IBM TotalStorage NAS Backup and Recovery Solutions

This IBM Redbook is a guide for backup and recovery solutions for IBM TotalStorage NAS and iSCSI appliances. It provides a detailed description of how to implement various backup and restore solutions.

This hands-on guide starts with an introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery solutions and covers general concepts. After that you will learn about persistent storage images and data replication techniques. Then you will see various solutions for popular backup and recovery software.

This book covers the following backup software products: Microsoft Windows NT Backup, Tivoli Storage Manager, BakBone Software NetVault, Veritas BackupExec and NetBackup, and Legato NetWorker.

Additionally, the book includes tools and utilities provided by IBM to support backup of the IBM TotalStorage NAS devices, as well as special considerations for iSCSI environments.

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM TotalStorage NAS backup and recovery
Chapter 2. Snapshots and replication: PSM and Double-Take
Chapter 3. Microsoft Windows NT Backup
Chapter 4. Tivoli Storage Manager
Chapter 5. BakBone NetVault
Chapter 6. VERITAS Backup Exec
Chapter 7. VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter
Chapter 8. Legato NetWorker
Chapter 9. Backup considerations for iSCSI

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Publish Date
09 July 2002

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Author(s)

Roland Tretau is a Project Leader with the IBM International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center. Before joining the ITSO in April 2001, Roland worked in Germany as an IT Architect for Cross Platform Solutions and Microsoft Technologies. He holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in telecommunications.

• Roland Tretau

Ingo Fuchs is a Chief IT Architect and Alliance Manager at Memorex Systemhaus in Frankfurt, Germany. His areas of expertise include Storage Networking (SAN/NAS), Intel-based server systems and high-availability solutions. Ingo holds a Masters degree in Information Technology with focus in Project Engineering, and has a teaching share at the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim, Germany.

• Ingo Fuchs

Julian Garcia Bayo is a Storage expert and consultant with IBM Spain in the SSG Group. He holds a Masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering with a focus in Electronic Equipment. His areas of expertise include Storage Networking Solutions (NAS/SAN), Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems, and disk subsystems. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and an IBM Certified Specialist for xSeries and Enterprise Disk Solutions.

• Julian Garcia Bayo

Glenn Korn is a member of the Technical Support Marketing group for the IBM SSG group, where he specializes in SAN and NAS solutions. Glenn has been working with computer hardware and networks for over 12 years. He has extensive experience in IT support of both hardware and software. He holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Technology and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Novell CNE.

• Glenn Korn

Rok Rebolj is a Systems Engineer and Instructor in Slovenia. He has 8 years of experience in the IT field. He holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from the University in Ljubljana. His areas of expertise include IBM Netfinity and xSeries servers, storage networking, and systems management. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and IBM Certified Expert for xSeries.

• Rok Rebolj

ISBN

0738426296

IBM Form Number
SG24-6831-00

Number of pages
220