Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.

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Server, Client, Operation Center, HSM & FB4W

Tricia Jiang

IBM Tivoli Software |

2014 IBM Corporation

TSM 7.1.1 New Features

Operations Center
Daily Email Reports executive summary
Alert Configuration
Client, Admin and Server Maintenance schedule
Storage Pools details
Bookmarks
Services (Policies) Details
SUR Occupancy
Client Management Services

GA 9/12/14

TSM for VE
Provide initial TSM for VE solution for Microsoft Hyper-V
Integrate simplified mount solution for file-level recovery in DP for VMwar
UI; "Help Desk"
FCM & DP for VMware - integrated vSphere Web Client user interface
(Adobe Flex)

TSM for ERP 6.4.2 (shipped July 25th)

TSM Server
Replication: Scale Enhancements
Performance Enchantements
Replication: Dissimilar Policies
DB2 10.1 /10.5 support
Replication: Repair/recover files for source server from replication target
Support BRTools 7.4
Compress DB2 backups & archive logs
Windows 2012 Support
TSM Client
Solaris 11 support
256-bit AES encryption
Conformance to NIST SP800-131a
TDP (Currency)
Windows 2012 R2 support
Windows 2012 R2 - Exchange, SQL, Oracle,
Solaris x86 BA client (64-bit)
HSM for Windows
Backup Performance Enhancement
TSM for Space Management
GPFS User Exit Based Failover
UNIX: Enhanced Recall
Fastback for Workstations
Central admin console Websphere Liberty Profile
Graphing in the reporting tables in Central admin console
New block level backup strategy
Help system upgrade

SQL 2014 support

TDP Exchange
Windows 2012 R2 support
Reduced authority for Exchange IMR Roll Based Access Control support
IMR Usability and Performance enhancements
Exchange config wizard to validate permissions
FCM for Windows:
SQL Server 2014 Support, Windows Server 2012 R2 Support
Exchange IMR Browser Usability & Performance see WI 3304 above
FCM for VMware:
GUI integrated with vSphere Web Client
Configuration Wizard
NIST SP 800-131a compliance
Application consistent FlashCopies from target of a metro/global mirror

TSM Operation Center - Dashboard or Overview Changes

Whats new in 7.11
Multiple videos on what is new
Shows each time OC started
Can Click Dont show again

Polices graphics
Expiration

The 7.1.1 Operations

Center dashboard
areas of change :

Traffic Graphics
Customizable Traffic view

Usage of
DB & Log
Space

TSM Operations Center Daily Email Report

Executive summary of over health and client coverage

Daily Email Reports

Summary: Backup Success,
Server & Storage availability,
Client Protection
HTML detailed report:
Summary, At Risk Clients, TSM
Servers, Storage Pools, Storage
Devices
Works with most emails & browsers
Email Configurable
Recipient (TSM admin or email)
Time of day sent

TSM Operations Center - Daily Email Report

Daily email that summarize the basic health of your TSM environment:
High level summary: Backup success, Server and storage availability, Client protection
Attached detailed report: Summary & Details: At Risk Clients, TSM Servers, Storage Pools, Storage Devices

Requirements:
Setup a SMTP server that allows open mail relay
No authentication, No SSL, OC must have access to
SMTP server address and port
TSM administrator with email address associated
update admin {admin_name} emailaddress={userid@domain}

Email message:
Sent in HTML format
Viewable in email clients that support HTML format
Lotus Notes, Outlook, Apple Mail, Gmail and others
Might not be shown correctly in email clients that convert HTML to another format
For example, if HTML email is converted to Rich Text Format (RTF)
Attached detailed HTML report
Download report and then open the HTML file with web browser
Email client preview feature not supported
Report will open but because of security features report may not display or function correctly

TSM Operations Center Client Schedules

Visualize and Create Client Schedules

View all client schedules

across servers
Create New Schedules
Edit existing schedules
See client associations

TSM Operations Center Create New Client Schedules

Visualize and Create Client Schedules

Wizard
Different prompts for schedule type
and subtype
Followed by client association

