Through the server, you manage the devices
and media used to store client data. The server integrates the management
of storage with the policies that you define for managing client data.
Device support for server storage
With Tivoli Storage
Manager,
you can use direct-attached storage devices and network-attached devices
for server storage.
Data migration through the storage hierarchy
You can organize the server's storage pools into one or more hierarchical
structures. This storage hierarchy allows flexibility in a number of ways.
For example, you can set policy to have clients send their backup data to
disks for faster backup operations, then later have the server automatically
migrate the data to tape.
Removal of expired data
A policy that you define controls when client
data automatically expires from the Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
The expiration process is how the server implements the policy.