Tivoli Storage Manager runs on most IBM OSs and hardware and supports Linux, including Linux on IBM's Z series systems. A Blue shop can back up its entire infrastructure with Tivoli Storage Manager. The product also supports a wide range of applications and platforms for backup, such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and Oracle databases. However, we wish this product could "push" clients to remote servers without requiring users to purchase additional software from IBM.
Tivoli Storage Manager uses Christie Bare Machine Recovery from Christie Data Products for bare-metal restores for Windows systems. For other systems, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery is available. That add-on supports AIX 5.1 and 5.2, as well as the JFS, JFS2, NFS and CDFS file systems. Both the Christie package and Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery are add-ons.
Tivoli Storage Manager supports full disk-to-disk backups for companies that want to take advantage of the speedy ATA or SATA backups. Reporting in Tivoli Storage Manager is well-rounded but nothing to write home about.
Tivoli Storage Manager is also available in an Extended Edition. This product adds disaster-recovery planning, NDMP support for NAS filers and support for the largest of tape libraries. Larger companies will want to use Tivoli Storage Manager Extended for their backup base; upgrades require a minimum of fuss. Only this version supports NDMP, and only NDMP 3 at that.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2.2, $18,675. IBM Tivoli Software, (877) TIVOLI1, (512) 286-0000. www.tivoli.com
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