TSM Operations Center Client Schedules Details

Visualize and Create Client Schedules

View schedule start window

Visualize start window, duration
Modify schedule attributes
View and mange client
associations to schedules

TSM Operations Center Maintenance Schedule

View Maintenance activities for servers

Read only
2 week history
Initiated by = how task started
Automatic Tasks
Commands
TSM Schedule
External
New end time for admin schedules

Visualize and Create TSM Maintenance Schedules

MAXRUNTIME parameter in DEF

SCHE
Server processes still running past this
time are cancelled by the server

Maximum Run Time on Client & Administrative Schedules

Description

For client schedules

TSM Admin can specify the max amount of time a schedule runs before getting a warning message
For administrative schedules
TSM Admin can specify the maximum amount of time the schedule can run
If the schedule has reached the maximum time, it will get cancelled

Benefit

Administrator can better control the scheduling of client and administrative tasks

Server Support

MAXRUNTIME is a new parameter added to DEFINE SCHEDULE command

Default is 0: no maximum run time

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TSM Operations Center - Storage Pool

Storage Pool Configuration

Capacity, Next Pool, Start / Stop Migration, Start Reclamation, # of Volumes

2 week storage pool activity History

Activity Graph + daily Backup/Reclaim/Migrate operation completion

Edit storage pool properties

View storage pool volumes

Capacity, Access, Online/Offline or Status, Reclaimable Space capacity

Visibility for Reclaimable Space

All STGpool Table: Reclaimable Volumes added as hidden table

Volumes Level: % Reclaimable Space & Reclaimable Space Capacity

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TSM Operations Center - Services Policy Details

Last Activated

Will display
Migration
Destination
here if set

View when policy domain was

activated in the last 2 weeks
7.1.1+ servers ONLY
Visual information on Storage Pools

2 week expiration history

Policy Attributes
Retention Settings
Versions settings
Pool destination
Activation

TSM Operation Center - Reclaim Storage Pool Action

Ability to manually kick off

Reclamation directly from the
OC
Underneath the More button
in Storage Pools

Volumes number might change

as you slide the Start
Reclamation threshold
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Kick off Reclamation from the OC

TSM Operation Center - Migrate Storage Pool Action

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Kick off Migration from the OC

Ability to manually kick of

migration directly from OC
Underneath More button in
Storage Pools

TSM Operations Center - Advanced Filtering

Magnifying glass icon opens advanced filter

Build a custom search of one or more search terms

Column Name - Condition - Content

Use + - buttons to add and remove terms

Use And Or buttons to switch between joining operators

When an advanced filter is applied

Reset button appears
Basic filter displays Advanced Filter ON
Column headers being searched are shown as depressed
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Customize items being viewed

TSM Operation Center - Global Shared Links

Description: List of shared links that can be used by all OC users
Benefits: Share commonly used links or sorts
OC Specifics:
Admin Authority
System Admin: add, delete, update, view & open links
Non-system admin: viewing and opening links
To control entries, click enabled save button
Add
10 entries in maximum can be added
Delete
Any existing entries can be deleted
Update
Both Name and URL entries can be updated
Opening the links
OC internal links will be opened in the current tab
Others will be opened in a new tab
Dropdown list in banner
Open the existing shared links
OC internal links will be opened in the current tab; others will be opened
in a new tab
Launch the shared links tab of global settings dialog

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TSM Operations Center - Client Management Services

View and understand client
problems directly from OC
SW runs on the client machine
Retrieves errors from clients
DSMERROR.log DSMSCHED.log

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Visual information on Storage Pools

TSM Operations Center - Client Management Services

Benefit
Enables TSM admin to view & understand client problems directly in OC
No need to log into the client machine and manually viewing log files

Client Specifics

Client Management Service (CMS) is software that runs on the client machine itself
Supports TSM Backup-archive client system at version 6 or 7 (not tested on TDPs)
Supports TSM client OS: Windows 32 & 64 bit & Linux 64 bit
In OC, TSM admin needs to have: System, Policy, Client Owner or Client Access authority
Need to make sure firewalls are configured for all initiated connections
Can process up to about 500 MB combined dsmsched.log and dsmerror.log

