IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (UNIX)

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) is a client/server program that provides storage management solutions to customers in a multivendor computer environment. TSM provides an automated, centrally scheduled, policy-managed backup, archive, and space-management facility for file servers and workstations.

TSM stores data on separate TSM servers. Your Informix database servers are TSM clients using the library that implement XBSA functions for using TSM with Informix database servers (Informix Interface for TSM). Informix Interface for TSM is part of your Informix database server installation. TSM is distributed separately.

TSM efficiently manages disk, optical, and tape library resources. TSM provides the following functions:

• Reduces network complexity with interfaces and functions that span network environments.
• Increases administrator productivity by automating repetitive processes, scheduling unattended processes, and administering TSM from anywhere in the network
• Reduces risk of data loss with scheduled routine backups
• Optimizes existing storage resources with automated movement of files from client file systems to TSM storage

TSM provides the following services:

• Backup and restore services to generate scheduled backups and restore data when required
• Archive and retrieve services to provide point-in-time copies of data for long-term storage
• Server hierarchical storage management services to automate migration from expensive storage media to less expensive storage media
• Automation services to automate common storage administration tasks
• Administration services to support routine monitoring, administration, and accounting, including the following functions:
  • Set client and server options
  • Define devices
  • Format storage volumes
  • Add additional clients
  • Label tape volumes
• Security services to control user access
• Disaster recovery management to implement a comprehensive backup and recovery procedures