IBM TSM or IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is an enterprise class backup system and archiving application. A client or server program, it offers centralized and automated data protection as well as storage management solutions. It provides policy managed backup, archive as well as space management facility for the workstations, file servers, applications as well as application servers.
Similar to other enterprise backup software products, TSM is designed in order to make copies of enterprise data to protect against loss. Similar to various other backup software platforms, this also enables policy-based automatic data backup.
Aspects of Tivoli Storage Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager helps to protect organization’s data of hardware failure as well as various other errors by storing the backup as well as archive copies of data. Centralized management, smart data move as well as storage strategies and complete policy-based automation helps to minimize data protection administration cost as well as the impact it casts upon both the network as well as computer.
Progressive Backup Technique:
Saves both time as well as disk space by offering a back up for new and the modified files. This feature makes use of relational database for tracking data regardless of storage location.
Tape Resource Sharing:
It permits multiple Tivoli Storage Manager servers to make use of the same tape library as well as drives. This facilitates improvement in asset utilization and recovery performance.
Network – Free Fast Recovery:
This supports client data recovery from the CD-Rom or tape at high speed. This minimizes the recovery time through elimination of network usage as well as central service resources.
Data Transfer in the Absence of LAN:
This exploits SAN environment by moving the back end office as well as IT data transfer from the communication network to SAN or dedicated data network. IP or Internet Protocol communication bandwidth can be used then in order to improve service level for customers and end users.
Dynamic Multithread Transfer:
This allows multiple clients to transmit data simultaneously to and from same TSM server. This feature gives a boost to performance backup. This speed is easier to achieve since the number of transfer sessions is optimized on the basis of available system resource.
Adaptive Technology:
Alters the very way information is transferred throughout enterprise. Data gets transferred by block, data as well as file levels depending upon data size as well as network characteristics.
Enterprise Administration:
Simplifies control across various TSM implementations without giving up network performance. This aids enabling high-performance backup to locally attached devices making use of minimum network resources.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is the perfect enterprise product and thus can be configured in different ways in order to meet with organizational needs. It is a popular choice of enterprises with huge amounts of backup data.
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