Overview of Tivoli Storage Manager
This section describes the basic Tivoli Storage Manager concepts. Tivoli Storage Manager is also known as IBM Spectrum Protect.
For more information about Tivoli Storage Manager and details about storage policies and devices and managing Tivoli Storage Manager storage, please see the Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Guide.
Figure 1 illustrates the concepts discussed in this section:
- A client node is registered in a policy domain. The other Tivoli Storage Manager policy objects are within the policy domain.
- When a report is copied to archive storage, it is bound to a management class. The management class and the archive copy group within it specify where the report is stored and how it is managed.
- A storage pool is the destination for reports that are copied to archive storage. An archive copy group specifies the name of the storage pool. The storage pool is mapped to a device class, which represents a device. The storage pool contains volumes as indicated in the device type that is associated with the device class. For example, a storage pool that is mapped to a device class with a device type of OPTICAL contains only optical storage volumes. All devices require a device class that specifies a device type. Optical and tape devices also require a library and drive for management of media, including the mounting of that media.
