Deployment guide series

"IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data (Data Manager) is a comprehensive file and capacity management solution for heterogeneous storage environments. It includes enterprise-wide reporting and monitoring, policy-based management, and automated capacity provisioning for Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and storage area network (SAN) environments. Data Manager, Data Manager for Databases, and Data Manager for Chargeback let you improve storage utilization, plan for future capacity, and ensure availability by providing storage on demand for file systems. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended for administrators and users who are installing and using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data. It provides an overview of the product and its functions. It describes the hardware and software environment required and provides a step-by-step installation procedure. Customization and usage information is also provided. The reader needs to have a basic understanding of storage concepts, network topologies, communication protocols, and a basic understanding of the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center product."--Resource description page.