IBM Storage ProtectFormerly 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.
Tivoli (TSM) Backup Solution for Mid- or Large-Size Organizations
IBM Spectrum Protect is a great option for enterprise customers who need to back up a lot of data daily
Great for large-scale enterprises and health care
All-in-one backup solution
Pricey for the feature set, but solid at what it does.
TSM for your Enterprise Backup
Alternatives for the assurance of information
Tivoli Storage Manager works VERY well for Db2 and zLiniux
TSM for Windows Review
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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
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is 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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Reviews
(1-10 of 10)Tivoli Storage Manager
- backs up
- archives
- recovery
- performance degradation in server database backups after upgrades
- 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.
IBM Spectrum Protect is a great option for enterprise customers who need to back up a lot of data daily
- Backup and restore for enterprise customers
- Incremental forever technology reduces storage needs (besides deduplication)
- Can also protect virtual machines
- Provides online backup for databases, mail servers, etc.
- Deployment and configuration is not easy for an unexperienced IBM Spectrum Protect administrator
- Operations center uses a lot of data and needs a lot of storage for larger environments
- Have not seen a redbook about it in the past 10 years
Great for large-scale enterprises and health care
- Large number of clients backed up
- More data managements
- Mass data fragmentation
- GUI should be more user friendly
- Support for PMRs
- Reporting
All-in-one backup solution
- Single pane of glass for backups
- Runs in most of the Operating Sistems
- Can backup to disk and tape
- Complexity is a problem since it runs in many different environments, and each has their own particular setup process
- There is room for improvement in the "Operations Center" console
- Some of the tasks must be done in CLI
Pricey for the feature set, but solid at what it does.
- File-level backups on all servers.
- Granular retention policy. Some files we keep 3 years, others 30 days.
- Exchange agent is a bolt-on that is not manageable from the console. You have to use an MMC plug-in on the Exchange server.
- No SharePoint agent (anymore... there used to be one).
TSM for your Enterprise Backup
- The concept of "forever incremental" is very appealing to my understanding of how backups should happen.
- The backups are tuned for fast restores and they sure are fast.
- The media management is very good.
- It may have a significant learning curve for people unfamiliar CLI.
- The database can become corrupt and will require repairs. I have not had a case when I lost any data or inventory though.
Alternatives for the assurance of information
- Organized management of backup copies.
- Stability in the operation of the tool.
- Diversity in backup policy configuration.
- The tool administration platform must be improved.
- You should look for simplicity for the configuration complexity of suite products.
- The online viewing tool should be more stable.
- Backup copies of database systems with high capacity.
- Replication between Spectrum Protect systems works very well.
- Scenarios where a lot of information is handled.
- The backup of virtual environments must be improved.
- Dependencies must be reviewed with products for which Snapshots are configured.
- Like most of its competitors, Tivoli handles deduplication well.
- Provides a GUI for browsing and maintaining items stored there. I rarely use this feature, due to the next item I will post:
- Command-line interface directly from my DB2 database servers.
- Both client and server-side deduplication, compression and encryption are available.
- If the requirements are zLinux and DB2 support then it's the most solid solution.
- Can be complex to implement, but once up and running, it is rock-solid and immensely scalable.
- Scalability is huge. Can be added onto easily.
- For Oracle and SQL Server, there are other solutions that provide more "bells and whistles" such as storage-side restores, alerting, etc.
- We sometimes struggle with passwords expiring, etc. It is not a complete "hands-off" solution, as it requires SOME maintenance (not much, really).
- VMware backup capabilities lag behind competitors.
- Very Client Driven (which is a mixed bag). I like this feature. New, younger users may not.
TSM for Windows Review
- Good Support
- GUI interface is straightforward and easy to navigate.
- CLI is also an option to check on health or status of Tape Library.
- I do not see anything at the moment that requires change or adjusting. TSM works great for what we need it to do.
- Note worth mentioning: We never had the opportunity to explore the VM backup functionality, as we are currently using VMware snapshots. This data protection solution came highly recommended to any business environment running VWware / virtualization.