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In this issue...
  • Webinar Announcement: Vision Solutions and IBM Announce Joint Webinar
  • Webinar Report: SuperCharge Your Tivoli Storage Manager
  • Active Documenter Offer: Special Offer on TSM Reports.com
  • Interviews with Experts: Jack Ryan, Technical Support Manager at TSM Reports.com on Storage Metrics
  • KEY’s Technical Blueprint Service
  • Announced by Key: ONStor SAN Filer at Storage World in Long Beach, CA in June
  • PERPLEXITIES
  • Developments in Linux Pubs
  • Key Factoid: Fallout of a Disaster
  • Key Links
  • Key Offers

    • Webinar Announcement :.

    Vision and IBM Offer Web Seminar on High Availability for Windows

    Vision Solutions and IBM will provide an online discussion of the benefits of creating highly available Windows environments for applications such as File & Print Servers, IIS, Exchange, and SQL Servers on the iSeries.

    Key topics to be covered in the webinar will include:
  • ROI Case studies for server consolidation
  • Performance benefits for Windows on iSeries
  • Microsoft Cluster Services vs. Replication solutions
  • iSeries replication options for Windows
  • Migration strategies for mixed vendor environments
    • WHEN: Thursday, June 10 2004
    TIME: 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. PST
    REGISTER: http://www.visionsolutions.com/OrionForWindows/
    Registrants have the opportunity to win one of five $100 BestBuy Gift Certificates. All attendees receive a free $5 Amazon Gift Certificate.

    Webinar Report :.

    Supercharging Your Tivoli Storage Manager

    >From backup to availability to compliance with better, faster TSM.

    Last month, attendees throughout the US participated in KEY’s webinar on how to best manage IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) to protect mission critical data. Presentations by leading backup authorities covered tips on how to better use TSM and how to optimize TSM using a tool called TSM Reports.

    To view a recording of this and all past KEY webinars, go to: http://www.keyinfo.com/resources/web_arch.htm. A summary follows.

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    Active (Site Guide) Documenter:.

    Registrants to KEY's Supercharge Your Tivoli Storage Manager webinar received a free copy of the TSM Reports.com tool, Active (Site Guide) Documenter, for use for 30 days. Those who did not register for Key’s TSM webinar can obtain a free copy of Active Site Guide by contacting Pete Elliot at pelliot@keyinfo.com.

    Active Site Guide can generate a complete site guide in minutes, which includes:
  • TSM Server Settings & Options
  • Licenses
  • Policy Domains & Sets
  • Management Classes
  • Backup & Archive Copy Groups
  • Database Settings and Volumes
  • Log Settings and Volumes
  • Device Classes
  • Storage Pools
  • Disk Pool Volumes
  • Disaster Recovery Module Settings
  • Client Schedules and Nodes
    • Active Site Guide captures the TSM configuration in a standard MS Word template that can be easily customized. Contact Pete Elliot for more information.

    Interviews with Experts:.

     Jack Ryan, Technical Support Manager at TSM Reports.com on Storage Metrics

    This is the first in a series of interviews with specialists at TSM Reports.com on storage metrics. This one covers the question: What is Dynamic Data Change Rate and why should you care?

    Storage lives and grows daily, exhibiting a characteristic known as change rate. In fact, storage systems are built with caching intelligence to anticipate changes to data and direct resources to expedite handling of updates … all this ultimately translates into a dynamic data change rate.

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    KEY’s Technical Blueprint Service:.

    KEY’s new Technical Blueprint Service is now available from technical specialists at KEY. The service includes working with our clients on a data collection phase and a then a reporting phase to IT management. KEY’s Technical blueprints can be used as a reference to place all recommendations within the context of proven and reliable alternative actions. This service is now available for:
  • Tivoli Storage Manager optimization
  • Windows fault tolerance
  • High Availability for the iSeries
  • Migration from MS Windows or NT to Linux
  • Use of a SAN filer
    • For more information on this new service, contact Pete Elliot at pelliot@keyinfo.com.

    ONStor SAN Filer at Storage World in Long Beach, CA in June:.

