IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2 and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition V6.2 offer:

• New data reduction capabilities: More effective data management through source-side data deduplication to help conserve network bandwidth and slow the rate of data growth by eliminating redundant data.
• Simplified management of virtualized environments: Administration is simplified with auto discovery of new VMware guests and support for Microsoft Hyper-V guest backups using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), which helps reduce the overall number of agents to manage.
• Productivity enhancements: Storage administrators can automatically schedule and distribute Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client updates for Microsoft Windows, which helps deliver quicker and less labor intensive software distribution.
• Performance enhancements: Simultaneous migration and storage pool backup combines windows for migration, storage pool backup, and copy active-data into one process that can help reduce the overall time for these operations, potentially freeing up Tivoli Storage Manager server resources to perform other administrative operations.

The Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2 products consist of:

• Tivoli Storage Manager
• Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition
• Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks
• Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
• IBM System Storage Archive Manager
• Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning

Planned availability date

• March 19, 2010: Electronic – English only
• April 16, 2010: Media – English only