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About
This
Book
This
guide
is
for
administrators
who
install
and
use
the
storage
agent
component
of
the
IBM
®
Tivoli
®
Storage
Manager
for
Storage
Area
Networks
product
(referred
to
as
storage
agent
throughout
this
publication).
It
provides:
v
An
overview
of
LAN-free
data
transfer
v
Detailed
explanations
for
installing,
configuring,
and
using
the
IBM
Tivoli
Storage
Manager
(Tivoli
Storage
Manager)
client
and
storage
agent,
and
the
Tivoli
Storage
Manager
server
You
should
be
familiar
with
Tivoli
Storage
Manager,
storage
area
network
(SAN),
and
AIX
®
operating
system
administration.
If
you
need
additional
information
while
configuring
the
storage
agent
environment,
refer
to
the
list
of
Tivoli
Storage
Manager
publications
in
For
information
on
the
Internet
about
Tivoli
Storage
Manager,
see
How
to
Use
This
Book
If
you
have
not
installed
and
configured
the
storage
agent
before,
the
following
steps
serve
as
a
guide
for
the
information
in
this
book:
1.
Confirm
the
type
of
environment
in
which
you
will
be
installing
and
configuring
the
storage
agent.
There
are
three:
v
ACSLS,
SCSI,
and
349X
Tape
Library
sharing
v
File
device
sharing
using
software
such
as
Tivoli
SANergy
®
or
IBM
TotalStorage
SAN
File
System.
For
current
information
about
supported
file-sharing
software,
see
v
External
library
(ACSLS-managed)
See
for
complete
descriptions
of
the
types
of
environments.
2.
Confirm
that
your
configuration
meets
the
system
requirements.
These
requirements
are
listed
in
3.
Having
confirmed
the
environment
and
the
system
requirements,
it
is
recommended
that
you
gather
several
pieces
of
client
and
server
information
that
will
speed
the
installation
and
configuration
of
the
storage
agent.
Gather
client
and
server
information
that
will
speed
the
installation
and
configuration
of
the
storage
agent.
Use
the
two
forms
in
4.
Finally,
depending
on
the
type
of
configuration
you
have,
you
will
need
to
go
to
either
of
two
chapters:
v
If
you
have
a
ACSLS,
SCSI,
or
349X
Tape
Library
sharing
or
a
file
device
sharing
configuration,
go
to
v
If
you
have
an
external
library
configuration,
go
to
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