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The IBM TotalStorage ETL Expert is a program whose purpose is to help administrators manage Enterprise Tape Library (ETL) products using a Web browser interface. TotalStorage ETL Expert helps with the following tasks:
- Performance management
- Asset management
- Capacity management
Performance management for ETL
System administrators may need to analyze performance information when an applications performance had been degraded. The IBM TotalStorage ETL Expert can gather performance information for the IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library, IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Servers (VTS) or peer-to-peer VTS or any combination of the three. TotalStorage ETL Expert allows admininstrators to manage ETL's performance no matter what kind of host platform is used.
Asset management for ETL
An IBM ETL can contain up to three libraries. From a host system's viewpoint, all of these can be seen as a ‘tape library’, but the physical configuration is very different for each. For example, a VTS is comprised of VTS controller, Tape Volume Cache (TVC) and its back end native tape library. Adminstrators may want to review which VTS uses which native tape library or may want to review how many physical tape drives in a native library are allocated for a VTS's use. The TotalStorage ETL Expert shows the relationship between libraries and the configuration is made plain and simple.
Capacity management for VTS/ETL
The TotalStorage Expert can show the capacity information for VTS — for example, how much data is active in back-end tape cartridges, and how many empty tape cartridges are available for stacked logical volumes. This information is important not only from a capacity planning perspective, but also from the VTS's performance viewpoint, since the tape cartridge utilization is tightly aligned with the VTS's back-end operation.
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When you install the IBM TotalStorage Expert, be sure to check the latest service information at
IBM TotalStorage technical support.
You will need a way to download service updates from IBM to the IBM TotalStorage Expert, so you should either plan to provide connection to the Internet from the server or workstation that you are using for the Expert, or download to another workstation and use portable media such as tape or CD, or file transfer such as FTP, to get the latest service code to the IBM TotalStorage Expert.
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The following materials are shipped with IBM TotalStorage Expert Version 2 Release 1.1:
- IBM TotalStorage Expert Installation CD for AIX 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2, and Windows 2000 Server
- IBM TotalStorage Expert Installation Guide
- IBM TotalStorage Expert License Information
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IBM TotalStorage Expert Version 2 Release 1.1 uses the security and auditability features of the host operating system.
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.
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This software license includes one year of Software Maintenance.
Extending coverage for a total of three years from date of acquisition may be elected. Order the program number and appropriate feature numbers and quantity to extend coverage for your software licenses. If maintenance has expired, specify the after license feature number.
Installation and technical support is provided by IBM Global Services. For more information call
1-800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968).
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