PLCS - Sysback

*NEW for 5.2 version!* IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery (SysBack) empowers you with a flexible backup method for your AIX systems to help protect your data and provide bare metal restore capabilities. It offers a comprehensive system backup, restore, and reinstallation tool. SysBack is a simple to use, yet highly effective, tool. Any feature may be executed from either the AIX command line or by using the SMIT menu interface. Protect your most vital asset - your data Whether your business is large or small, your company needs to protect your data under any circumstances. It's the lifeblood of any business. The loss of critical data from equipment failure or environmental factors can be a damaging or fatal event. These circumstances make strong backup and recovery systems imperative, but due to the high cost of personnel time, these services need to be as simple and automated as possible. Comprehensive backup and recovery options via a simple, efficient interface IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery (SysBack) allows you to choose from several types of backups, including full system (installation image), volume group, file system, file or directory and raw logical volume. SysBack allows for recovery of all or part of the system; and is flexible enough to allow a system installation image from one system to be installed onto another system with either identical or different hardware configurations (cloning). Backup and recovery options are performed via a simple SMIT menu driven interface or via a command line. Central management and automation tools IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery (SysBack) provides utilities to create backup scripts and schedules for easier task automation. Furthermore, backup, list, and verify operations are quickly assessed via a completion status-tracking log. SysBack's "pull" client backups allow the administrator to centrally manage backup operations from a single server (remote or local). By combining all of these features, administrators are provided with a complete central management system. Integrate with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager SysBack version 5.6 and later allows for the storage of backup objects into an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server. Combining the SysBack backup, restore and network boot / install functions with a Tivoli Storage Manager server provides a bare metal recovery capability for Tivoli Storage Manager configurations. SysBack will back up and recover a system’s volume group, logical volumes and file system information. Additionally, SysBack has the capability to back up any non-rootvg data specified. Customers may opt to use SysBack simply to recover the rootvg volume group and then use Storage Manager to backup and manage other user data. Backups to a Tivoli Storage Manager server may be manipulated like any other SysBack backup. They may be listed, verified, restored and used for system reinstallation. Integrate network boot and install features in support of RS/6000 SP systems IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery (SysBack) provides network boot features for those administrators that choose not to boot from locally attached tape devices. Network boot options allow remote via SysBack functions (Classic Boot) or by utilizing existing NIM resources (NIM Resource Boot). Using the SysBack NIM Resource Boot functionality, SysBack provides IBM RS/6000 SP system specific network boot and installation utilities for nodes. The SP boot and install utilities allow for smooth installation and cloning processes for nodes within the same, or between different, SP complexes. Provides Offline Mirror Backup options The Offline Mirror Backup option splits specified AIX mirrors to allow IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery (SysBack) access to inactive copies of data. This allows simultaneous user and system access to the active copies.