IBM Tivoli Storage Management Concepts  (English, Paperback, Brooks Charlotte)

This IBM Redbook describes the features and functions of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. It introduces Tivoli Storage Management concepts for those new to storage management, in general, and to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, in particular.

This easy-to-follow guide gives a broad understanding of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software, the key technologies to know, and the solutions available to protect your business. It offers a broad understanding of how IBM Tivoli Storage Manager will work in heterogeneous environments including Windows, UNIX/Linux, OS/400, and z/OS platforms, and with mission-critical applications such as DB/2, Oracle, Lotus Domino, Exchange, SAP, and many more.

The book introduces storage management software by explaining the concepts, architecture, and systems management features of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and showing available complementary products. It will help you design solutions to protect data holdings from losses ranging from those caused by user error to complete site disasters.

About The Author
Charlotte Brooks is an IBM Certified IT Specialist and Project Leader for Storage Solutions at the International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center. She has 15 years of experience with IBM in storage hardware and software support, deployment, and management. She has written many Redbooks™, and has developed and taught IBM classes in all areas of storage and storage management. Before joining the ITSO in 2000, she was the Technical Support Manager for Tivoli Storage Manager in the Asia Pacific Region.

Peter McFarlane is an IT Infrastructure Consultant for andersenIT in Brisbane, Australia. He is a certified Tivoli Storage Manager Consultant and AIX Technical Expert. He has 28 years of experience in IT, including 22 years on UNIX® platforms and 10 years on AIX and Tivoli Storage Manager. His areas of expertise include high availability, disaster recovery, and storage management. He is a certified Tivoli Storage Manager instructor, and he was an author of the redbook, IBM Versatile Storage Server™, SG24-2221.

Norbert Pott is an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Specialist in Germany. He works for the Tivoli Storage Manager back-end support team and provides support to customers worldwide. He has 24 years of experience with IBM, over 15 years of experience in IT, and more than 10 years of experience in the Tivoli Storage Manager product, starting with then ADSM Version 2.1.5. His areas of expertise include Tivoli Storage Manager client development skill and in-depth knowledge when it comes to problem determination. He was an author of the Redbook IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 Technical Workshop Presentation Guide, SG24-6774.

Martin Trcka is an IT Consultant at GC System a.s., an IBM Business Partner in the Czech Republic. He has 8 years of experience in the IT field. His areas of expertise include data protection, pSeries® and AIX, and highly available clusters. He holds several certifications, including IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2, IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert for pSeries and AIX 5L™ and IBM eServer™ Certified Systems Expert - pSeries HACMP™ for AIX 5L.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Storage management concepts

• Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
• Chapter 2. Business requirements
• Chapter 3. Architectural concepts
• Chapter 4. Planning concepts

Part 2. Client architecture

• Chapter 5. Client data movement methods
• Chapter 6. Backup-archive client
• Chapter 7. API client
• Chapter 8. HSM solutions

Part 3. Server architecture

• Chapter 9. Policy management
• Chapter 10. Scheduling
• Chapter 11. Data storage
• Chapter 12. Managing users and security levels
• Chapter 13. Licensing
• Chapter 14. Enterprise Management
• Chapter 15. High availability clustering
• Chapter 16. Disaster Recovery Manager
• Chapter 17. Reporting

Part 4. Complementary products

• Chapter 18. IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
• Chapter 19. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
• Chapter 20. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail
• Chapter 21. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager solutions for mySAP
• Chapter 22. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Applications
• Chapter 23. Complementary products

Part 5. Appendixes
Appendix A. Planning and sizing worksheets