What is in the Multiple Device Manager Information Center?
The Multiple Device Manager Information Center provides
the following types of information:
- Concepts
- The topics in this category provide information about the major concepts
you need to understand to use the IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager (MDM). The concept topics
provide the following information:
- Information about device discovery
- Descriptions of storage devices that MDM supports
- Descriptions of MDM components, such as Performance Manager
- Installing
- The topics in this category describe the procedures for installing MDM
components, such as the IBM DB2 Universal Database(TM) and Performance Manager.
The installation topics also include procedures for installing IBM Director. See
the IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager: Installation and Configuration Guide for detailed instructions about installing MDM.
- Configuring
- The topics in this category provide instructions for invoking the Service
Location Protocol (SLP) and setting the SLP discovery preferences. The configuration
topics also describe how to configure MDM and how to set the MDM universal
user ID and password. See the IBM TotalStorage Multiple Device Manager: Installation and Configuration Guide for detailed instructions
about configuring MDM.
- Maintaining
- The topics in this category provide information about maintaining your
MDM performance database.
- Managing
- The topics in this category provide procedures for performing MDM tasks,
such as collecting data; creating, deleting, and assigning volumes; and other
data and device management tasks.
- Monitoring
- The topics in this category provide instructions about how to view data
collections and databases. The monitoring topics also include information
about viewing the properties of volumes, disk groups, and other data storage
devices and components.
- Troubleshooting
- The topics in this category provide procedures that help you diagnose
problems.
- Reference
- The topics in this category provide additional information that might
help you perform MDM tasks, such as device discovery. The reference topics
also describe the following portions of MDM:
- Graphical interface panels
- Command-line interface (CLI) commands
- Messages
- Device attributes
- Association details
The following additional reference information is also included:
- Legal notices and trademarks
- Glossary
- Index