Launching Storage Manager for IBM DS storage array devices

IBM DS Storage Manager, which is an application external to IBM Director, is used to manage DS storage array devices (previously called FAStT storage array devices). This topic describes how to launch Storage Manager from the IBM Director Console for IBM DS storage array devices.

To launch Storage Manager, you use the Storage Manager command task provided in the Launch External Applications task. However, before you can launch Storage Manager on a Windows server, the following environment variables must be set:
JAVA_FAStT
Defines the JRE directory associated with the Storage Manager product. The default installation on Windows is: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\IBM_FAStT\jre\1.4".
STORAGE_MANAGER
Defines the DS working directory. The default Windows installation is: "C:\Program Files\IBM_FAStT\client"

There is no need to set environment variables for Storage Manager on a Linux system.

To start the Storage Manager Client, follow these steps:
  1. From IBM Director Console, in the Group Contents pane, right-click on a storage managed object.
  2. Click Launch external application > Storage Manager.
For information about IBM DS Storage Manager, see the documentation that comes with that product.
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