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Managing the IBM System Storage DR550
This document is intended to provide a brief overview of some of the management tasks associated with the IBM System Storage DR550 and DR550 Express (TotalStorage DR450, DR550 and DR550 Express). Included in this document is a description of management tasks for the operating system (AIX), disk subsystem (DS4100) and System Storage Archive Manager (TSM for DR). This paper will focus on the basic tasks that should be performed on a daily or weekly basis. It is not intended to be a complete guide for all management tasks.
The IBM System Storage DR550 Express User's Guide offers an insight into the IBM System Storage DR550 Express, which is designed to help small and medium businesses meet the growing challenge of managing and securing regulated data and other archived data.
The guide reviews the characteristics of the DR550 Express, with details on the different hardware elements of the offering and how they are initially configured. This book reviews additional configuration tasks that are required to deploy the solution in an existing environment.
Additionally, the user's guide presents key software elements including operating system, clustering and the data protection components. The users guide also discusses the interoperability of content management applications and tape media attachment.
Finally, the user's guide describes important information about the installation, setup, operations, and problem determination features of the IBM System Storage DR550 Express.
This document is intended for DR550 and DR550 Express customers and administrators to help them understand DR550 and DR550 Express solutions as well as to troubleshoot any problems. This support guide will help to identify where the problem is and how to resolve it. You can also use this document to monitor system status to help prevent any future problems.
