Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks

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IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks works with servers and client computers to make data transfers over SAN

Allows SAN-connected Storage Manager servers and Storage Manager client computers to make maximum use of their direct network connection to storage.

• Reduces the impact of data protection on the LAN while also reducing CPU utilization on both client and server
• LAN-free backup/restore that removes data transfer from the LAN, providing high-performance backup/restore and minimizing network traffic, improving application performance and transaction response times on the TSM server
• Supports a SAN-connected tape library, where multiple servers can share a tape library and tape drives on a Storage Area Network
• Operating systems supported: AIX, HP Unix, Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows, z/OS

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