    Storage World Conference is holding its fourth annual event at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA June 28 to July 1st. KEY’s partner for scalable NAS solutions, ONStor, will demonstrate their ONStor SAN Filer in Booth 310. Qualified end-users receive full conference registrations at no charge. Visit www.storageworldconference.com for more information about this unique program. To learn more about the ONStor SAN-based file services management automation in your environment contact Pete Elliot at pelliot@keyinfo.com

    PERPLEXITIES:.

    This is the first of a new series of exploratory articles by Ralph Morin at KEY. Send feedback to Ralph at rmorin@keyinfo.com.

    Sneak and Ye Shall Find

    Of course, it depends on that which you seek. Just what is it that you seek? Well, that’s pretty easy, isn’t it? INFORMATION! There it is. Nailed it down. We start out in life seeking and gathering information and we continue to do so until we die. The old saw says that if you have enough information, you can predict the future. Well, maybe, but I think that Mr. Heisenberg with his Uncertainty Principle has thrown a large enough monkey wrenchey into the predict the future part of that theory to render it invalid. Of course the first part that says if you have enough information will hold true for those folks who will never have enough information, whatever their situation. These are the ones that we need to keep our eyes on because they’re the ones that keep their eyes on you.

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    Developments in Linux Pubs:.

    The Linux Beacon
    This relatively new weekly electronic newsletter covers the open source enterprise Linux server platform--including operating systems, databases and other middleware products. Also covered are related server technology from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sun Microsystems, SGI, and others. It is edited by Timothy Prickett Morgan. For more information or to subscribe, go to: http://www.midrangeserver.com/tlb/tlbindex.html.

    The New IBM LinuxLine
    IBM has selected Unisphere Media, LLC to publish this weekly e-newsletter series. Distributed every Wednesday, starting June 9th, the newsletter is designed to bring together the consideration and deployment of Linux within the IT organization by both technical and strategic buyers, enabling all members of the purchasing team to understand the issues surrounding the migration to Linux solutions. For more information, contact Calvin Carr, Publisher, at 1-650-858-1540 or Calvin@DBTA.com. For a free subscription, go to: https://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/linux/linuxline-i.

    Key Factoid: Fallout of a Disaster:.

    Consider these stats when updating your DR plan:
  • 60% of businesses affected in the 1993 WTC terrorist bombing were out of business within two years (Canadian Insurance Company).
  • 43% of US companies never reopened after a disaster, and 29% more were closed in three years (U.S. National Fire Protection Agency).
  • 20% of small to medium sized businesses suffer a major disaster resulting in the loss of business-critical data every five years (Richmond House Group, a UK-based insurance provider for business).
  • The 1992 flood in downtown Chicago left 230 buildings without power for more than a week, affecting 8,000 – 10,000 businesses with estimated losses in excess of $1.5 billion (Disaster Recovery Journal, Spring 1998)


    • Key Links:.

    Internet Week: Hackers, not Terrorists, Major Concern
    http://www.internetweek.com/newslead01/lead092701.htm

    Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages
    http://disasterrecoveryyp.com/

    Disaster Recovery Journal’s Sample DR Plans
    http://www.drj.com/new2dr/samples.htm

    Key Offers:.


    Contact Pete Elliot for more information: pelliot@keyinfo.com.

    TSM Reports Special Price Offer Options
  • 1-time, 30-day use for $2,000 ($500 savings off $2,500 list)
  • 1-year contract for $14,000 ($2,000 savings off $16,000 list)
    • Expires: June 30, 2004

    HA for 25K
    High Availability software
    Free installation and support for 12 months.
    Prepaid for $25,000

    ONStor SAN File Storage Manager Configuration
    ONStor SAN Filer with mirroring software, onsite installation.
    Bundled price: $173,000

    Reader Feedback:.

    We value your comments. Please send us your ideas and suggested topics to: pelliot@keyinfo.com.

    Key Information Systems, Inc., (www.keyinfo.com) a Premier Business Partner with IBM, is a systems integration company located at 22120 Clarendon St., Suite 110, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA. Founded in 1995, the company provides corporate infrastructure architecture for business continuity, storage, and e-business solutions. Key Information Systems is a leading provider of IBM server solutions for the iSeries, AIX (UNIX), NT, and Linux platforms and has distinguished itself by extending its high availability infrastructure solutions to the Internet economy. The company delivers a complete range of professional services including education, maintenance, and IBM Global Financing. For more information, please visit the company online or call 1-877-442-3249.

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