Application programming interface

The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager application programming interface (API) is packaged with the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. With the API, you can protect business applications such as databases in the Tivoli Storage Manager environment.

Information about the application programming interface (API) is not updated for this release.

For instructions on how to install the API, see Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows). Information about installing the API is provided in the installation procedures for the backup-archive client.

For information about using the API, see the documentation for Tivoli Storage Manager API Version 7.1.3 at Developing solutions with the application programming interface.