asset management
The management and maintenance of information related specifically to storage resources, both logical and physical. See also storage assets.
BOS (CA SRM Object Server)
BOS is the BSRM server object housing component that establishes and maintains the environment where all the servers exist and provides the servers with the services that they need to operate. BOS is responsible for all the external incoming communication for every server it maintains. BOS implements the Listener component and listens on the user defined (single) communication port.
CA SRM database
The database that stores information about all network objects and managed objects known to C SRM. User-defined services and constructs are also maintained in this database.
Class
A logical collection of database objects. When you define a class, you combine related or similar objects and their attributes, then define the relationships between objects, predefined keywords, and operators. A Class Definition can also reference another class. You can use a class wherever you would otherwise use an existing CA SRM object.
Computer Registration Wizard
A configuration tool that lets you select the machines from which you want to collect storage data, install the CA SRM agent or daemon, and define collection properties.
configuration management
The means by which you can determine how existing storage resources are best arranged to manage the data, the servers, and the applications that depend on those resources.
disk array
A way of storing data across multiple disks.
end-to-end management
The management capabilities extended across the complete geographic boundaries of a networked organization - from the laptop on the periphery to the mainframe in the center.
Enterprise Definition language (EDL)
A high-level, special‑purpose language that helps you select managed objects and define services and procedures for those objects. You can, for example, define classes and compose time and filter statements.
host
A computer that serves as a source of data.
journaling file system
A fault-resilient file system that ensures data integrity. Updates to directories and bitmaps are constantly written to a serial log on disk before the original disk log is updated. In the event of a system failure, this file system ensures that the data has been restored to its pre-failure status. It also recovers unsaved data and stores it in the location where it would have gone had the computer not failed.
managed computer
A computer from which CA SRM collects storage information. This machine can host a CA SRM agent, or third-party software can collect the data by utilizing NFS or DFS connectivity.
Object Tree
A hierarchical display in the main Windows Client window that shows the organization of all the objects, constructs, and services you have defined in the Windows Client.
performance management
The means to monitor and extract performance data and present it in report form, making it possible to see trends that have occurred over specific periods.
procedure
A list of CA SRM services executed in a sequence or concurrently.
query
A service that retrieves information about storage management objects from the network and the database. You can query the system about any object, directory, or file residing in the database, and manipulate that data for reporting.
Remote Server Control (RSC)
A component installed on any Windows-managed computer that performs as an interface to various data collection agents to collect the required storage data.
service
A tool used to define and customize storage management operations in the Windows Client. Examples of services are Trend, Query, and Threshold.
Service Builder Wizard
A tool that lets you specify the properties of a service. The Service Builder Wizard creates EDL statements using the values you supply. You can use this wizard only to define Trend, Query, and Threshold services.
solutions
Formerly referred to as Working Sets, these are subsets of the Object Tree that you can create to manage a specific group of managed objects.
space usage management
The means to manage and optimize storage usage through space reclamation (deleting outdated files), user quota management, and so on.
storage administrator
A person with the authority to log on to the Windows Client, access its functions, and create users.
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Storage Area Network (SAN) is a high-speed subnetwork of shared storage devices. A SAN's architecture works in a way that makes all storage devices available to all servers on a LAN or WAN. As more storage devices are added to a SAN, they are accessible from any server in the larger network. In this case, the server merely acts as a pathway between the end user and the stored data. Because stored data does not reside directly on any of a network's servers, server power is utilized for business applications, and network capacity is released to the end user.
storage assets
Storage assets comprise data that is both tangible (physical assets, such as disk storage systems, tape libraries, and storage area network (SAN) communications gear), and intangible (logical volumes, files, and data constructed by specific applications, such as application databases, tables, and mailboxes).
storage manager
See storage administrator.
storage resource
A physical device on which data is stored.
Storage Resource Manager (SRM)
The software application responsible for managing storage assets and resources. The Storage Resource Manager collects data from various physical and logical storage resources, such as servers, applications, users, and so on, and stores it in a central data repository. The storage administrator then uses the Storage Resource Manager's monitoring, reporting, trend analysis, forecasting, alerting, and storage task automation capabilities on the data.
threshold
A service you can use to define limits in storage capacity for your storage resources. When storage reaches critical levels, alerts are automatically issued.
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
A collective term for the IBM family of software that manages distributed storage devices, such as mainframe volumes, PC disk drives, and zip drives.
utilities
Specific command line procedures that are executed on request to perform Storage Resource Management functions.
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