IBM APTARE 6.5 - Manual (Page 11)

Architecture Overview 5
Architecture Overview
The following diagram provides an example of how the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Data Collector could be deployed in your environment.
Figure 1.1 Data Collector in an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Environment
For each TSM Instance, the Data Collector will establish connections to the database
using the command, dsmadmc. The Data Collector Configuration file contains all the
connection information for each TSM Instance including such parameters as the TSM
user name and password for login, the TSM Instance name, IP address of the TSM Host
Server, and the TSM Port.
The Data Collector will use various QUERY and SELECT commands via dsmadmc to
obtain its information from each separate TSM Instance. The information is then sent
via http(s) to the Portal. A user can then launch a web-browser to use the Portal to see a
global view of all of their TSM Host Servers and TSM Instances.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Terminology
TSM Host Server - The TSM Host Server is the physical system that is running the
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server software. This system will be known by its
hostname or IP address.
TSM Instance- The TSM Instance is a separate instance of the TSM server software
that is running on a TSM Host Server. A single TSM Host Server can run multiple TSM
Instances. This is normally implemented by setting up a separate set of client and
administration ports for each TSM Instance. In the architecture example in Figure 1.1,
there are two TSM Host Servers—one has a single TSM Instance running on it and the
other Host Server has two TSM Instances running on it.