Using the IBM System Storage N Series with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

This IBM Redbook provides detailed descriptions and setup instructions, practical examples, and best practices for backing up the IBM System Storage N series using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.

We include descriptions and instructions for using the latest enhancements made to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, specifically for the IBM System Storage N series and Network Appliance storage systems.

You will learn how to configure and set up the IBM System Storage N series and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3.2.3 using NDMP backup and restore functions.

We address the following topics:
- Configuring the N series for NDMP usage
- Using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software
- Backup of qtrees
- Single folder backup
- Single file/folder restore
- Restore using NDMP via GUI and command line interface
- Restore from NDMP backup to an alternative site/location on N series systems
- Integration with snapshot technology and snapvault

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Configuring the IBM System Storage N series
Chapter 3. Configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Chapter 4. Backing up and restoring data

• IBM System Storage N series, SG24-7129-03
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide, SG24-7447-00
• IBM XIV Storage System: Architecture, Implementation, and Usage, SG24-7659-01

Publish Date
10 July 2006

Last Update
25 June 2007

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Author(s)

Alex Osuna is a Project Leader at the International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center. He has been with IBM 25 years and has 26 years in the I/T industry. Of those 26 years, Alex has worked extensively in software and hardware storage for 21 years in service, support, planning, early ship programs, performance analysis, education, published flashes, and has provided pre-sales and post-sales support.

• Alex Osuna

Roland Tretau is an IBM Certified IT Specialist and Consulting IT Specialist providing technical leadership for IBM System Storage N Series NAS solutions throughout Europe. He has a solid background in project management, consulting, operating systems, storage solutions, enterprise search technologies, and data management. Roland led software development, large-scale IT solution and architectures designs in customer's mission critical environments. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in telecommunications. He is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and he holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University School of Business and Public Management.

• Roland Tretau

Norbert Engst is an IT Specialist and a certified IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Consultant for the Tivoli Technical Sales Support in Mainz, Germany. He has worked at IBM for more than ten years, with seven years of experience in tape and backup solutions. Norbert holds a graduate degree in computer science from the University of Erlangen- Nuremberg. His areas of expertise includes SAN designs, technical reviews, and validations for customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He supports onsite pre- and post-sales cases for tape and IBM storage software. Norbert is also involved in customer briefings, workshops, and demo setups at the TotalStorage Executive Briefing Center in Mainz. In addition, he supports clients with proof of concepts and technical validations for complex storage solutions.

• Norbert Engst

Jens Liebetrau is an IT Specialist in IBM System and Storage Group in Mainz, Germany. He has seven years of experience in designing and implementing storage solutions in the open system environment, including two years in the EMEA Storage ATS Team. His areas of expertise include SAN, tape, disk, and storage management software. He is an IBM Certified Professional.

• Jens Liebetrau

Torsten Knobloch is an IT Specialist for Proof of Concepts in the ATS Customer Solutions team in Mainz, Germany. His areas of expertise include setup and demonstration of IBM System Storage and TotalStorage solutions in AIX environments. He has written extensively on the DS6000 and DS8000 Concepts and Architecture redbooks. He has worked at IBM for eight years. Before joining the ATS Customer Solutions team in July 2003, he worked in Disk Manufacturing in Mainz as a Process Engineer.

• Torsten Knobloch

ISBN

0738495506

IBM Form Number
SG24-7243-00

Number of pages
90