LAN-free data movement
LAN-free data movement shifts the movement of client data from the communications network to a storage area network (SAN). This decreases the load on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.- Unicode file spaces (Windows)
The Windows client is Unicode-enabled. However, client versions before Version 4.2 were not enabled for Unicode. - Incremental backups on memory-constrained systems
Incremental backup performance suffers if the system has a low amount of memory available before starting the backup. - Incremental backups on systems with a large number of files
The client can use large amounts of memory to run incremental backup operations, especially on file systems that contain large numbers of files. - Performing a backup with limited bandwidth
If you plan to perform a backup over a network device that has limited bandwidth, such as a modem, you can help reduce network traffic by using adaptive subfile backup. - Control processing with an include-exclude list
There might be files on your system that you do not want to back up. These files might be operating system or application files that you can easily recover by reinstalling the program, or any other file that you can easily rebuild. - Data encryption during backup or archive operations
For the strongest possible encryption, use 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) data encryption, with the encryptiontype option. - Maximum file size for operations
The maximum file sizes for backup and restore, and archive and retrieve operations depends on the Windows file system that is used. - How Tivoli Storage Manager handles long user and group names
Tivoli Storage Manager can handle user and group names that are up to 64 characters without any issues. However, names longer than 64 characters require special handling.
Parent topic: Backing up your data