The Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations client provides a flexible, easy to use file protection system. Your most important files can be continuously protected. Your less important files can be protected at scheduled intervals to save time and storage space. E-mail files can also be protected. And you can prevent any changes (including deletions) to files in folders that you designate as vaults.
Continuously protected files are backed up to a local drive, so that backup copies are created even when network conditions prevent storing backup copies on remote storage locations. Continuously protected files can also be stored on remote storage locations, when network connections allow. If a remote location is not available when you change a continuously protected file, the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations client makes a backup copy on that device as soon as the device becomes available. Scheduled backup copies are created on the interval that you configure (hourly, weekly, daily, or monthly). If the remote device for scheduled backups is not available at the time of the backup, theTivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations client makes backup copies on the remote location as soon as that device becomes available.
Every time you change a file, a backup copy is created. This allows you to choose which version of a protected file you want to restore. You configure how many backup copies to save.
The diagram below provides an overview of how the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations client protects your data.
After installation of a Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations client, the client immediately provides continuous protection for a pre-configured list of files. You can see the backup copies in the \RealTimeBackup\ folder in the root of your primary drive, and in the list of files that you can restore with the Restore Wizard of the client. The default space allocated for your backup copies is 500 MB.
You can configure other lists of files to protect, other storage areas, scheduled protection, and other protection options, using the client or the central administration console.
Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations can store backup copies on a Tivoli Storage Manager server, but there is no requirement to use Tivoli Storage Manager. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations is a stand-alone product and has no dependencies on Tivoli Storage Manager or Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack.