IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases

Data protection for a variety of databases

Combines Tivoli Storage Manager Provides high availability Highlights with vendor backup capabilities of vital business data IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Combines IBM ¨ Tivoli ¨ Databases can help you protect a is a production-oriented solution Storage Manager with vendor wide range of applications and that helps you provide backup and backup capabilities databases by letting you preserve recovery capabilities for your data- data wherever it is and however it is bases. This solution gives you the Provides high availability of stored in those applications and ability to recover data quickly and vital business data databases. With Tivoli Storage Manager comprehensively in the event of a for Databases, you can further extend system failure. It also works in con- Centralizes storage the automated power of Tivoli Storage junction with your Tivoli Storage management with disaster- Manager by exploiting the backup- Manager server to enable “hot” or recovery support certified utilities and interfaces online backups for supported provided by a variety of vendors. In databases while maintaining the Optimizes resource fact, it can help you manage the costs integrity of your backup files. consumption associated with distributed storage management by leveraging storage Centralizes storage management Helps maintain data integrity resources and automating manage- with disaster-recovery support ment tasks while providing data Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Supports local area network protection for the Oracle, IBM Informix® lets you leverage the efficiency of (LAN)-free and serverless and Microsoft® SQL Server databases. centralized storage management. data transfer The Tivoli Storage Manager for Therefore it takes advantage of the Databases functionality is included in scalability, Hierarchical Storage the IBM DB2 Universal DatabaseTM Management and powerful disaster- package and does not need to be recovery functions of Tivoli Storage purchased separately. For SAP R/3 Manager with the ease and conven- systems with their underlying data- ience of a centralized location. In bases, Tivoli software offers a addition, Tivoli Storage Manager for specialized product called IBM Tivoli Databases can help you restore data, Storage Manager for Enterprise including offsite tape management, Resource Planning. minimizing disruption to daily user activities. In the event of a disaster, it by saving only changed database backup application program interfaces can also prepare and keep current a blocks and avoid the need to transfer (APIs) supplied by Microsoft to recovery plan with detailed recovery the entire database during each backup provide a professional, comprehen- steps and computer scripts. An offsite window. And the “data striping” capa- sive storage management solution copy of your active data can be bility also lets you perform multiple for Microsoft SQL 7 or SQL 2000 restored to new storage to help get parallel sessions to the Tivoli Storage databases. The many capabilities your business operating again as Manager server to back up and of the Tivoli Storage Manager Data quickly as possible. restore data for a single database, Protection for SQL client include the helping increase data throughput ability to automate scheduled back- Optimizes resource consumption (particularly in large databases). ups, maintain multiple versions of your Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases SQL database and transaction log can help you enable more efficient Helps maintain data integrity backups, and restore both database use of your IT resources by providing The ability to achieve a point-in-time and transaction log backups. In support for LAN-free backups and restore of your e-business environ- addition, you can optimize performance restores when used in connection with ment is critical. Therefore, to help with tunable multibuffer caching a storage area network (SAN) envi- keep your data intact, Tivoli Storage during backups and automatically ronment. The product features three Manager for Databases uses only inactivate previous backups after a distinct data protection clients—one backup-certified utilities and inter- new full backup. for Microsoft SQL Server databases, faces provided by the database one for Oracle databases and one for vendors—Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle databases—Tivoli Storage Informix databases. All three clients Oracle and Informix. Manager Data Protection for Oracle support online backups, helping is designed to help you apply highly you maximize the availability of your Microsoft SQL Server databases— automated storage management databases and the applications they Available with a Microsoft Windows® functions of your Tivoli Storage Manager support. The three clients support graphical user interface (GUI) for easy server to your Oracle8i or Oracle9i incremental backups, making it pos- use, Tivoli Storage Manager Data databases. This goal is achieved by sible for you to reduce network traffic Protection for SQL uses the dedicated providing an interface between the

2 Tivoli Storage Manager server and the is designed to help you apply the restore data from a SAN-attached tape Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) automated storage management library that can be shared by Tivoli utility. It can help you complete a full functions of your Tivoli Storage Storage Manager servers. This capa- or tablespace backup of a database Manager server to Informix 32-bit and bility gives you an alternate path for while the database is online or offline. 64-bit databases. This is achieved data movement, allowing for a greater Also, you can complete a full database by providing an interface between the number of simultaneous client con- restore while the database is offline. Tivoli Storage Manager server and nections and freeing LAN bandwidth. Backups of the archive log files the Informix ON-Bar utility. associated with your databases can Integration with other Tivoli products also be performed. The Tivoli Storage Manager for from IBM Informix client supports capabilities • Tivoli Storage Manager for In addition, Tivoli software enables such as the use of parallel sessions Hardware you to use the “duplex copy” feature for both backups and restores. This • Tivoli Storage Manager for available in RMAN 2.0, making it can help you use network resources Enterprise Resource Planning possible to send a backup to two efficiently during regular backups and • IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail separate storage tapes simultane- may help you minimize the time • IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for ously. Added capabilities include the required to complete a restore of your Application Servers ability to optimize performance with Informix databases. tunable multibuffer caching during To learn more backups (same as with Microsoft SQL) Supports LAN-free and serverless For information on Tivoli Storage and implement the synchronization data transfer Manager for Databases and inte- utility to reconcile inventory between Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases grated solutions from IBM, contact the Tivoli Storage Manager server and supports LAN-free data transfer to your IBM sales representative or visit the Oracle catalog. offload the LAN from network traffic in info.tivoli.com/storageforsuccess SAN environments. The LAN-free data Informix databases—Tivoli Storage transfer capability lets you move data Manager Data Protection for Informix transfer off the LAN to back up and

