IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide

by Charlotte Brooks, Andre Gaschler, Alv Jon Hovda, Craig McAllister, Norbert Pott
Released May 2008
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides details of changes, updates, and new functions in IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 5.4, and Version 5.5. We cover all the new functions of Tivoli Storage Manager that have become available since the publication of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 Technical Guide, SG24-6638.

This book is for customers, consultants, IBM Business Partners, and IBM and Tivoli staff who are familiar with earlier releases of Tivoli Storage Manager and who want to understand what is new in Version 5.4 and Version 5.5. Hence, since we target an experienced audience, we use certain shortcuts to commands and concepts of Tivoli Storage Manager. If you want to learn more about Tivoli Storage Manager functionality, see IBM Tivoli Storage Management Concepts, SG24-4877, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation Guide, SG24-5416.

This publication should be used in conjunction with the manuals and readme files provided with the products and is not intended to replace any information contained therein.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this book
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Part 1: Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
  4. Chapter 1: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager overview
    1. 1.1: Overview
    2. 1.2: Product positioning
    3. 1.3: Overview of the development timeline
      1. Client and server version compatibility
    4. 1.4: New features overview
      1. Highlights for Version 5.5
      2. Server enhancements, additions, and changes from Version 5.3
      3. Client enhancements, additions, and changes
    5. 1.5: Additional functionality overview
      1. Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN, additions and changes
      2. Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows Version 5.5, additions and changes
      3. Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management, additions and changes
      4. Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery Version 6.1
  5. Chapter 2: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for products
    1. 2.1: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail
      1. Data Protection for Lotus Domino
      2. Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server
    2. 2.2: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
      1. Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
      2. Data Protection for Oracle
    3. 2.3: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP
    4. 2.4: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Hardware - end of support
    5. 2.5: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Advanced Copy Services
      1. Short description
      2. Data Protection for Snapshot Devices for DB2 Advanced Copy Services V5.5 with FlashCopy Devices
      3. Data Protection for Snapshot Devices for DB2 Advanced Copy Services V5.5 with N series Snapshot Devices
      4. Data Protection for Disk Storage and SAN Volume Controller for Oracle V5.3.1.3
      5. Data Protection for Snapshot Devices for mySAP V5.4.1.1
      6. Data Protection for Snapshot Devices for mySAP V5.4.1.1 with N series devices
      7. DB2 UDB Integration Module V5.3.4.8
      8. Hardware Devices Snapshot Integration Module V5.3.4.8
    6. 2.6: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Copy Services
    7. 2.7: References
  6. Part 2: Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3.x enhancements
  7. Chapter 3: Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3.x server enhancements
    1. 3.1: 3592 second generation - TS1120
    2. 3.2: Administration Center changes
    3. 3.3: WORM support
    4. 3.4: Automatic volume labelling in non-SCSI libraries
  8. Chapter 4: Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3.x client enhancements
    1. 4.1: Common client enhancements
      1. New options for client access control list (ACL) processing
      2. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive Java GUI (dsmj)
      3. Changed default password length for PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE
    2. 4.2: AIX-specific client enhancement
    3. 4.3: Windows-specific client enhancements
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows
      2. Support for NetApp CIFS share definitions
    4. 4.4: Apple Macintosh specific client enhancements
      1. Changing HFS paths to UNIX paths
      2. Access control list support
      3. Extended attribute support
    5. 4.5: Solaris-specific client enhancements
      1. Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (HSM) for Solaris update
      2. Zones support for Solaris 10 platforms
    6. 4.6: HP UX specific client enhancement
  9. Chapter 5: Complementary products: Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
    1. 5.1: Introduction
    2. 5.2: Implementation (1/2)
    3. 5.2: Implementation (2/2)
    4. 5.3: Summary
  10. Part 3: Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4 server enhancements
  11. Chapter 6: Version 5.4 server supported environments
    1. 6.1: Server operating systems supported
      1. AIX supported levels for Tivoli Storage Manager
      2. HP-UX supported levels for Tivoli Storage Manager
      3. Linux supported levels for Tivoli Storage Manager
      4. Solaris supported levels for Tivoli Storage Manager
      5. Windows supported levels for Tivoli Storage Manager
      6. z/OS server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
    2. 6.2: Special device considerations
    3. 6.3: Administration Center requirements
      1. Administration Center introduction
      2. Administration Center system requirements
    4. 6.4: Servers not migrated
    5. 6.5: DSMLABEL command
