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IBM Storage Protect
Formerly IBM Spectrum Protect / Tivoli Storage Manager

Overview

What is IBM Storage Protect?

IBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.

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Recent Reviews

TSM for Windows Review

8 out of 10
March 30, 2018
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Tivoli Storage Manager is being used across the whole organization to provide backup at the file level backup. This protects the business …
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What is IBM Storage Protect?

IBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.

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  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.ibm.com/products/storage…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is IBM Storage Protect?

IBM Storage Protectâ„¢ can simplify data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It is also presented as a solution to simplify backup administration, improve efficiency, deliver scalable capacity and enable other advanced capabilities.

Key features of IBM Storage Protect
  • Data replication
  • Built-in cloud integration
  • Comprehensive data protection
  • Integration with IBM Storage Protect Plus
  • Data lifecycle automation
  • Secure to the core
  • Simplified solution bundles
  • A worldwide network of business partners

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Frequently Asked Questions

IBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.

Veritas NetBackup, Veeam Data Platform, and Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI are common alternatives for IBM Storage Protect.

Reviewers rate Instant recovery highest, with a score of 3.

The most common users of IBM Storage Protect are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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March 04, 2022

Tivoli (TSM) Backup Solution for Mid- or Large-Size Organizations

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Naveen Sharma
Consultant
DCM Infotech Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Tivoli (TSM) backup software as backup and recovery solution in our environment. We use this product to take all types of backups at OS and database level, like filesystem level backup, OS backup (AIX mksysb), etc. We use this software for daily purpose of backup and recovery for virtual and physical environment.
Pros and Cons
  • Tivoli (TSM) takes backup by using progressive incremental backup, which means that once it takes the full backup, it only takes the backup of changed data. By using this technique, it provides lots of benefits, like using less network bandwidth and taking less storage space.
  • Tivoli basically provides an archive and retrieval service for data at a cheaper cost that needs to be stored for long period due to compliance.
  • Tivoli (TSM) backup software provides the feature of migration and recall service for space management on client systems or servers.
  • Tivoli is not manageable from the GUI console and I believe it needs a dedicated resource to manage the software.
  • Tivoli (TSM) configuration is complex, granular, and scalable with customizable configuration features, but it requires a good administrator that has a strong knowledge of the product.
  • It needs additional agents or plugins for administration; for example, I have to use an MMC plug-in on the servers.
Likelihood to Recommend
Tivoli (TSM) software is best for the policy-based management of file-level backups with automatic data migration between storage tiers. It's the best way to save on the cost of storage and other resources. I really like the deduplication functionality of source and destination data, which helps to save the network bandwidth and storage resources. The administration of Tivoli is still complex, which means you need good skills to manage this product. Although, a new version is coming with a better GUI, but it will still require good command-line skills to make Tivoli do everything.
Most Important Features
  • The best feature of Tivoli is deduplication functionality of source and destination data, which helps us to save costs.
  • Tivoli does well in running file-level backups in our organization, so I can say this is the best solution for file-level backups.
  • This product allows us to customize the configuration up to an extreme level.
Return on Investment
  • Tivoli backup solution is good for file-level backups in mid or large-type organizations.
  • Tivoli provides deduplication functionality of source and destination data, which helps to save resources.
  • The administration of Tivoli is complex, which means you need good skills to manage this product.
Alternatives Considered
Tivoli is the best software backup solution for medium and large-sized companies that need a backup and disaster recovery system that is customizable with a very high level of reliability. I really like the way we can customize the software according to the environment. It provides a lot of features like deduplication to save storage resources and costs.
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