Provides a graphical user interface for controlling the ADSM server. It also lets the administrator manage the server from anywhere within the ADSM network.
Provides backup-restore and archive-retrieve functions to ADSM clients. The component runs on each PC, workstation, file server, or LAN server that requires ADSM backup and archive.
Provides backup and archive function to applications running on API client platforms. The API can allow applications to store, query, and retrieve data from the ADSM server.
The ADSM API lets application programmers define an object to be stored in server storage. An object is a collection of data that is defined by an application and managed by the server. For example, an object can be a file, directory, a database table, or an image.
Provides HSM function to HSM clients. The HSM component can be installed on workstations or file servers.
Provides administrative services and server resources to ADSM clients. It uses the ADSM database, recovery log, and ADSM server storage to ensure data availability. The ADSM server coordinates backup and migration of client files to disk, optical disk, or tape.
The server console provides a command-line interface, but it is often more convenient to access the server from the administrative client.
Not a component of ADSM, the ADSM database and recovery log are at the heart of ADSM activity. ADSM saves information in the ADSM database about each file that it backs up, archives, or migrates. This information includes the file name, file size, file owner, management class, copy group, and location of the file in ADSM server storage.
ADSM saves information about database update transactions in the recovery log. This information allows ADSM to recover the database to a current state in the event of a disaster or interruption to ADSM server processing.
Not a component of ADSM, server storage is the destination for all ADSM client data.
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