Use the backup-archive client to store backup versions of your files on the Tivoli® Storage Manager server. You can restore these backup versions if the original files are lost or damaged.
All client backup and restore
procedures also apply to the web client, except that the web client
does not support a Preferences editor.
All client backup and restore procedures also
apply to the web client, except that the web client does not support
a Preferences editor, and the web client cannot browse network resources.
The web client also does not offer a Setup wizard, which is available
in the backup-archive client GUI, on Windows clients.
Unless otherwise specified, references to Windows refer to all supported Windows operating systems.
Tivoli Storage Manager provides
backup and archive services for all files on the following file systems:
File Allocation Table (FAT), FAT 32, NTFS, and ReFS.
- Planning your backups (Windows)
- Planning your backups
- Pre-backup considerations (Windows)
- Pre-backup considerations (UNIX and Linux)
- Incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backups (Windows)
- Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup (UNIX and Linux)
- Deleting backup data
- Deleting backup data
- Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (Windows)
- Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (UNIX and Linux)
- Backing up Windows system state
- Backing up Automated System Recovery files
- Image backup
- Back up NAS file systems using Network Data Management Protocol
- Preparing the environment for full backups of VMware virtual machines
- Back up virtual machines on a Hyper-V system
- Backing up Net Appliance CIFS share definitions