This section discusses some items to consider before you
back up your data.
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.
Include-exclude options to control processing
You might have files in your file systems that you do not
want to back up. These files might be core files, local caches of
network file systems, operating system or application files that could
be easily recovered by reinstalling the program, or any other files
that you could easily rebuild.
Data encryption during backup or archive operations
The way to ensure data security is by encrypting
data. Use data encryption to protect data during a backup or archive
operation. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption is
the default encryption option. For the highest level of data encryption,
use 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) data encryption by
specifying the encryptiontype option.
File system and ACL support
Special file systems contain dynamic information that is
generated by the operating system; they contain no data or files.
The UNIX and Linux clients ignore special file systems and
their contents.
Maximum file size for operations
The maximum file size depends on the type of a file system.
The Tivoli Storage Manager client
does not check any file size limit during backup, archive, restore,
or retrieve operations.
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 by Tivoli Storage
Manager.
Mac OS X volume names Tivoli Storage Manager backs
up volumes based on their UNIX mount
point name.
Mac OS X Unicode enablement
The Mac OS X client is Unicode enabled. New clients storing
data on the server for the first time require no special set up.