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Product enhancements in V4.2.X
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OS/platform support improvements
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Windows 2000 Data Center, Advanced Server, Server, Professional |
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Montery/Risc 6000® AIX® V5 TSM 64 bit client |
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TSM client support for Linux on Z-Series® and OS/390® |
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Storage/Device support improvements
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LAN-Free data movements
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Additional support for LAN-free client backup/restore archive/retrieve data transfer directly from the client to a SAN-attached storage device |
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Solaris and AIX support for the Data Protection products for Lotus Domino, Oracle, Informix, and R/3, and the Storage Manager client Application Program Interface (API); Solaris support for Data Protection for Informix |
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HP-UX server support for tape library sharing with AIX, Solaris, Windows NT® and Windows® 2000 servers |
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LAN-Free Data Transfer client support for additional devices
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IBM 3494 libraries |
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ACSLS ELM libraries |
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Shared libraries via a Storage Manager server that is either a library manager or a library client |
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Disk devices on a storage area network (SAN), via a shared FILE device class |
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LAN-Free data transfer to SANergy managed disk storage pools |
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Support for Unicode-enabled client file spaces |
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TDP for NDMP currently offers the ability to do a full and differential file-system image backup and restore of Network Appliance file servers |
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SCSI Tape Failover Support for MSCS clusters |
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Veritas File System and Volume Manager disk support |
Performance improvements
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New performance features
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Journal-based backups:Improved overall incremental backup performance with journal-based backups for the Windows NT and Windows 2000 clients |
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Improved performance features
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Improved performance on tape devices:Performance is improved when writing to 3590 tape devices or devices which emulate 3590s on OS/390 V2R10 or z/OS systems |
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Management improvements
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New management features
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Windows 2000 System Object Support:Enhanced Windows 2000 System Object support allows the restore of inactive versions and point-in-time restore, and allows users to specify a management class |
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Automatic dial-up for Windows mobile users:New Storage Manager automatic dial-up capabilities establish network connection for mobile Windows users for scheduled back-ups |
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File list support:File list support allows for the command line commands, like selective backup, restore, query and archive, to reference a list of file names |
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Capacity analysis:Tivoli Decision Support for Storage Management Analysis provides tools for capacity analysis and reporting based on best practices |
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New management console using Microsoft Management Console:The Storage Manager Management Console is based upon the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) providing an easy to use interface with a familiar Windows look and feel. Computers with Storage Manager resources can be added to the console's tree view for easy navigation and management. The Storage Manager Management Console provides a single interface that integrates the Storage Manager Web administrator, Web client, Administrative console monitor and Administrative command line to help you manage storage resources across all supported platforms. The Storage Manager Management Console also has the ability to scan a network to detect and integrate Storage Manager servers and clients |
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Improved management features
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Space Management:IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 4.2 allows users to reclaim space in aggregates during data movement |
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Improved ANR9999D messages:By setting message context reporting to ON, you get additional information when the server issues ANR9999D messages. The additional information can help to identify problem causes |
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Maximum size of the recovery log increased:The maximum size of the recovery log is increased to 13GB |
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Using the Storage Manager Client Acceptor to manage the scheduler:The client acceptor daemon or service manages the Web backup-archive client. Users can now select to have the client acceptor also manage the scheduler on the clients. The client acceptor starts the scheduler and the client only when needed to run a Storage Manager schedule. Iif users are already running the client acceptor to manage the Web client, they can reduce the number of processes running continuously on their machines |
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Existing management features expanded to more OS
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Encryption for Unix and Netware Client Files:The encryption provided for Unix and Netware client files allows for the files that will be backed up or archived to be encrypted before being sent to the Storage Manager server |
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Data Protection (TDP) Module improvements
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Platform expansion
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Windows NT and Windows 2000 support for . . .
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Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange |
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Data Protection for Microsoft SQL |
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Data Protection for Lotus® Domino™ |
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Data Protection for Oracle |
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Data Protection for R/3 |
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Windows XP "tolerance" |
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TDP for Microsoft Exchange Server |
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TDP for SQL Server |
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TDP for Lotus Notes |
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