On Wednesday, 06/01/2011 at 11:18 EDT, David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> wrote: > > 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?
If we wait until everything is fully integrated and interoperable, we'd never get the thing out the door. Step 1: Introduce the product to the marketplace. My only counsel is "Watch this space." > 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. Sorry, that's beyond my pay grade. Folks with concerns on that front should arrange to speak with an IBM System z executive. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
