Storage Resource Manager Enterprise Edition Installation Guide

Storage Resource Manager Enterprise Edition 1–1
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Introduction
SRM enables administrators of Windows NT/Windows 2000 domains and
workgroups to manage distributed storage resources across the enterprise both
effectively and efficiently. SRM automatically creates configuration and usage reports
organized by domain and workgroup, computer, disk, file system, group, and user.
SRM Servers and Agents
An SRM Server can manage several kinds of Agents: Windows NT/Windows 2000,
StorageWorks™ NAS, UNIX, OpenVMS, and Linux. All these Agents can be
managed from a single SRM Server provided the appropriate Agent software is
installed on the computer that you want to monitor.
Plug-ins are available to additionally manage NetApp servers, NetWare servers, SAN
switches, SmartArray controllers, and HSG80-based RAID subsystems. A plug-in
must be installed on a computer where an SRM Windows NT/Windows 2000 Agent is
installed (see Chapter 6). The SRM Agent acts as a proxy for the SRM Server to use
for communication with the object that the installed plug-in supports.
A Basic SRM Installation
SRM has a one-to-one relationship between the server and database. A typical SRM
installation of one SRM SQL Server database and one SRM Server manages the
following:
• Two hundred managed computers.
• All computers in the domain that have an SRM Agent installed.
• Four managed file systems per computer.
• An average of the number of file systems on each managed computer. Any file
system on a managed computer is managed by default.
• Two managed file systems per user.