Operating system and performance information cross-reference

Most of the performance information applies to any client or server, on any operating system. For certain operating systems, specific information about configuration of clients and servers for performance is available.

Table 1. Topics for Tivoli Storage Manager servers, by operating system
Server operating system	Key topics	Topics specifically for the operating system
AIX®	Configuring the server for optimal performance Monitoring and maintaining the environment for performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning server performance Tuning disk storage for the server Tuning network performance	Tuning AIX systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server performance Configuring AIX systems for disk performance Monitoring performance with operating system tools Setting network options for Tivoli Storage Manager on AIX systems
HP-UX	Configuring the server for optimal performance Monitoring and maintaining the environment for performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning server performance Tuning disk storage for the server Tuning network performance	Monitoring performance with operating system tools
Linux	Configuring the server for optimal performance Monitoring and maintaining the environment for performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning server performance Tuning disk storage for the server Tuning network performance	Tuning Linux systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server performance Tuning Linux on System z systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server performance Configuring Linux systems for disk performance Monitoring performance with operating system tools
Oracle Solaris	Configuring the server for optimal performance Monitoring and maintaining the environment for performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning server performance Tuning disk storage for the server Tuning network performance	Tuning Oracle Solaris systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server performance Configuring Oracle Solaris systems for disk performance Monitoring performance with operating system tools
Windows	Configuring the server for optimal performance Monitoring and maintaining the environment for performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning server performance Tuning disk storage for the server Tuning network performance	Tuning Windows systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server performance Monitoring performance with operating system tools

Table 2. Topics for Tivoli Storage Manager clients, by operating system
Client operating system or environment	Key topics	Topics specifically for the operating system
AIX	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance	Tuning journal-based backups File space tuning Tuning for Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
HP-UX	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance	File space tuning Tuning for Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
Linux	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance	Tuning journal-based backups File space tuning Tuning for Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
Mac OS X	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance
Oracle Solaris	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance	File space tuning Tuning for Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
VMware	Tuning virtual machine backup operations Resolving common performance problems with virtual machine backup operations
Windows	Configuring clients for optimal performance Identifying performance bottlenecks Tuning client performance Tuning network performance	Tuning journal-based backups Windows system state backups

Resources for operating system information

User groups and other sites can be good sources of information for tuning and solving problems for your operating system. The following list gives some examples.

AIX: Search resources from the AIX Virtual User Group at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Power Systems/page/AIX Virtual User Group - USA.; Search for performance management and tuning information for AIX at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix.
Linux: Search for performance for Linux on System z systems at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/index.html.
Windows: Search for performance information for Windows hardware at http://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/hardware.