What does Tivoli Storage Manager do?

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What does Tivoli Storage Manager do?

IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager is an enterprise-wide storage management application. It provides automated storage management services to workstations, personal computers, and file servers from various vendors, with various operating systems.

Who owns Tivoli Storage Manager?

IBM
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Developer(s) IBM
Operating system cross-platform
Type backup
License Proprietary
Website www.ibm.com

What is TSM tool?

TSM backup, where “TSM” is an acronym for “Tivoli Storage Manager” is a bunch of backup software solutions provided by IBM. TSM backup software can save data copies to different storage types, as well as manage any methods of backup (such as TSM progressive incremental backup).

What is IBM spectrum protect operations center?

The Operations Center provides web and mobile access to status information about the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. You can use the Operations Center to monitor multiple servers and to complete some administrative tasks. The Operations Center also provides web access to the IBM Spectrum Protect command line.

What is DSMC process Linux?

Description. The dsmc command allows the user to back up and restore data from the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server.

What is Tivoli data protection?

Tivoli Storage Manager is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family.

How do I start TSM server on Windows?

To start the server as a Windows service, complete the following steps:

  1. Log on to the Tivoli Storage Manager server under an account in the Administrators group.
  2. From the Windows Start menu, click Run, type services.
  3. In the Services window, select the server instance that you want to start, and click Start.

Where is TSM installed?

The default installation path is C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\ . The Setup program displays the install path without the version, like this: C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server . You can choose a different location, including a different drive, either by browsing to or typing in a new path.

How do I know if TSM is installed on Linux?

Note: The workspaces can be found in the Navigator pane under the following node:

  1. Enterprise > UNIX System > hostname > Tivoli Storage Manager.
  2. Enterprise > Linux System > hostname > Tivoli Storage Manager.
  3. Enterprise > Windows System > hostname > Tivoli Storage Manager.

How do I start DSMC in Linux?

If the Linux operating system runs the systemd initialization service, complete the following steps to start the dsmcad and to run it at system start time:

  1. Copy the provided systemd unit file /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmcad.
  2. Run the following command to refresh the systemd unit list: systemctl daemon-reload.

How do I install Tivoli Storage Manager?

Procedure

  1. Required: Install the Tivoli Storage Manager API: rpm -i TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm.
  2. Optional: Install the Common Inventory Technology package that is used by the API. This package depends on the API so it must be installed after the API package is installed. rpm -i TIVsm-APIcit.x86_64.rpm.

How do I start TSM service in Linux?

To automatically start a Tivoli Storage Manager server on a Linux operating system, use the dsmserv. rc script….To start the server, take one of the following actions:

  1. Start the server by using the instance user ID.
  2. Start the server by using the root user ID.
  3. Start the server automatically.

How do I install TSM on Linux?

Install the TSM Client

  1. Move the file you downloaded to your server.
  2. Use tar to extract the contents of the installation file. tar xvf x.x.x.x-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar.
  3. Using either rpm (RHEL, or centos) or dpkg (ubuntu, debian), install the GSK libraries.
  4. Install the TSM API library.
  5. Install the TSM client.

How do I check Tivoli agent version in Linux?

Procedure

  1. Open the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Management Services application: Run the CandleManage program by using the following commands: cd install_dir /itm/bin ./CandleManage &
  2. Verify that the version of Tivoli Enterprise Portal server is 06.30. 02.00 in the Version column.

How do I know what version of TSM I have Linux?

Viewing the server version and TSM version from the TSM command line

  1. Open a command prompt as administrator on the initial node (the node where TSM is installed).
  2. Run the following command: tsm version.

What is IBM Tivoli Storage Manager?

IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager is an enterprise-wide storage management application. It provides automated storage management services to workstations, personal computers, and file servers from various vendors, with various operating systems. The server program provides backup, archive, and space management services to the clients.

What is a Tivoli server client node?

A client node can be a workstation, a personal computer, a file server, or even another Tivoli Storage Manager server. The client node has IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client software that is installed and is registered with the server.

What can I do with the Tivoli API?

The API can help you to enhance existing applications to use the backup, archive, restore, and retrieve services that Tivoli Storage Manager provides. Tivoli Storage Manager API clients can register as client nodes with a Tivoli Storage Manager server.

Is IBM Spectrum Protect the same as Tivoli Storage Manager?

Tip: The product now known as IBM Spectrum Protect was named IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in releases earlier than Version 7.1.3. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect.