You can configure the Tivoli® Storage
Manager client and
server so that the client, through a storage agent, can move its data
directly to storage on a Storage Area Networks (SAN). This function,
called LAN-free data movement, is provided by Tivoli Storage
Manager for the
SAN.
About this task
As part of the configuration, a storage agent is installed
on the client system. Tivoli Storage
Manager supports
both tape libraries and FILE libraries. This feature supports SCSI,
349X, and ACSLS tape libraries.
The configuration procedure
you follow will depend on the type of environment you implement; however
in all cases you must perform the following steps:
Procedure
- Install and configure the client.
- Install and configure the storage agent.
- Configure the libraries for LAN-free data movement.
- Define the libraries and associated paths.
- Define associated devices and their paths.
- Configure Tivoli Storage
Manager policy for
LAN-free data movement for the client. If you are using shared FILE
storage, install and configure IBM TotalStorage SAN File System
or IBM General Parallel
File System.
Restriction: If a General
Parallel File System volume is formatted by an AIX® server, the Windows system
uses TCP/IP to transfer data and not the storage area network.
Results
For more information on configuring Tivoli Storage
Manager for LAN-free
data movement see the Storage Agent User's Guide.
To
help you tune the use of your LAN and SAN resources, you can control
the path that data transfers take for clients with the capability
of LAN-free data movement. For each client you can select whether
data read and write operations use:
- The LAN path only
- The LAN-free path only
- Any path
See the REGISTER NODE and UPDATE NODE commands in the
Administrator's Reference.
Validating your LAN-free configuration