Release notes for Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center Version 7.1

The Operations Center is a web-based interface that you can use to manage your Tivoli® Storage Manager environment. The release notes give you access to the product announcement, known issues, system requirements, installation instructions, and updates.

Description
Fix history
Announcement
Compatibility with the Tivoli Storage Manager server
System requirements
Installing or upgrading the Operations Center
Updates, limitations, and known issues

Description

You can use the Operations Center to take the following actions:

Identify potential issues with your Tivoli Storage Manager environment
Monitor key aspects of the storage environment: alerts, clients, servers, policies, storage pools, and storage devices
Register clients
Add servers to be monitored
Back up clients, server databases, and storage pools
Assign alerts to administrators, and close alerts
View and cancel server processes and client sessions
Change client and server settings
Issue commands to Tivoli Storage Manager servers

Fix history

An authorized program analysis report (APAR) is a request for the correction of a defect in a current release of an IBM®-supplied program. For a list of resolved APARs, see APARs Fixed in Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center Version 7.1.

Announcement

The Operations Center is part of the Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1 family of products. The announcement for these products includes the following information:

Detailed product description, including descriptions of new functions
Product-positioning statement
Packaging and ordering details
International compatibility information

To search for the product announcement, complete the following steps:

Go to the product announcement website.
In the Search for field, enter the product identifier (PID) for your product. The PID for Tivoli Storage Manager is 5608-E01.
In the Information Type field, select Announcement letters, and click Search.
From the Search in list, select Product Number.
Optional: In the Refine Your Search pane on the left side of the window, select the country where you reside.
In the Sort by section, select Newest first.

Compatibility with the Tivoli Storage Manager server

For compatibility information, see Tivoli Storage Manager server compatibility with the Operations Center.

System requirements

For system requirements, see Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center software and hardware requirements.

Installing or upgrading the Operations Center

For installation instructions, or to upgrade an existing version of the Operations Center, see Installing and upgrading the Operations Center.

Updates, limitations, and known issues

Updates describe new product information or new product features that become available after product release. Updates, limitations, and known issues are documented in the form of technotes in the support knowledge base of the IBM Support Portal. By searching the knowledge base, you can find workarounds or solutions to known issues.

Updates

For the latest list of updates, see Search results for updates to Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center V7.1.

Limitations and known issues

For a list of limitations and known issues, see Limitations and known issues with Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center V7.1.
To search for additional issues that might become known after the product release, see Search results for known issues with Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center V7.1.