  12. Chapter 7: Active-data pools
    1. 7.1: Introduction to active-data pools
      1. Definition
      2. Eligibility to use active-data pools
      3. Writing data to an ADP
    2. 7.2: Implementation
      1. Set up an active-data pool for fast client restore
      2. Set up an active-data pool to reduce resources
      3. Restore client objects from an ADP
      4. Restore a storage pool or volume from an ADP
      5. Manage objects in an ADP
    3. 7.3: Summary
  13. Chapter 8: Data shredding for disk storage pools
    1. 8.1: What is data shredding
      1. Introduction to data shredding with Tivoli Storage Manager
      2. Why use data shredding
    2. 8.2: Configuring data shredding with Tivoli Storage Manager
      1. Setting up shredding
      2. Storage pool shredding considerations
  14. Chapter 9: Tape data encryption
    1. 9.1: Introduction to encryption
      1. Symmetric encryption
      2. Asymmetric encryption
      3. Certificates, keystores, and key managers
      4. Tivoli Storage Manager client data encryption
    2. 9.2: Introduction to tape hardware encryption
      1. Overview of encryption methods
      2. Encryption capable tape drives
      3. Tivoli Storage Manager configuration for encryption
    3. 9.3: Tivoli Storage Manager with AME
      1. Configure the library to use AME
      2. AME configuration details
    4. 9.4: Install and configure EKM
      1. Install EKM
      2. Configure EKM
      3. Start the EKM server
      4. Register the EKM server with the tape library
      5. EKM configuration at the tape library
    5. 9.5: Tivoli Storage Manager with LME
    6. 9.6: Tivoli Storage Manager with SME
    7. 9.7: EKM server backup and recovery considerations
    8. 9.8: References
  15. Chapter 10: NDMP
    1. 10.1: Tivoli Storage Manager and NDMP
      1. Filer-to-attached-library
      2. Filer-to-server
    2. 10.2: Back-end data movement for NDMP backup images
      1. Configuration of our environment
      2. Useful commands on the NAS device
      3. Backup storage pool
      4. Restore volume and restore storage pool
      5. Using Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM)
      6. Move data
    3. 10.3: Filer-to-server backup
      1. How backup images are managed
      2. How restore of NDMP backup images are managed
      3. Set up a filer-to-server configuration
      4. Special considerations in a filer-to-server configuration
      5. Firewall considerations
  16. Chapter 11: Backup sets
    1. 11.1: What is a backup set
    2. 11.2: Create a backup set table of contents (TOC)
    3. 11.3: Generate backup sets to a specific point-in-time
    4. 11.4: Stacked backup sets
    5. 11.5: Support image data in backup sets
    6. 11.6: Display backup set: Select individual files for restore
    7. 11.7: Improved tracking of backup sets
  17. Chapter 12: Administration Center
    1. 12.1: Administration Center
      1. Installation
    2. 12.2: Update Administration Center password for multiple servers
    3. 12.3: Using the command line in the Administration Center
      1. New commands
  18. Chapter 13: QUERY DIRSPACE command
    1. 13.1: QUERY DIRSPACE
  19. Part 4: Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4 client enhancements
  20. Chapter 14: Version 5.4 client supported environments
    1. 14.1: Client operating systems supported in V5.4
      1. AIX clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      2. Apple Macintosh backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      3. Hewlett-Packard HP-UX clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      4. Linux clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      5. Novell NetWare backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      6. OS/400 API client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      7. Solaris clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      8. Windows backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      9. z/OS UNIX System Services, Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      10. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows V5.4
      11. NDMP requirements
    2. 14.2: Additional client functionality
      1. Windows client V5.4 additional functionality
      2. UNIX client in a cluster
      3. Linux Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2)
      4. Macintosh OS X client V5.4 updates
      5. NetWare NSS support on Open Enterprise Linux
      6. Clients not migrated to V5.4
  21. Chapter 15: Backup-archive client memory management
    1. 15.1: Memory management for progressive incremental backup
      1. MEMORYEFFICIENT=NO
      2. MEMORYEFFICIENT=YES
      3. MEMORYEFFICIENT=DISKCACHEMETHOD
      4. Using the DISKCACHEMETHOD option
    2. 15.2: Summary
  22. Chapter 16: HSM for Windows V5.4
    1. 16.1: Hierarchical Storage Management
    2. 16.2: HSM for Windows client installation
    3. 16.3: Backup integration - backup before migrate
    4. 16.4: Microsoft cluster environments (MSCS)
      1. Configuration wizard - GRANT PROXYNODE
      2. Cluster and volume name mapping
      3. Migration jobs after cluster failover
      4. Backup before migrate in a cluster environment
    5. 16.5: Recall quotas
    6. 16.6: Hints and tips for using HSM
      1. Preserve the last access date of a file
      2. How to clear the selectable filespace list in the HSM GUI
  23. Chapter 17: VMware backup with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
    1. 17.1: VMware overview
    2. 17.2: VMware backup options with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4
      1. Install Tivoli Storage Manager client on each guest
      2. Install a Tivoli Storage Manager client on the ESX console
      3. Initial support for VMware Consolidated Backup with Tivoli Storage Manager
  24. Part 5: Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server enhancements