GUI Install Steps (approx 5 minutes)

Obtain installation package from product DVD or IBM download site
7.1.1.000-TIV-TSMCMS-Linuxx64.bin
7.1.1.000-TIV-TSMCMS-Windows32.exe
7.1.1.000-TIV-TSMCMS-Windows64.exe
Run the install package in a directory; this will extract the installation files.
Run the install.bat (Windows) or install.sh (Linux) to initiate installation

Silent Install Steps (approx 2 minutes after file created & edited)

Copy the install_response_sample.xml to install_response.xml

To change port install_response.xml file line: <variable name='port' value='9028' />
On Linux./install.sh -s input input/install_response.xml -acceptLicense
On Windows install.bat -s input input\install_response.xml -acceptLicense

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TSM Operation Center - Count of Reclaimable Volumes

Description
Estimated count of reclaimable volumes can be retrieved from the server by the Operation Center.

Benefit
OCs storage pool view shows the number of reclaimable volumes for each sequential type storage pool

Server Support
The count includes volumes that meet the following criteria
Volume has a percent reclaimable value that is equal to or greater than the pool's reclaim threshold
Volume access is READWRITE, READONLY, or OFFSITE
For spoke servers that are unavailable at the time of status monitor collection
The number of reclaimable volumes will not be available and will show zero value for that server
For spoke servers that are downlevel (prior to 711)
The NUM_RCLMVOLS value is blank (null)
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TSM Operation Center Customizable Logon Screen

Customize the TSM OC logon to highlight information important to your users

Custom Login Text

Create or Update <install dir>/ui/Liberty/usr/servers/guiServer/loginText.html

Can add custom login text that will be shown on the login screen

Can add html tags

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Normal vs- Customized

TSM Operation Center - Automatic Refresh of the GUI Data

Description
Prior to V7.1.1, the server refreshed data in the GUI table at the status refresh interval (default 5 mins)
Starting with V7.1.1, the server will immediately refresh the data on server tables used by the OC

Benefit
Allows the OC to display more up to date information without waiting for status refresh interval

Server Support

Applied to all status monitor table( TSMGUI_nnnn_GRID tables )

Currently does not apply to Alerts table it has its own update and refresh handling
Does not apply to TSMGUI_STATUS_DATA
Table used by OC Overview page
Refresh is still done only at status refresh interval due to constant changing nature of the data
Full refresh of data in all OC related tables ( TSMGUI_xxxx_xxxx) are done at status refresh
No auto refresh if status refresh interval is set to 3 minutes or less
Avoids conflict between the two refresh cycles
Theres minimal delay, for example if a node is added to the schedule in the OC
Update is made on the server; Server pushes the update to the OC; OC table gets refreshed
Status Retention is changed from 48 hours to 24 hours

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TSM Operation Center - Alert Updates

Alerts were introduced in the 6.3.4 TSM server
7.1.1 Operations Center

Define new alert trigger on Hub server and on any Spoke servers for which alert trigger is valid
Change category of alert triggers on Hub server and on any Spoke servers on which alert triggers exist
Remove alert triggers from Hub server and from any Spoke servers on which alert triggers exist
Configure alert email notifications for administrators
Does not configure hub server and spoke servers for email notification
Click Configure to
change alert settings for
the Hub and any Spoke
servers

Can change the

category the alert
belongs to

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TSM Server and OC SUR Occupancy

Description
TSM server collects the space occupancy of primary storage pools for the purposes of SUR licensing
Keeps a record of the space occupied by primary pool storage pools supports TSM SUR
Suite for Unified Recovery is licensing based on the amount of data being managed

Benefit
Administrators dont have to run a long SQL statement to get the SUR information

