IBM® TotalStorage® Productivity Center for Disk (Disk Manager) is a storage management product that is designed for customers who want to reduce the complexities and costs of storage management, including the management of SAN-based storage.
Through the use of data collection, threshold settings, and performance reports, performance can be monitored for the ESS, DS4000, DS6000, and DS8000, SAN Volume Controller, and other storage subsystems that support the SMI-S block service performance subprofile. The performance functions start with the data collection task, which captures performance statistics for the devices and stores the data in the database.
You can set thresholds for certain performance metrics depending on the type of device. Threshold checking is performed during data collection, and when performance is outside the specified bounds, alerts can be generated.
After performance data has been collected, you can configure Disk Manager to present graphical or text reports on the historical performance behavior of specified devices, or of specific internal components of these devices. The performance reports provide information on the performance metrics and can display performance data in graphical form.
For more information, visit the Multiple Device Manager Information Center from the IBM Publications Web site using the following URL: