> The Unified Resource Manager's Storage Administrator function includes > the > ability exporting the WWPN configuration and importing an access list > based on it. (Sorry, I haven't personally used it, yet, so I can't > comment further.)
Yes, it can. It's pretty much useless. Trouble is, none of IBM's OTHER storage management tools can produce a format that the URM SA function wants to read, and vice versa. There also aren't much in the way of APIs to create tools that can. Seriously, if the URM is supposed to drive and be driven based on the ensemble management stuff, wouldn't it be kinda logical to think that *maybe* the other tools FROM THE SAME VENDOR might want to be aware of what it needs without having to invent the wheel? > (HW architects cannot > solve > SW availability problems.) No kidding. Been there, done that. I guess I'm seeing one useful thing out of this discussion: IBM talking to the zBLC for requirements about interfaces and toolsets gets the rest of us products that only the zBLC members -- usually the LARGEST Z sites -- can afford to deploy. I think it would be helpful for IBM to talk to people that can't deploy products that use large amounts of consulting time about Z interfaces and toolsets. I think that would do wonders to help the satisfaction and comfort level with these new functions. -- db
