Planning for interoperability between Content Manager OnDemand and Tivoli Storage Manager

Content Manager OnDemand uses the Tivoli Storage Manager API client to store data into the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

Content Manager OnDemand supports Tivoli Storage Manager in the following configurations:

Content Manager OnDemand library/object or object server plus Tivoli Storage Manager on one workstation. Install the Server, 64-bit Client API, Device Support Runtime, Server Runtime, and Licenses packages on the object server workstation.
Content Manager OnDemand library/object or object server only (where Tivoli Storage Manager resides on a workstation other than the library or object server). Install the 64-bit Client API packages on the object server workstation.

The Tivoli Storage Manager server is managed and administered independently of Content Manager OnDemand. The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must ensure that the following conditions are met:

All the normal requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager storage are monitored and managed accordingly
All required Tivoli Storage Manager policies, management classes, storage pools, and volumes are defined accordingly
All required Tivoli Storage Manager storage pools and volumes are online
All Tivoli Storage Manager storage pools and volumes have sufficient storage space to satisfy the needs of Content Manager OnDemand
The Tivoli Storage Manager server is active when Content Manager OnDemand needs to read from or write to its storage repository

If your Tivoli Storage Manager configuration cannot support Content Manager OnDemand, system requests (that require Tivoli Storage Manager services) will fail. The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator should examine the system to ensure that it will support the storage and retrieval of data by Content Manager OnDemand.