Tivoli Storage Management Product Set for System/390 Leverages New Technologies for the S/390 Environment
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Software Announcement July 31, 2001 Tivoli Storage Management Product Set for System/390 Leverages New Technologies for the S/390 Environment Overview • Tivoli Storage Manager automatic dialup capabilities to establish At a Glance Concerned about one of your most network connection for mobile valuable corporate assets — Windows users for scheduled Enhancements to Tivoli Storage information? Tivoli Storage backups Manager for S/390 Edition: Manager S/390 Edition, V4.2 uses • Server utilities replaced by • high-performance technology to help Improves performance (up to significantly enhanced functions protect and manage your 40%) when writing to 3590 tape available in a snap-in for the mission-critical business information devices (or devices that Microsoft Management Console in an enterprise-wide network emulate 3590 on OS/390 V2R10 (MMC) environment. or z/OS systems) Function for Tivoli Disaster Recovery • Helps administrators make New and Enhanced Product Features Manager, S/390 Edition, (5697-DRS) informed, pro-active decisions • Improved performance when V4.2 remains unchanged from V4.1. with the addition of capacity writing to 3590 tape devices or reporting and analysis devices which emulate 3590 on Key Prerequisites • Adds a valuable option for OS/390 V2R10 or z/OS systems (Windows-based) Tivoli Storage Refer to the Hardware and Software Manager Management Console • A Tivoli Storage Manager Requirements section. backup-archive client for zSeries for remote client backup and and S/390 Linux restore functions • Tivoli Decision Support for Planned Availability Date Windows Enhancements: Storage Management Analysis, a • August 3, 2001 • component of Tivoli Storage Improves overall incremental Resource Reporting, adds − Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 backup performance with capacity reporting and analysis to Edition, V4.2 journal-based backups the previously available event, • Supports both the restore of performance, and general health − Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager, S/390 Edition, V4.2 inactive versions of the systems reporting and analysis objects and point-in-time restore Enhanced Windows Client Support Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition, V4.2 replaces V4.1, and Tivoli • Saves users time with • Disaster Recovery Manager V4.2 Improved overall incremental automatic dial-up for scheduled replaces V4.1. On August 3, 2001, backup performance with backups journal-based backups for the V4.1 of both these products will no Windows NT and Windows 2000 longer be available. The function for VM/ESA in the clients Tivoli Storage Manager S/390 Edition remains unchanged. • Enhancements to Windows 2000 For ordering, contact: System Object support allow both Your IBM representative, an IBM Business the restore of inactive versions Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at and point-in-time restore 800-IBM-CALL Reference: LE001 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 201-219 The best practice guide for Tivoli Storage Network Description Manager, Tivoli Decision Support for Tivoli Storage Network Manager, provides text based reports on the OS/390 or z/OS Performance Improvements — The Tivoli inventory of SAN resources, the capacity and usage of Storage Manager server will write data in 256 KB blocks SAN resources, and monitoring of SAN resources. Tivoli on 3590 devices, or devices that emulate a 3590, for Storage Network Manager (5698-SNM) provides SAN OS/390 V2R10 or z/OS operating systems that support 256 network management to help maintain the availability of KB blocks. This can result in up to a 40% improvement the physical SAN network, LUN management to help in throughput for client backup to the 3590 tape devices enable the secure sharing of disks among multiple or those that emulate 3590. systems attached to a SAN, and File System Automation to provide storage capacity on demand to SAN attached — Linux for zSeries and S/390 Client Tivoli Storage systems. DB2 is the supported relational database for Manager, S/390 Edition includes a Linux for zSeries and use with Tivoli Decision Support for Tivoli Storage S/390 backup-archive client. This client enables backup Network Management Analysis. For more information on and restore functions for Linux operating systems running Tivoli Storage Network Manager, refer to Software on S/390, within an S/390 logical partition (LPAR), within Announcement 200-368, dated October 17, 2000. an Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL), or under the Virtual Image Facility (VIF), VM/ESA, or z/VM. This affords a For more information on Tivoli Decision Support, refer to wide variety of options