Server Support
Collected once a week
Logged to the Activity Summary table as ACTIVITY=SUR_OCCUPANCY in TB or PB
QUERY STATUS is updated to display the value and time when it was last collected
SELECT * from STATUS will also display the value and time
Can view in OCs Server view by adding in the SUR Occupancy and SUR Collected columns
QUERY STATUS output
tsm: FUSION>q status
Storage Management Server for AIX - Version 7, Release 1, Level 1.0
Server Name: FUSION

SUR Occupancy (TB): 4.56

SUR Occupancy Date/Time: 08/10/2014 14:21:32

SELECT output
tsm: FUSION>select TOTALSUROCC_TB,SUROCC_DATE from status
TOTALSUROCC_TB
----------------------4.56000000000000E+000
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tsm: FUSION>

SUROCC_DATE
--------------------------2014-08-10 14:21:32.000000

TSM Server Scratch Pad

Description
New commands allows a user to enter data on a new line in the scratch pad
Scratch pad is a database table that the TSM server hosts
Can use the scratch pad to store diverse information in table format

Benefit
Allows the OC (or other TSM components like clients, or even end users) to store a wide range of data
Currently OC use of scratchpad is not exposed
Using internally to save some settings, filter information and link info
Admins can use it to save some notes to themselves or for their team

Server Support
New commands introduced
DEFINE SCRATCHPADENTRY - create a new line entry in the scratch pad
DELETE SCRATCHPADENTRY delete an entry from the scratch pad
QUERY SCRATCHPADENTRY query entries in the scratch pad
UPDATE SCRATCHPADENTRY update an entry in the scratch pad
SET SCRATCHPADRETENTION set how long to keep an entry in the scratch pad

Modified command
QUERY STATUS new output field added to show the scratch pad retention setting

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TSM OC - Visualization of Down Level & Unavailable Servers

Unavailable server in table of servers
Server status is shown with unavailable icon
Last known data for server is presented, e.g. Used and Free
Space for Database

Unavailable server in other tables

Last known data for server is presented, e.g. Capacity and
Access
The row of an unavailable server is grayed out & no actions can
be performed

7.1.1 adds checks for beta code

Will remember code levels used with a particular database
If any level was pre-release, then ANR4901E issued at startup and on 24-hour loop:
ANR4901E The server database has been used with a pre-release server_version Tivoli Storage Manager server (driver driver_number, build build_id). The server is not supported for commercial or production use.

Only able to detect pre-release use after 7.1.1

New SHOW VERSIONHISTORY command implemented to display version history

>show

versionhistory
Date (GMT)
-------------------2013/11/09 23:46:08
2013/11/09 23:57:31
2013/11/10 00:15:56

Version
-------------------7.1.1.0
7.2.0.0
7.2.0.0

Pre-release Driver
-------------------0300

Included in output for QUERY SYSTEM

Can be issued by any administrator regardless of authority
If non-NULL value in 'Pre-release Driver' column, the server instance is not supported for production use

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TSM Operation Center - Updates to Logging/Tracing

User can control logging from a panel in the Operations Center
Logs are centralized in same file as Admin API

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TSM Operation Center - Updates to Progress Dialog

Task is in-progress

Progress bar blue

Can Hide and Show details (Details are hidden by default)
Check mark icon next to successful steps
Spinner icon next to in-flight step

Task is still in-progress, but a step has failed

Progress bar blue
Error icon next to failed steps

Successful completion, summarizes the results of the task

Progress bar green
Succeeded text and icon
Check mark icon next to successful steps

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TSM Operation Center - Additional Changes in 7.1.1

