IBM Licensed Programs: Systems Management Products
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– Most client options can be stored at the server, providing additional administrator
control for setting options to relieve clients of this operational requirement.
– An optional Server-to-Server Communication feature is available to support
enterprises deploying multiple servers. This allows the movement of information
between storage pools on multiple servers.
– An SQL and ODBC interface to the Storage Manager database and real-time server
information is provided. This allows the user to build queries that satisfy their
business requirements in a format to suit their specific needs.
• Storage Manager V3R1 provides enhancements to provide substantially improved
performance over prior versions of ADSM. Due to the increase in around-the-clock
operations and the high growth of network data, backup and restore throughput has
become a vital concern. Some of the enhancements are:
– Larger buffers in and between selected clients and the server are implemented.
Storage Manager groups multiple small files together as a single object on the server,
which reduces the number of data pointers and storage pool entries. This is
transparent to the end user and does not prevent the retrieval of individual files.
– There is a new algorithm for the restore function that enhances the restoration of
directory trees to consume less client resources.
– Storage Manager V3R1 provides new fault-tolerant features that allow intelligent
resumption of interrupted file system restores.
• Storage Manager V3R1 features an interface that masks the complexity of the network
environment and enables faster navigation and movement through the screens, such
as:
– An initial client GUI panel provides an easy, intuitive way of selecting the primary
functions.
– The main backup, archive, restore, and retrieve panels are re-designed to allow more
flexibility in making choices.
– Selection techniques allow an entire directory tree to be easily selected.
– Support for collapsible directory trees eliminates excessive scrolling.
• A Disaster Recovery Manager function has been added to Storage Manager V3R1 to
assist with the development and maintenance of a disaster recovery plan for a Storage
Manager server. Disaster Recovery Manager is delivered as an optional license
feature of the Server code. Some of the functions provided are:
– Inventory management
– Offsite copy and media management
– Customized server recovery plan
– Bare metal restore images for Intel clients
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