The Policy Management feature of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager enables you to:
define limits on the amount of storage that a user or a group of users can consume. Quotas allow you to specify limits at three different levels for a user or group of users: at the tablespace level, at the Instance level, and at the level of the whole network.
define the acceptable and unacceptable file types, file sizes, and file owners for a computer or a set of computers in your environment. Constraints enable you to do such things as restrict users from putting certain files (for example, MP3 files) on monitored servers.
schedule actions to execute scripts against your storage-related resources.
automatically extend file systems when utilization reaches a specified threshold. For hosts with access to an ESS subsystem, additional LUNs can be automatically allocated as required.
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager provides you with a number options for defining who gets notified when a quota violation occurs or a job fails and how that notification is delivered. The choice of which alert mechanism to use will most likely depend upon the severity of the event that triggers the alert.
The available alert mechanisms are:
Alert Mechanism |
Allows you to: |
SNMP Trap |
Interface with the frameworks that might already be in use within your environment. |
TEC Event |
Check this box to send the alert to the Tivoli Event Console (TEC). The TEC administrator can write correlation and automation rules to analyze IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager events and perform responses such as send further notification, create or update trouble tickets, run programs, and so forth. |
Upon Log In to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager GUI |
Receive a list of alerts that are targeted for you every time you log in to IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager. |
Windows or Unix Event log |
Write out alert messages to the OS log. If you already have an administrator monitoring OS logs, this is an easy way to have all of your priority messages centralized for quick notification and viewing. |
Run Scripts |
Define an action that should be performed automatically when a storage-related condition/event occurs within the storage environment. |
EMAIL or Pager |
Receive and email or page when a specific type of alert is triggered. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager can send this type of notification to you, the storage administrator, and/or the violating user. This is very useful for high priority events such as running out of free space or imminent disk failure. |