for sustaining robust Linux Software Announcement 298-408, dated availability in the S/390 environment. October 27, 1998. Support for Data Encryption — You can now selectively encrypt Tivoli Storage Manager client data sent to the Windows Enhancements server during backup and archive operations with standard DES 56-bit encryption. Encryption is optional Journal-Based Backups — Tivoli Storage Manager and is controlled by client options for the Windows, supports journal-based backups to increase overall AIX , Solaris, HP-UX, NetWare, SGI, Linux, NUMA-Q , incremental backup performance for Windows NT and TRU64, OS/390 UNIX Systems Services, and Linux S/390 Windows 2000 clients. Performance is improved because clients. the files to be backed up are tracked in a journal. Extending Tivoli Storage Manager Server Log Size — The Journal-based backups eliminate the need for the client Tivoli Storage Manager database log size limitation has to scan the local file system or query the server to been increased from 5 GB to 13 GB. This larger size determine which files to process. It also reduces network improves the scalability of the Tivoli Storage Manager traffic between the client and server. server by providing more flexibility in the timing of Tivoli Windows 2000 System Objects — Windows 2000 clients Storage Manager database backups. support the restore of inactive versions of systems Space Reclamation for Selected Volumes — The Move objects as well as point-in-time restore of system objects. Data command can now be used to recover unused space The system objects backups can be directed to a specific from specified sequential-access storage pool volumes. management class. Empty space can accumulate within file aggregates as Mobile Dial-Up Support — Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 files are deleted from a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Edition, V4.2 supports remote network connections to a The Move Data command now provides an option for Tivoli Storage Manager AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT, removing this empty space by reconstructing aggregates or Windows 2000 server. With a remote network during data transfer. This option provides the ability to connection, mobile Tivoli Storage Manager users, running control the sequential-access volumes from which space on Windows, no longer need to manually dial into their will be recovered. This support is in addition to the company network for a scheduled backup. Tivoli Storage automated space recovery that is done today during Manager automatic dialup capabilities establishes a reclamation at the storage pool level. connection prior to the scheduled backup. If the Tivoli Decision Support for Storage Management Analysis connection fails, Tivoli Storage Manager re-establishes — Tivoli Storage Resource Reporting is a set of powerful, the connection before attempting the backup. best practice decision support guides that assist storage Tivoli Storage Manager Management Console — The Tivoli administrators in making informed, pro-active decisions Storage Manager Management Console integrates the relating to their Tivoli Storage product implementations, following into a single interface: including Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage Network Manager. Tivoli Storage Resource Reporting is • Web Administrator included as part of both Tivoli Storage Manager V4.2 and • Web client Tivoli Storage Network Manager V1.1 at no additional • Administrative command line charge. However, you must have purchased Tivoli • Administrative console monitor Decision Support, 5698-TDS, in order to use Tivoli • Storage agent Decision Support for Tivoli Storage Resource Reporting. • Windows device driver The Tivoli Framework is not required. • Scheduler • Web client and server services The best practice guide for Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli • Server utility wizards Decision Support for Storage Management Analysis, provides text-based reports, graphical reports, and trend On Windows 2000, it also integrates RSM, device analysis on Tivoli Storage Manager deployments, from management, event viewer, and system monitor snapins, small to very large. In addition to the previously available providing a custom tool for storage management that is event, performance, and general health reporting, it now tightly integrated with the operating system environment. provides capacity reporting and analysis. Tivoli Decision The console can detect all computers having Tivoli Support for Storage Management Analysis works with all Storage Manager components in a Windows domain and Tivoli Storage Manager servers, Version 3.7 or later. The it can detect active Tivoli Storage Manager Web supported relational database management systems Administrators and Web clients on Windows and (RDBMSs)