What is LAN free backup in TSM?

A LAN-free backup is a backup of server data to a shared, central storage device without sending the data over the local area network (LAN). It is usually achieved by using a storage area network (SAN).

Is TSM a backup software?

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM TSM) is an enterprise class backup and archiving application. IBM TSM, like all enterprise backup software products, is designed to make copies of an organization’s data to protect against data loss.

How do I start a TSM server?

To start the server, complete the following steps:

  1. Change to the /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin directory from a Linux session. Enter: >cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin.
  2. Start the server by entering: dsmserv Note: If the server does not start, set the ulimit parameter to unlimited. For example, ulimit -d unlimited.

What is San backup?

A disk-to-disk backup is simply a backup that is written to a disk or disk array instead of to a tape. In the case of a SAN, disk-to-disk backups usually treat a storage array as a virtual tape library.

How do I start TSM server on Windows?

To start the server as a Windows service, complete the following steps:

  1. Log on to the Tivoli Storage Manager server under an account in the Administrators group.
  2. From the Windows Start menu, click Run, type services.
  3. In the Services window, select the server instance that you want to start, and click Start.

What is LAN based backup?

LAN based backups works by sending backup data over the LAN and this LAN can be a dedicated backup LAN or shared along with the production LAN. In a typical LAN-based backup configuration, the backup client will send data from the server being backed up over the LAN to the storage media.

What is the difference between lanfree backup and TSM DB?

If the client (or) customer data backup size is more than 150GB than we will opt for LANFREE Backup. In LANFREE Backup actual data goes to TSM DB via LAN and the actual data directly goes to Tape Library through fiber channel.

How to create a storage agent in TSM Server?

For that go to storage agent default directory and there we will find a application by name “dsmsta”. We need to open that application and then we fill find a command prompt opened there we need to enter the userid and password of the storage agent as we specified in the TSM Server while defining it in the TSM Server.

What is the incremental backup schedule for TSM?

An incremental backup schedule is already defined on the TSM server to start backups every night at 7:00 PM, and the nodes are associated with this schedule. The policy domain and policy set are both named STANDARD.

How do I implement lanfree backup?

To implement LANFREE Backup we need to zone tape drives to the LANFREE client. This zoning work will be done by the storage team. Once the tape drives are zoned to LANFREE client we need to install tape drive drivers (LTO) drivers in the LANFREE client then only the client will recognize the tape drive hardware.