM POWER processor-based systems (182 KB)
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC works with IBM AIX 5L on POWER processor-based servers to deliver enhanced disaster recovery, data integrity and application uptime for Oracle RAC solutions.

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