Certification Study Guide : IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3.

Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Certification overview -- 1.1 IBM Professional Certification Program -- 1.1.1 Benefits of certification -- 1.1.2 Tivoli Software Professional Certification -- 1.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 Certification -- 1.2.1 Job description and target audience -- 1.2.2 Key areas of competency -- 1.2.3 Required prerequisites -- 1.2.4 Core requirement -- 1.2.5 Test 799 Objectives -- 1.3 Recommended resources for study -- 1.3.1 Courses -- 1.3.2 Publications -- Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager -- 2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager -- 2.1.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager overview -- 2.1.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager architecture -- 2.1.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server -- 2.1.4 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Backup/Archive client -- 2.1.5 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent -- 2.1.6 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended edition -- 2.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager complementary products -- 2.2.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management -- 2.2.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Network -- 2.2.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Backup and Recovery -- 2.2.4 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for data protection -- 2.3 New features and changes with Version 5.3 -- 2.3.1 ACSLS library support enhancements -- 2.3.2 Activity log management -- 2.3.3 Collocation by group -- 2.3.4 Communications options -- 2.3.5 Database reorganization -- 2.3.6 Disk-only backup -- 2.3.7 Enhancements for server migration -- 2.3.8 IBM 3592 WORM (Write Once Read Many) support -- 2.3.9 Increased block size for writing to tape -- 2.3.10 LAN-free environment configuration -- 2.3.11 NDMP operations -- 2.3.12 New interface to manage servers: Administration Center -- 2.3.13 SCSI library enhancements.

2.3.14 Simultaneous write inheritance improvements -- 2.3.15 Support for multiple IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client nodes -- 2.3.16 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager scheduling flexibility -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter 3. Requirements and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager functionality -- 3.1 What to know about the first section -- 3.2 Prerequisites of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 -- 3.2.1 Supported platforms -- 3.2.2 Supported devices -- 3.2.3 Hardware requirements -- 3.3 Prerequisites of Administration Center -- 3.3.1 Software requirements -- 3.3.2 Hardware requirements -- 3.4 Planning the implementation -- Chapter 4. Solution development -- 4.1 What to know about the second section -- 4.2 Tivoli Storage Manager architecture considerations -- 4.2.1 Platform and server considerations -- 4.2.2 Server recommendations -- 4.2.3 Connecting with Tivoli Storage Manager across a firewall -- 4.2.4 Client architecture -- 4.3 Storage hierarchy -- 4.3.1 Policy components -- 4.3.2 Copy groups -- 4.3.3 Backup copy group -- 4.3.4 Archive copy group -- 4.3.5 Management class -- 4.3.6 Policy set -- 4.4 Planning disaster recovery management -- 4.4.1 Server recovery steps -- 4.4.2 Creation of up-to-date disaster recovery plan -- Chapter 5. Implementing a solution -- 5.1 What to know about the third section -- 5.2 Tivoli Storage Manager Server installation -- 5.2.1 Basic installation -- 5.2.2 Customization -- 5.2.3 Licensing -- 5.2.4 User management and security -- 5.2.5 Defining a new database volume -- 5.2.6 Defining new recovery log volume -- 5.2.7 Mirroring -- 5.2.8 Database backup -- 5.3 Installing ISC and configuring Administration Center -- 5.3.1 Configuring the Administration Center -- 5.4 Backup-archive client installation -- 5.4.1 Client components -- 5.4.2 Client interfaces -- 5.4.3 Code installation -- 5.4.4 Customization -- 5.4.5 Establishing the session.

5.4.6 Transaction -- 5.5 Setting up storage pools -- 5.5.1 Defining a physical library -- 5.5.2 Defining a physical drive -- 5.5.3 Defining a device logical class -- 5.5.4 Defining a device physical path -- 5.5.5 Defining a device logical class -- 5.5.6 Defining primary storage pools -- 5.5.7 Defining storage pool logical volumes -- 5.5.8 Audit volume -- 5.5.9 Backup storage pool -- 5.5.10 Checking in library volumes -- 5.5.11 Checking out library volumes -- 5.5.12 Migration -- 5.5.13 Data movement -- 5.5.14 Reclamation -- 5.5.15 Reduce restore times -- 5.5.16 Collocation -- 5.5.17 Collocation by group -- 5.5.18 Query content -- 5.5.19 SQL commands -- 5.6 Backup -- 5.6.1 Traditional LAN and WAN backup -- 5.6.2 Progressive backup -- 5.6.3 Selective backup -- 5.6.4 Logical volume backup -- 5.6.5 Image backup -- 5.6.6 Open file backup -- 5.6.7 Adaptive subfile backup -- 5.6.8 Journal-based backup -- 5.6.9 Group backup -- 5.6.10 SAN (LAN-free) backup -- 5.6.11 Server-free backup -- 5.6.12 Split-mirror/point-in-time copy backup -- 5.6.13 NAS and NDMP backup -- 5.6.14 Active and inactive file versions -- 5.7 Archive -- 5.7.1 Packages -- 5.8 Backup set -- 5.9 Restore -- 5.9.1 Restartable restore -- 5.9.2 Point-in-time restore -- 5.9.3 Multi-session restore -- 5.9.4 Backup set restore -- 5.10 Retrieve -- 5.11 Scheduling -- 5.12 Compression -- 5.13 Encryption -- 5.14 Windows issues -- 5.14.1 Windows System Object -- 5.14.2 Automated System Recovery -- 5.15 SAN environment -- 5.15.1 Tape library sharing -- 5.15.2 LAN-free client data transfer on sequential media -- 5.15.3 Server-free data movement -- 5.16 Reporting utility of Tivoli Storage Manager -- 5.16.1 Client and server event reporting -- 5.16.2 SNMP heartbeat monitoring -- 5.16.3 SQL queries and ODBC interface -- 5.16.4 Operational reporting -- 5.17 Clustering support.

5.17.1 HACMP and client configuration -- 5.17.2 MSCS and client configuration -- Chapter 6. Problem determination -- 6.1 What to know about the fourth section -- 6.2 Problem determination -- 6.2.1 Finding the problem -- 6.2.2 Tivoli Storage Manager messages -- 6.2.3 Problem determination steps -- 6.3 Hints and tips -- 6.3.1 Tivoli Storage Manager server tips -- 6.3.2 Client password tips -- 6.3.3 Client schedule -- Appendix A. Lab exercises for Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 -- Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager hands-on lab -- Lab 1: Basic file backup and restore -- Lab 2: Basic file archive and retrieve -- Lab 3: New Administration Center functions -- Health Monitor -- Storage pools -- Policy -- Using another management class -- TSM server database -- Appendix B. Sample test questions -- Sample test questions -- Answer Key: -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.