All Agents and features supported in QSM are supported in SRM. QSM
features and operations that were accessible from the QSM console are now accessible from the
CommCell Console.
On account of the merge, the SRM components now provide the following new features:
On account of the merge, the following SRM features provide improved
accessibility and enhanced functionalities:
- SRM data collection operations can now be scheduled using SRM Data
Collection Schedule Policy. See
SRM Data Collection Schedule Policy
for more information.
- Multiple reports can be grouped and scheduled to be executed in a single
schedule, by creating a schedule policy for SRM Reports. See
SRM Reports Schedule Policy for more information.
- Activity Control feature allows you to enable or disable operations including scheduled operations.
- Alerts can be used to inform you of conditions that you may have
otherwise not been aware of. See
Alerts and Monitoring for more details.
- Provides option to check CommCell Readiness.
- Provides enhanced firewall configuration options to secure networks by acting as a barrier for
unauthorized outside access to the network. See
Firewall
Considerations for more details.
- Job Controller allows you to manage and monitor SRM data management jobs. See
Job Management
for more details.
- SRM licensing now follows the Calypso
License Administration.
- Operation Window feature
allows you to define
operational rules for data protection jobs, such as to enabling/disabling
specific operations in a predetermined time.
- SRM data on the storage media can now be managed using the
Data Aging feature.
- SRM now provides User
Administration and Security.
- User Preferences can be set from the
Control Panel
options.
- OEM versions of SRM software are now available.
- CommCell Explorer
can be used for SRM data management.
- SRM Reporting Server credentials are now configured from the
Control
Panel. See Configure Reporting
Server Credentials for instructions.
- You can now use CommCell Console to assign billable entities and cost
categories for SRM. For more information, see
Cost Analysis.
- When registering a CommCell with the CommNet Server, you can now opt to collect the Primary Storage Data if you have an SRM Server installed on your CommServe computer. This enables the CommNet Server to retrieve the corresponding SRM data from the CommCell as per the data collection policy for reporting purposes.