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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

LAN-Free Data Movement

AIX, AIX 5L, HP-UX, and Solaris clients support LAN-free data movement, which shifts the movement of client data from the communications network to a storage area network (SAN). Shifting the client data movement from the communications network to a SAN decreases the load on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

The SAN provides a path that allows you to backup, restore, archive, and retrieve data to and from a SAN-attached storage device. Client data moves over the SAN to the storage device via the Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent. The Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent must be installed on the same system as the client.

LAN-Free Prerequisites

To enable LAN-Free support, you must install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN feature on the client workstation. For more information, refer to the following publications:

LAN-Free Options

After installing and configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN feature on the client workstation, you can use the following options to enable LAN-Free data movement:

enablelanfree
Specifies whether to enable an available LAN-free path to SAN-attached storage device. See Enablelanfree for more information.

lanfreecommmethod
Specifies a communication protocol between the client and the Storage Agent. See Lanfreecommmethod for more information.

lanfreetcpport
Specifies the TCP/IP port number where the Storage Agent is listening. See Lanfreetcpport for more information.

lanfreeshmport
Specifies the Shared Memory port number where the Storage Agent is listening. See Lanfreeshmport for more information.


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