Product suites and related products

IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager suites and related storage products enhance and expand the features of the base Tivoli Storage Manager product.

Product suites and license options

The Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition products offer the core components for automated and centralized backup and restore operations. The server and backup-archive client components provide basic functions such as backup and restore operations, and archive and retrieve operations for files, directories, and disk images.

The product documentation includes information for both Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition.

Product suites, which combine Tivoli Storage Manager with related products, can be an easier way to buy and manage Tivoli Storage Manager software. The suites include products that can satisfy a range of data protection and recovery requirements, with simplified licensing. Learn more about Tivoli Storage Manager product suites.

Related products

You can enhance Tivoli Storage Manager with functions and features that are available in related products.

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IBM System Storage® Archive Manager System Storage Archive Manager provides long-term retention protection when you archive business records, files, or data.

Archiving data to meet regulatory compliance requirements requires more safeguards or protections, called data retention protection. These safeguards help ensure that data is not deleted prematurely, either inadvertently or maliciously. To meet compliance requirements, System Storage Archive Manager provides more protection for data that is archived by Tivoli Storage Manager.
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager protects data with integrated, application-aware snapshot backup and restore capabilities.

Data that is stored by IBM DB2®, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SQL Server applications can be protected with Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager software. With the software, you can create and manage volume-level snapshots for file systems and custom applications. You can choose whether to integrate Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager with Tivoli Storage Manager.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases protects Oracle data and Microsoft SQL data through automated tasks, utilities, and interfaces. This software creates online, consistent, and centralized backups to help you avoid downtime, protect vital enterprise data, and minimize operational costs.
Tip: Support for online backups of IBM DB2 and IBM Informix® databases is included with Tivoli Storage Manager servers. You do not need to install Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases to back up these databases. For more information, see the documentation for the DB2 and Informix products.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP provides protection that is customized for SAP system data.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail automates data protection so that backups are completed without shutting down Microsoft Exchange servers or IBM Domino® servers.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management A hierarchical storage management product that reduces storage costs for infrequently accessed information, without changing the way users and applications interact with their data. Use this product on AIX® and Linux operating systems.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks works with servers and client computers to transfer data over a storage area network (SAN), instead of a LAN. The product is a storage agent that enables LAN-free backup and restore operations.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments provides protection that is tailored for VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS® Media Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Media manages z/OS disk and tape resources for Tivoli Storage Manager servers that run on AIX or Linux on System z® systems.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows A hierarchical storage management product that reduces storage costs for infrequently accessed information, without changing the way users and applications interact with their data. Use this product on Windows operating systems.