IBM® Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager V4.1 is designed to deliver high levels of data protection for business-critical databases and applications through integrated application snapshot backup and restore capabilities.
The applications supported by Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager are IBM DB2®, Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SQL Server, and the VMware vSphere platform. In addition, IBM DB2 and Oracle databases are supported for use either with or without SAP environments. Other applications can be supported on IBM AIX®, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows platforms with script customization.
These capabilities are achieved through the utilization of advanced storage specific hardware snapshot technology to help create a high-performance, low-impact application data protection solution. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is easy to install, configure, and deploy. It seamlessly integrates with various storage systems such as IBM Storwize® V7000, IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller, IBM System Storage DS8000®, and IBM XIV® Storage System products.
In addition to the above devices, Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager V4.1 on Windows supports any storage system that is VSS capable, by using the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) system provider or a VSS Hardware Provider that strictly adheres to the Microsoft VSS Provider interface.