  25. Chapter 18: Version 5.5 server supported environments
    1. 18.1: Server operating systems supported
      1. Technical changes for Version 5.5
      2. AIX server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
      3. HP-UX server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
      4. Linux server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
      5. Solaris server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
      6. Windows server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
      7. z/OS server requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager
    2. 18.2: Special device considerations
    3. 18.3: New functionality
      1. Virtual Tape Library (VTL) in SAN device mapping for SAN discovery
      2. IPv6 support
    4. 18.4: Administration Center requirements
      1. Administration Center introduction
      2. Administration Center system requirements
    5. 18.5: Servers not migrated to V5.5
  26. Chapter 19: IMPORT and EXPORT commands
    1. 19.1: Our example environment
    2. 19.2: Setting up server-to-server communications
    3. 19.3: Exporting a node
      1. Suspend and resume an export between servers
      2. Previewing your exports
      3. Exporting shreddable data
    4. 19.4: Specifying point-in-time export
  27. Chapter 20: Other server enhancements
    1. 20.1: Migration thresholds for sequential disk
    2. 20.2: Concurrent read access for sequential disk
      1. Behavior before Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      2. Behavior with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      3. Summary
    3. 20.3: QUERY LIBVOLUME command
  28. Part 6: Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 client enhancements
  29. Chapter 21: Version 5.5 client supported environments
    1. 21.1: Client operating systems supported in V5.5
      1. AIX clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      2. Apple Macintosh backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      3. Hewlett-Packard HP-UX clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      4. Linux clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      5. Novell NetWare backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      6. OS/400 API client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      7. Solaris clients for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      8. Windows backup-archive client for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      9. z/OS UNIX System Services, Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      10. NDMP requirements
      11. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows V5.5
    2. 21.2: Additional client functionality
      1. VMware consolidated backup integration
      2. AIX V5.5 client additional functionality
      3. Windows client V5.5 additional functionality
      4. Server-managed encryption keys for backup-archive client
      5. IPv6 support
      6. Clients not migrated to V5.5
  30. Chapter 22: Client security enhancements
    1. 22.1: Transparent client encryption
      1. Implementation
      2. Server operations
      3. Summary
    2. 22.2: Securing client and server communication
      1. Server setup for SSL communication
      2. Client setup for SSL communication
      3. Recovery from a lost server key database
      4. Key database management
      5. Common client configuration problems
      6. Summary
  31. Chapter 23: HSM for Windows V5.5
    1. 23.1: Backup integration
      1. Backup and archive of migrated files
      2. Restore of migrated files
      3. Backup before migrate in V5.5
    2. 23.2: Reconciliation (1/2)
    3. 23.2: Reconciliation (2/2)
    4. 23.3: Scalability and performance enhancements
    5. 23.4: HSM GUI enhancements
  32. Chapter 24: VMware consolidated backup with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
    1. 24.1: Overview of VMware backup approaches with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      1. Non-VMware environment
      2. Install client on each VMware host
      3. VMware proxied backup with VCB
    2. 24.2: Planning for VCB with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
    3. 24.3: Install and configure VCB with Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5
      1. Prerequisites for VMware and operating system settings (1/2)
      2. Prerequisites for VMware and operating system settings (2/2)
      3. Prerequisite configuration for the Tivoli Storage Manager server
      4. Configure the proxy node’s options file (dsm.opt)
    4. 24.4: File-level backup of VMware-hosted Windows systems
    5. 24.5: Scheduling VCB operations with the client scheduler
    6. 24.6: Restore file data in a VCB environment
      1. Restore files directly to the guest
      2. Restore back to the proxy node’s local disk
      3. Restore to an alternative server than the proxy or the guest
      4. Restore to the guest via the proxy node and a CIFS share
    7. 24.7: Full backup of VMware hosted systems
    8. 24.8: Restore a full virtual machine in a VCB environment
  33. Chapter 25: System state and system service
    1. 25.1: Change between Versions 5.4 and 5.5
    2. 25.2: Back up the system state
      1. Back up using the GUI
      2. Back up using the CLI
      3. System state filespaces
    3. 25.3: Restore the system state
      1. Restore using the GUI
      2. Restore using the CLI
    4. 25.4: Updating from client V5.4 to V5.5
  34. Appendix A: Sample script for fullvm backup with Tivoli Storage Manager
  35. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. How to get Redbooks
    4. Help from IBM
  36. Index (1/3)
  37. Index (2/3)
  38. Index (3/3)
  39. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide
  • Author(s): Charlotte Brooks, Andre Gaschler, Alv Jon Hovda, Craig McAllister, Norbert Pott
  • Release date: May 2008
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None