Storage
You can configure a Content Manager OnDemand system to maintain copies of reports in cache storage and in archive storage.
The copies in archive storage are for long-term storage. You can use Tivoli® Storage Manager or other external storage managers to maintain reports in archive storage.
Tivoli Storage Manager supports a variety of optical and tape storage
devices. Tivoli Storage Manager includes the following components:
- A server program that maintains a database of information about the devices and data that it manages. The server program also controls the storage media and devices that you define to Tivoli Storage Manager.
- An administrative client program that you can use to control and monitor the server program activities and define storage management policies. The activities include expiration processing, which is the process of deleting data that is eligible to be removed from the system, and reclamation processing, which is the process of reclaiming the space taken by expired data. Storage volumes that have been reclaimed can be reused. The storage management policies determine where data is stored and how long Tivoli Storage Manager maintains the data.
- An API that Content Manager OnDemand uses to work with Tivoli Storage Manager. The Tivoli Storage Manager API is required on the library server and all object servers that use Tivoli Storage Manager.
- Device support modules which provide support for storage devices and storage libraries.
Other external storage managers provide support for cloud and external file system storage.