You can work with many different applications by using Tivoli® Storage Manager interfaces.
- Graphical user interfaces
- For the clients, there are graphical user interfaces for the backup-archive
client and the space manager client (if installed, on supported operating
systems).
For information about using the interfaces, see Installing and upgrading the server.
- Web interfaces for server administration and for the backup-archive client
The Operations Center provides web
and mobile access to status information about the Tivoli Storage
Manager environment.
You can use this interface to monitor multiple servers and complete
some administrative tasks. The interface also provides web access
to the command-line. For more information, see Managing the storage environment from the Operations Center.The web backup-archive client (web client) allows an authorized user to remotely access a client to run backup, archive, restore, and retrieve processes. The web browser must have the appropriate support for Oracle Java™.
See Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients for requirements.
- The command-line interface
For information about using the command-line interface of the administrative client, see Managing the server from the command line.
For information about using the command-line interface of the backup-archive client or other clients, see the documentation for that client.
- The application programming interface
For more information, see Developing solutions with the application programming interface.
- Access to information in the server database using standard SQL SELECT statements.
- Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 6.1 and later use the DB2® open database connectivity (ODBC) driver to query the database and display the results. For more information, see Using SQL to query the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database.