Messages


Chapter 1. Introduction

Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) is an enterprise-wide storage management application for the network. It provides automated storage management services to multivendor workstations, personal computers, and local area network (LAN) file servers. TSM includes the following components:

Server
Allows a server system to provide backup, archive, and space management services to workstations. The server maintains a database and recovery log for TSM resources, users, and user data.

The server controls the TSM server's storage, called storage pools. These are groups of random and sequential access media that store backed up, archived, and space-managed files.

You can set up multiple servers in your enterprise network to balance storage, processor, and network resources. TSM allows you to manage and control multiple servers from a single interface that runs in a web browser (the enterprise console).

Administrative client
Allows administrators to control and monitor server activities, define management policies for client files, and set up schedules to provide services at regular intervals. Administrative functions are available from an administrative client command line and from a web browser interface.

Backup-archive client
Allows users to maintain backup versions of their files, which they can restore if the original files are lost or damaged. Users can also archive files for long-term storage and retrieve the archived files when necessary. Users or administrators can register workstations and file servers as client nodes with an TSM server.

Hierarchical storage management (HSM) client
Provides space management services for workstations on some platforms. TSM users can free workstation storage by migrating less frequently used files to server storage. These migrated files are also called space-managed files. Users can recall space-managed files automatically simply by accessing them as they normally would.

Application programming interface (API)
Allows users to enhance existing applications with backup, archive, restore, and retrieve services. When users install the TSM API client on their workstations, they can register as client nodes with an TSM server.

This chapter contains information to help you understand the messages issued by the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM):

Messages can appear on the server console, the administrative client, an operator terminal, the administrative graphical user interface, the backup-archive client, or the space-management client.

TSM provides an activity log to help the administrator track server activity and monitor the system.

The activity log contains messages generated by the server and is stored in the database. To access the activity log from the administrative graphical user interface, select the SERVER icon. The server automatically deletes messages from the activity log after they have passed the specified retention period. Any messages sent to the server console are stored in the activity log. Examples of the types of messages stored in the activity log include:


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