- New Wizard-Based Minimal Configuration Option
- The new minimal configuration option is intended to help beginning users
more easily install and run Tivoli Storage Manager for evaluation. It
should also benefit experienced users. The minimal configuration option
uses only two wizards:
- Initial Configuration Task List
- Server Initialization
Users can select either a Standard Configuration or a Minimal
Configuration option from the Initial Configuration Task List.
See Appendix A: Performing a Minimal Configuration for more
information.
- Server-Free Data Movement
- Server-free data movement uses the SCSI-3 extended copy command for
full-volume backup and restore of client data stored on dedicated SAN-attached
disk drives. It provides the following advantages:
- Reduces Tivoli Storage Manager client and server CPU utilization.
- Eliminates data movement on the LAN.
- Improves performance by taking advantage of high-speed fibre channel
devices, avoiding slower network connections and costly copy operations within
the client and server.
- Allows the server to handle more concurrent client connections and server
operations.
See Tivoli(R) Storage Manager Administrator's
Reference.
- Changes in Defining Drives and Libraries
-
Device special file names and External Library managers are now specified
in the DEFINE PATH and UPDATE PATH commands, rather than in the DEFINE DRIVE,
UPDATE DRIVE, DEFINE LIBRARY, and UPDATE LIBRARY commands.
See Adding a Manual Library, Adding an Automated Tape Library and
Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Reference.
- Moving Data by Node
- You can use the MOVE NODEDATA command to move data in a sequential-access
storage pool for one or more nodes, or move selected file spaces for a single
node. You can also use MOVE NODEDATA to move data to another storage
pool.
See Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's
Reference.
- Support for Simultaneous Writes to Primary and Copy Storage Pools
- You can specify copy storage pools in a primary storage pool
definition. When a client backs up, archives, or migrates a file, the
file is written to the primary storage pool and is simultaneously stored into
each copy storage pool.
See Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's
Reference.
- Data Validation with Cyclic Redundancy Checking
- Tivoli Storage Manager provides the option of specifying whether a cyclic
redundancy check (CRC) is performed during a client session with the server,
or for storage pools. The server validates the data by using a cyclic
redundancy check which can help identify data corruption. Data
validation can be enabled for one or all of the following:
- Tivoli Storage Manager client nodes at Version 5.1.
- Tivoli Storage Manager storage agents at Version 5.1.
- Storage pools
See Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN Storage Agent
User's Guide and Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's
Guidefor more information.
- New Licensing Method
- The new licensing method enables you to register the exact number of
licenses that are required, rather than in increments of 1, 5, 10, and
50.
See Licensing Wizard and Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's
Reference.
- Support for Windows(R) XP and Windows.NET Tivoli Storage
Manager Backup-Archive Clients
- Support is now added for Windows XP Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive
clients that run in 64-bit mode. New support is provided for
Windows.NET Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients that run in
32- and 64-bit mode. These two Windows platforms are a Unicode-only
version of the client.
See Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Using the Backup-Archive
Clients.
- Communication Method
- Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows no longer supports the Internetwork
Packet Exchange (IPX)/SPX and NETBIOS communication methods. The
COMMMETHOD server option is updated to reflect this change.
See Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's
Reference.