IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition

IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition is designed to provide device management services for IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, & DS8000 products, IBM Storwize V7000, IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM XIV and heterogeneous storage environments. Productivity Center Basic Edition is a management option available with IBM Storage hardware acquisitions. This tool provides storage administrators a simple way to conduct device management for multiple storage arrays and SAN fabric components from a single integrated console that also is the base of operations for the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center suite.

Productivity Center Basic Edition provides:

• Discovery and configuration of supported devices
• Event gathering, error logging, and launch of device element managers
• Provisioning support, including LUN allocation and assignment
• Asset and capacity reporting
• Detect storage events and generate the appropriate alerts to the administrator
• A topology viewer—offering end to end storage topology view and health console
• An simple upgrade path to IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk, Disk Select, Data, Standard Edition or Select

Productivity Center Basic Edition capabilities are built-in features within the following products:

• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Select
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Select
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication Two-site BC
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication Three-site BC
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication for System z®

Details about integration and interoperability, including device support, database support, server hardware requirements, and O/S platform support can be found on the "Install/use" tab in Product support. Other technical resources such as troubleshooting, downloads, and planning information can also be found in the Product support section.