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This chapter describes how to configure Tivoli Storage Manager for server-free data movement operations. Server-free data movement provides a way to back up and restore large volumes of data between client-owned disks and storage devices in a method that reduces overhead on the Tivoli Storage Manager server and the Tivoli Storage Manager client, and that minimizes data transfer on the LAN. This is done by making use of the SCSI-3 extended copy command. The command is issued and initiated by the server and carried out by a data mover device that exists on the SAN. The data mover device is responsible for moving the data either from a SAN-attached client-owned disk to a SAN-attached tape drive, or from a SAN-attached tape drive to a SAN-attached client-owned disk, which frees the server and the client from the operation.
For more information about server-free data movement concepts, see Server-Free Data Movement. For more information about server-free data movement operations, see Backup-Archive Installation and User's Guide.
Use the following table to locate instructions for specific tasks:
In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using a Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface. For information about the commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative client.
All of the Tivoli Storage Manager server commands in this chapter can be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.