The Java Level has been upgraded
To: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (pwa6470sr6fp1-20140108_01 (SR6 FP1))
The Liberty Web server has been upgraded
To: WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.2 (wlp-1.0.5.cl50220140403-1858)
The Knowledge Center upgraded to Customer Installable 1.5
Fully supported
Supports newer versions of FireFox, Chrome and Internet Explorer
The 7.1.1 Operations Center requires the Hub to be a 7.1.1 TSM server
Spoke servers are permitted to be at version 6.3.4 through version 7.1.1
Spoke server can not be at a higher version (any part of V.R.L) than the Hub server
Down level Spoke servers are reflected as such in the Operations Center
If a user attempts to use less than a 7.1.1 server as the Hub for a 7.1.1 Operations Center
Following just an upgrade of the Operations Center, the login will fail with an error indicating the Hub server must be
7.1.1 or higher
If the user attempts to Configure the Hub server for the 7.1.1 Operations Center, the Configuration login will fail with
an error indicating the Hub server must be 7.1.1 or higher
Neither the TSM server install nor the Operations Center install prevent the user from upgrading one and not the
other

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Activity Summary Record ACTIVATE POLICYSET

Description
New record logged to activity summary table for ACTIVATE POLICYSET command

Benefit
Allows the OC to inform the user of when the active policy set was activated

Server Support
Activity summary record logged when ACTIVATE POLICYSET command completes successfully
Purpose of this record is for use by OC
The following fields of the activity summary record are used
START_TIME/END_TIME <-- Timestamp of when the policy set was activated.
ACTIVITY
<---- for ACTIVATE POLICYSET this will be "POLICYSET ACTIVATION"
ENTITY
<---- Name of the domain

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PERFORM LIBACTION New ACTION Values

Description

New action values, RESET and QUIESCE introduced to PERFORM LIBACTION

Update all drive paths and all drives online in a specific library with one command
New DRIVESONLY parameter allowed when ACTION=RESET

Benefit
No need to issue multiple commands against each librarys drive & path to make them all online or offline
In the future this may be utilized by the OC and allow the user to reset their drives and paths

Server Support

Syntax
PERform LIBAction <library name> Action=<DEFine| DELete | RESet | QUIesce DRIVEsonly = <No|Yes>
Action
Reset
update all drive paths and drives online
Quiesce update all the drives to offline; drive paths not updated only the drives themselves
DRIVESOnly
This new parm allowed only if Action=RESET specified.
Yes vary drives online without updating any paths
No
vary drives and paths online

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Querying DB2 Directly

Description

As of 6.1, TSM no longer provides ODBC interface for Admin SQL

Management Applications / Report Engines were told to use DB2 ODBC/JDBC
TSM DB2 Schema is not documented
In particular, there's no way to distinguish between operational and reporting tables

Benefit

Have the ability to identify TSM DB2 Schema

Server Support

SHOW ADMINSQL identifies which DB2 views correspond to tables supported by Admin SQL interface
Publish technote to document usage and to discuss limitations
>show adminsql
Table Name

Syntax
.-Format--=--Standard--->>-SHOW ADMINSQL---+--------------------+---><
'-Format--=--+-Standard-+-'
'-Detailed-

DB2 Name

Cols Staged Query

--------------- --------------- ---- ---------------------------------ACTLOG

ACTLOG

14 No

ADMIN_SCHEDULES ADMIN_SCHEDULES

21 Yes

QUERY SCHED F=GUI TYPE=ADMIN

ADMINS

ADMINS

20 Yes

Q ADMIN F=D

AR_COPYGROUPS

AR_COPYGROUPS

12 No

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

11 No

...
>show adminsql f=d
Table Name

DB2 Name

Cols Staged Query

--------------- --------------- ---- ---------------------------------ACTLOG

Col# Column Name

ACTLOG

14 No
Type

Length Null

---- ------------------------------ ---------- ------ ----

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0 DATE_TIME

TIMESTAMP

10 N

1 MSGNO

INTEGER

2 SEVERITY

VARCHAR

1 Y

3 MESSAGE

VARCHAR

2001 N

4 ORIGINATOR

VARCHAR

6 Y

5 NODENAME

VARCHAR

65 Y

6 OWNERNAME

VARCHAR

65 Y

4 N

New Maximum Size for Active Logs

Description
TSM 7.1.0 increased maximum value allowed for ACTIVELOGSIZE
Increased 4X from 131072 to 524288
Not documented or announced

