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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Product enhancements in V5.2

O/S platform support improvements
Oracle® on Linux x86 and 64-bit Windows®
VxFS file system on AIX®
Data Protection for mySAP.com support for DB2 V8 and 64-bit AIX 5 SAP.com
Tivoli Storage Manager Server for Linux on zSeries
Tivoli Storage Manager Server on z/OS supports LAN-Free clients

Storage/Device support improvements

NDMP support for EMC® Celerra
Dynamic determination of Tivoli Storage Manager definitions for devices on SANs
Labeling of tapes without bar codes has been improved
Option to have the server automatically label tape volumes in libraries of type SCSI
Support for TapeAlert

Management improvements

New management features
Faster recovery time using NDMP file-level restore
Backs up open files or files locked from backup on Windows 2000 and XP
Includes new bare metal restore capability for XP and Windows 2003
Capability to monitor and control the utilization of the server recovery log

Improved management features

Reduces impact of backups by utilizing snapshot backups
Improves LAN-free support with features like tape mount retention, configuration, and performance enhancements
Improves HSM usability and accessibility for non-root users
Reduces data access times for HSM recall
Extends Long-term archive period to 82 years
Adds language support for MAC OS X via Unicode
Backups can now be scheduled through a firewall without any backup/archive client-initiated sessions
Includes Tivoli Storage Manager client end user GUI updates
Integrates with Tivoli Data Warehouse

24x365 Business-critical application protection improvements (previously known as Data Protection Modules)

Oracle on Linux x86 and 64-bit Windows
Data Protection for mySAP.com support for DB2 V8 and 64-bit AIX 5
Globalization and translations for Data Protection for Domino® on OS/400
FlashCopy restore for mySAP.com DB2 databases Obtained Microsoft® Certification for Data Protection for SQL and Exchange
Adds Data Protection for mySAP.com
Administration Assistant GUI updates and tracing enhancements
Simplifies installation of Data Protection for mySAP.com
AIX 5.1 and 5.2 support for Oracle and R/3 databases
Oracle 9i (9.1 and 9.2) in 32 and 64 bit mode for Oracle and R/3 databases
Support in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers for WebSphere® Application Servers version 5
Applet GUI for WebSphere Application Servers
Sun™ Solaris™ 64 bit mode support for Informix databases
Linux on xSeries support for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
Tivoli Storage Manager for Lotus Domino support version 6 of Lotus Domino
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases:
SQL 2000 (64 bit) in Windows 2003 support
SQL - Electronic Licensing implementation
Oracle zSeries Linux Support
Informix Linux x86 support
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
Exchange 2003 Support
Exchange - Electronic Licensing implementation

Product enhancements in V5.2.2

O/S platform support improvements

Tivoli Storage Manager Servers:
Disaster Recovery Manager for Linux, Intel, zSeries and pSeries
Tivoli Storage Manager Clients:
Linux B/A client for IA-64
Novell Netware 6.5
Hierarchal Space Manager:
Linux GPFS
HP 11.11 VxFS 3.5

Storage/Device support improvements

Super AIT
Seagate DAT 72
DVD support - Plasmon D-Series DVD libraries
WORM (Sony) Tapes
iSCSI support for Windows
3592 Jaguar support
EMC Centera support
SAN File System basic back up
Windows 2003 Storage Server

Management improvements

New management features:
Operational reporting
Generic NDMP support
Regulations compliance:
Data retention protection
Event-based retention policy
Deletion hold
Cluster support for Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for Windows
MAC OS X command line interface/boot time scheduler
MAC OS X multi-user support enables end user to backup/restore their own files
MAC OS X administrator command line interface
HSM Linux GPFS streaming support
HSM partial File Recall for AIX GPFS
Improved management features
Enhanced multi-session backup
Support Persistent world wide names for SAN attached drives
Choice on backing up symbolic links
Language packs for Russian, Hungarian, Polish and Czech for clients
HSM LAN-free for AIX GPFS

24x365 Business-critical application protection improvements (previously known as Data Protection Modules)

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning
(Tivoli Data Protection for mySAP):
Support for Flashcopy Restore for Oracle (DB2 Flashcopy Restore supported in Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning 5.1.5)
Windows 2003 (32 + 64 bit) support
SAP on Oracle: Suse xLinux support
SAP on DB2: Suse and Red Hat xLinux support
Enhanced Administration Assistant: Status Monitor functions and Tivoli user interface compliance
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino: zLinux support
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery:
Firewall support
User selectable directory for temporary work files
Restore file system permissions without restoring data
Add pull backup support to CD / DVD backups

Product enhancements in V5.2.3
Storage/Device support improvements
3584 R4 support LTO and 3592 drives in the 3584
RMSS 3581 with TSM
RMSS WORM support for 3592
New management features
Integration with Data Warehouse
Client Occupancy in ITSM Server
Improved management features
24x365 Business-critical application protection improvements (previously known as Data Protection Modules)
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
TDP for Informix on Linux zSeries 64-bit (SLES 8)
TDP for Informix on Red Hat 3.0 on xSeries
TDP for Oracle on Red Hat 3.0 on xSeries
TDP for Oracle support for Oracle RAC on AIX with GPFS
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail
TDP for Domino on Red Hat 3.0 on xSeries
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers
TDP for WAS on Linux/390 31-bit (SLES 7 & 8)

Related links
Technical documentation
Tivoli Data Warehouse
IBM Tivoli Software Wins Two Awards in CMP Media’s Intelligent Enterprise Seventh Annual Reader’s Choice Awards
Storage and Optimization


Page last updated on November 20, 2007.