DVM setup in Solution Manager.

Question

Hello,
I want to know, using SAP DVM below can be achieved or not. It would be great if anyone can share documentation those who had implemented this already.
Data Volume Management
o     Show the database growth status for all the systems, if possible in a dashboard
o     Projection u2013 what is the available storage and how much to increase?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hello,
If you want to have a clear understanding of Data Volume Mnagement (DVM) I would recomend reading the white paper on the subject.
https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000336572007E
However if you don't want to give it a read, I have cut the Management Summary, which should give you a good overview from a non-technical point of view.
1 Management Summary
Managing complexity, risk, costs as well as skills and resources is at the heart of implement-ing mission critical support for SAP-centric solutions. The complexity rises even further with the trend of outtasking and outsourcing of process components. To help customers manage their SAP-centric solutions, SAP provides a comprehensive set of standards for solution op-erations.
Out of this set of standards, the data volume management standard. Due to the tendency to run highly interconnected systems (internal and external) and the business needs to have data instantly accessible, data volumes are growing and growing. The data volume manage-ment standard defines how to manage data growth by avoiding data creation, archiving data, and deleting data. The standard helps customers to increase the availability of their solution because administration tasks like software upgrade, database reorganization, data backups or recovery can be done in less time. In addition, the customer can reduce time needed for managing disk space and benefit from more efficient use of resources such as hard drives, memory, and CPU.
This paper provides details regarding the data volume management standard. At first, it ex-plains the basic concept of the standard. It explains the basic concept of the standard and describes the different steps within the process flow. Then it provides details regarding im-plementation and operation methodologies for data volume management and lists the tools and roles involved in the process. Finally, the paper discusses how key performance indica-tors can be used to measure the success of data volume management and to control corre-sponding service level agreements.
© 2007 SAP AG
SAP Standard Data Volume Management
Version: 1.0
So in essence it is a standard and methodologies to support that standard.
It is implemented as a Service that can be delivered by SAP or by the Customer.
I hope this link and information help crystalize your understanding.
Regards,
Paul