Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks

IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks works with servers and client computers to make data transfers over SAN

Allows SAN-connected Storage Manager servers and Storage Manager client computers to make maximum use of their direct network connection to storage.

Reduces the impact of data protection on the LAN while also reducing CPU utilization on both client and server
LAN-free backup/restore that removes data transfer from the LAN, providing high-performance backup/restore and minimizing network traffic, improving application performance and transaction response times on the TSM server
Supports a SAN-connected tape library, where multiple servers can share a tape library and tape drives on a Storage Area Network
Operating systems supported: AIX, HP Unix, Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows, z/OS