IBM CommonStore for SAP Archive options
CommonStore does not store any data or documents. Instead, it manages the data and document archive process defined by the SAP ArciveLink protocol -- storing and retrieving archived content to and from the back-end archive management repositories. The back-end archive management system can be one of the following IBM repositories:
- IBM® Content Manager
- IBM Content Manager OnDemand
- IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager (TSM)
CommonStore exploits all the TSM storage management capabilities. TSM is IBM's enterprise solution for managing storage and protecting data across the network from laptops to mainframes. TSM supports fast backup and recovery, nondisruptive application protection, and disk-to-disk backup. Its advanced functions provide:
- automated, policy-based storage management together with reporting and monitoring to reduce daily management,
- backup snapshots to reduce cost and complexity, and server sharing and
- load balancing for self-management.
CommonStore leverages the scalability of TSM from PC servers through UNIX and mid-range servers to OS/390 mainframe servers -- heterogeneous platform coverage for 37 different operating environments -- and supports approximately 500 storage devices.
The basic CommonStore solution with TSM can be extended with Content Manager or Content Manager OnDemand. Installation customization is flexible due to specific attribute mapping between the CommonStore internal attributes and the back-end archive system attributes (Content Manager or CM OnDemand). The CommonStore archive of SAP documents can be accessed by Internet and intranet users through SAP R/3 or Content Manager or Content Manager OnDemand clients, or any other integrated application, thus making the system available to any user who has the proper authorization.
In addition to providing SAP data archive management, these enterprise content management technologies can be expanded to provide a complete content management solution for any digital content -- documents, Web content, images, faxes, rich media across diverse business processes, and application data from Siebel, PeopleSoft, Lotus Notes, and Exchange Server messaging systems.
