IBM System Storage Productivity Center Deployment Guide

IBM® System Storage® Productivity Center (SSPC) is an integrated offering. It provides a consolidated focal point for managing IBM storage products and mixed-vendor storage environments. System Storage Productivity Center provides enhancements to daily storage administration by making available a broad set of configuration functions.

This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview of the architecture and function of IBM System Storage Productivity Center V1.5. This book includes information about the requirements for setting up your SSPC server, by guiding you through the initial customization of the server. It also explains how to define and launch element managers through IBM Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition. This book also includes details about using the functions of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition and about relocating the IBM DB2® database repository to storage area network (SAN) storage.

This Redbooks publication is intended for storage administrators who are responsible for the initial setup and customization of the SSPC appliance and the management of the storage subsystems that are defined to it.