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


About This Book

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is a client-server licensed product that provides storage management services in a multi-platform computer environment. The backup-archive client program permits users to back up and archive files from their workstations or file servers to storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archived copies of files to their local file systems.

In addition to the backup-archive client, Tivoli Storage Manager includes the following components available on a variety of platforms:

Associated with Tivoli Storage Manager, but sold separately, is the Tivoli Space Manager client program which was previously a feature of ADSM known as Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM). Tivoli Space Manager automatically migrates eligible files to storage to maintain specific levels of free space on local file systems and automatically recalls migrated files when they are accessed. It also permits users to migrate and recall specific files. This client program runs only on AIX and Solaris operating systems. For specific software requirements, see the README file that is shipped on the product installation media. See Tivoli Space Manager for Unix Using the Hierarchical Storage Management Clients for more information.

The terms hierarchical storage management and space management have the same meaning throughout this publication.

This book explains how to install the Tivoli Storage Manager clients and how to perform initial setup tasks. For information about installation and levels of operating systems that are supported, refer to the installation chapter for your client. For information about environment variables, refer to the environment variables section for your client.

Tivoli Storage Manager tasks that can only be performed by authorized users and root users are identified by the phrases, Authorized User and root user. See Root and Authorized User Tasks for more information about these tasks. An Authorized User is any user running with a real user ID of 0 (root) or a user who owns theTivoli Storage Manager executable and whose owner execution permission bit is set to s. In the following example, the user tivoli is an Authorized User while running dsmc since the dsmc owner execution permission bit is set to s:

   -rwsr-xr-x  1  tivoli  dsmdev  2880479  Nov  5 13:42  dsmc* 

This book provides information to help you set up and use the backup-archive client on your workstation. You should be familiar with your workstation, your operating system, and your basic system administration.

Tivoli Storage Manager books are translated into other languages. Contact your Tivoli Storage Manager representative for a list of available translations.


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