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 IBM
Tivoli Storage Manager protects your organization's
data from hardware failures and other errors
by storing backup and archive copies of
data on offline storage. Scaling to protect
hundreds of computers running a dozen OS
ranging from laptops to mainframes and connected
together via the internet, WANs or LANs,
Storage Manager's centralized Web-based
management, smart-data-move and store techniques
and comprehensive policy-based automation
all work together to minimize data protection
administration costs and the impact to both
computers and networks. Optional modules
allow business-critical applications that
must run 24x365 to utilize Storage Manager's
centralized data protection with no interruption
to their service.
For information
on how IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended
Edition expands on the data backup and archive
capabilities see the IBM
Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition
product page.
Data
backup and restore
Backups
are copies of your active online data stored
on offline storage. Should an online storage
device fail, a data error occur or someone
accidentally deletes a file, the offline
copy of that data can be copied (restored)
to online storage. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
uses multiple techniques to make data backups
and restores as fast, flexible and low-impact
as possible.
Managed
data archive and retrieve
Data
archives are copies of active or inactive
data from online storage copied to offline
storage. Archives are used to keep point-in-time
copies of important data for regulatory
or bookkeeping requirements and to move
inactive data from expensive online storage
to less-expensive offline storage. Managed
data archives implemented by Storage Manager
are managed for a defined lifetime through
the policy-automation engine, just like
backed-up data. The Storage Manager client
can help quickly and easily retrieve the
archived data, helping to effectively extend
your data storage capabilities without the
need for more expensive online storage.
Core
Functions
IBM Tivoli
Storage Manager's core functions include:
Data backup and restore, managed data archive
and retrieve, protection for 24x365 business-critical
applications, and support for small tape
libraries (three drives and forty slots).
Attributes
setting Tivoli Storage Manager apart:
- Centralized,
comprehensive management
- Broad hardware
support
- Intelligent
data movement
- Intelligent
data storage
- Policy-based
automation
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