Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations central administration console

With the Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations central administration console, you can centrally manage many Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients.

With the central administration console, you can manage Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients in the following ways:

• Discover existing Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files and Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients.
• Monitor the activity of clients to determine the health of your data protection system.
• Tune performance of clients and react to potential problems to maintain the highest level of data protection. You can update configurations and send command scripts.
• Deploy software updates throughout the enterprise.

The central administration console is a tool for monitoring and managing the clients. The central administration console makes an administrator's job easier, but is not a requirement for protecting your data. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients can protect your data without the central administration console. If you do not install the central administration console or if the central administration console is not running, your data is still protected by the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients.

Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations can store backup copies on a Tivoli Storage Manager server, but there is no requirement to use Tivoli Storage Manager. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations is a stand-alone product and has no dependencies on Tivoli Storage Manager or Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack.

The following concepts are key to understanding the central administration console: groups and administration folders:

Groups

With the central administration console, you can administer many clients at a time. You can filter and select clients based on several criteria, but a typical filter is achieved by assigning clients with similar data-protection needs to the same group.

Administration folders

The central administration console communicates with clients by sharing information with clients in administration folders.