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Figure 5-1 Data movement with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Client data is moved via SAN or LAN connections to the backup server, written
directly to a disk or tape primary storage pool (and, optionally, simultaneously to
a copy storage pool in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1 and above), migrated to
other storage primary storage pools, and copied as many times as necessary to
additional copy storage pools.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager manages and stores all metadata about policies,
operations, locations of data, and component definitions. It uses an internal
relational database as the repository for all its data. ...