3 Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases system requirements

Data protection for Oracle, Version 2.2 on IBM AIX

Hardware • IBM RS/6000¨ or IBM pSeriesTM • 96MB RAM • See product README file for hard disk space requirements

Operating system/software • IBM AIX¨ 4.3.3 (32-bit or 64-bit) or 5.1 (32-bit or 64-bit) • Oracle8i Release 8.1.7; Oracle8i Release 8.1.7 Parallel Server; or Oracle9i Release 9.0.1 or later or Oracle9i Release 9.0.1 or later Real Application Clusters • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Tivoli Storage Manager API, Version 4.2.1 or later

Data protection for Oracle, Version 2.2 on HP-UX

Hardware • Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 series 700 or 800 workstation • 96MB RAM • See product README file for hard disk space requirements

Operating system/software • HP-UX 11.0 (32-bit or 64-bit) or 11i (32-bit or 64-bit) • Oracle8i 8.1.7; Oracle8i 8.1.7 Parallel Server; or Oracle9.0.1+ or Oracle9.0.1 Parallel Server • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Tivoli Storage Manager API, Version 4.2.1 or later

Data protection for Oracle, Version 2.2 on Sun Solaris

Hardware • SunTM-4 SPARC¨ or compatible workstation • 96MB RAM • See product README file for hard disk space requirements

Operating system/software • Sun Solaris¨ 2.6 (32-bit) or Solaris 7 or 8 (32-bit or 64-bit) • Oracle8i 8.1.7; Oracle8i 8.1.7 Parallel Server; or Oracle9.0.1+ or Oracle9.0.1 Parallel Server • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Tivoli Storage Manager API, Version 4.2.1 or later

Data protection for Oracle, Version 2.2 on Windows

Hardware • An Intel¨-based 80486 or greater processor, including IBM xSeriesTM with Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT¨ • 32MB RAM • See product README file for hard disk space requirements

4 Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases system requirements (continued)

Data protection for Oracle, Version 2.2 on Windows (continued)

Operating system/software • Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows 2000 Professional • Oracle8i 8.1.7; Oracle8i 8.1.7 Parallel Server; or Oracle9.0.1+ or Oracle9.0.1 Parallel Server • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Tivoli Storage Manager API, Version 4.2.1 or later

Data protection for Microsoft SQL, Version 2.2 on Windows

• Tivoli Storage Manager server, Version 4.2 or later • Microsoft SQL Server, Version 7.0, Service Pack 3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Service Pack 1 • Intel Pentium¨ 166 or equivalent, or later processor with at least 20MB of available disk space • Minimum 48MB RAM (96MB recommended) • Windows NT, Version 4.0, Service Pack 4 or Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Data protection for Informix, Version 4.1 on AIX

Hardware • RS/6000 or pSeries • 64MB RAM • See product README file for hard disk space requirements • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Informix version: IDS 7.3, UDO 9.2, XPS 8.31 (AIX 4.3 32-bit), IDS 7.31.FC7, UDO 9.2 (AIX 4.3 64-bit), UDO 9.21 (AIX 5.1 32-bit) or UDO 9.3 (AIX 5.1 64-bit) • AIX 4.3.3 (32-bit or 64-bit) or 5.1 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Data protection for Informix, Version 4.1 on Sun Solaris

Hardware • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Informix version: IDS 7.3, UDO 9.2, XPS 8.3.1 • SPARCstation or compatible workstation • 64MB RAM minimum • See product README file for hard disk space requirements • Sun Solaris 2.6, 7 or 8 (32-bit)

Data protection for Informix, Version 4.1 on HP-UX

Hardware • Tivoli Storage Manager server • Informix version: IDS 9.21.HC4 (32-bit); IDS 7.31.FC6 or IDS 7.31.FC7 (64-bit) • HP 9000 series 700 or 800 workstation • 64MB RAM minimum • See product README file for hard disk space requirements • HP-UX 11 or 11i (32-bit or 64-bit)

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