Benefit
In 7.1.1 announcing the new limit
Decision was too late for pubs update 7.2 books will show the new limit
Techdoc will be published to announce the higher maximum
New max allows active logs to grow to 512GB

Server Support
Larger logs can be enabled in 7.1.0 even though announcing in 7.1.1
Things to watch out for
Need to provision more space for logs
Larger logs can lead to longer restart times if DB2 crash recovery is required

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TSMDIAG - New Fields

Description
New fields for tsmdiag

Benefit
Help expedite & ease the gathering of appropriate doc to help resolve problemes

Server Support
-servername is now required field on UNIX
-dbalias creates alias
tsmdiag dbgrowth id admin pa xxx dbalias tsmdb5
-crash collects core files and runs platform tools
-dbgrowth runs dedupAudit.pl

https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMM/SC32-9103-01/en_US/HTML/tsmdiag.html

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TSM 7.1.1 Performance Enhancements Node Replications Reconciliation

Prior to TSM 7.1.1, replication has always done a reconcile

Compares complete list of files between the source and target server

Used to synchronize the source and target servers / Makes target server look just like the source server

Reconcile in TSM 7.1.1- Examines entire list of files in a file space (much like pre 7.1.1)

Used during the initial replication between 7.1.1 servers

Once reconcile completes, change tracking processing takes over during the next replication

Automatically runs following a database restore on the source or target server

Can run manually using REPLICATE NODE FORCERECONCILE=NO|YES

Synchronize source/targert files - used like an audit
Resynchronize source/target files if the db is regressed (other than DSMSERV RESTORE DB)
Restartable remembers where it left off if cancelled or after some catastrophic server event

Change Tracking in TSM 7.1.1 eliminates need to query target server for its list of files

New and change files are assigned a change identifier: when its stored & when meta data is updated

Replication only processes files with a change identifier incremental replication

Replication picks up where the last replication left off

Improves performance for fs with lots of files

New Replication rule that enables replication based upon Domain

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In addition to current replication by Server, Node and Filespace

TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Dissimilar Policies

Description:
Decouple target from source server policy, allowing target server to manage replicated files via its own policy

Benefits:
Maintain more or fewer versions of replicated backup files between the source and target replication servers
Retain replicated archive files for more or less time on the target replication server

If fewer versions of files are kept or retained for less time on the target server, the amount of target server
storage required can be reduced

Server Support:
Different policy for retention time & number versions can exist on primary & target server

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On source server first run VALIDATE REPLPOLICY

Default is to disable dissimilar policies

If disabled, the serves will act as they do today and honor the source servers policy
On source server SET DISSIMILARPOLICIES server on

Once enabled, target server is notified during the next replication

VEREXIST, VERDELETED, RETEXTRA, RETONLY, RETVER, RETMIN will impact what is kept

Expiration then runs independently on each server target server runs expiration

TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Dissimilar Policies

Backup data:

VEREXIST, VERDEL, RETONLY, RETEXTRA control when a backup is deleted

Archive Data: Only RETVER controls the length of time a file is retained for
Space Management Data: Retains the same behavior with or without dissimilar policies enabled
VALIDATE REPLPOLICY <server>

Must be ran prior to enabling dissimilar policies

Displays differences in policy settings for all nodes that exist on both source and target servers

Can be used to validate policy settings are correct, or to debug policy related issues

If no server is specified, defaults to current replication target server

SET DISSIMILARPOLICIES <server> <on|off>

Issued on source server to enable dissimilar policies for a specific target server
Must run VALIDATE REPLPOLICY for the given target server before this can be enabled

QUERY REPLSERVER

New field added to tell you if Dissimilar Policies is enabled for target replication server or not

Rebinding of Files on the Target Replication Server

In 7.1.0 <=, files bound to STANDARD on target server if the mgmtclass didnt exist at the time of replication

With Dissimilar Policies, the mgmtclass that a file is bound to on the target server is now important

During Reconcile Replication, files will be rebound to the correct mgmtclass if it exists on the target server

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Done at server level the first time a replication is run after upgrading to 7.1.1

Done at node level when REPLICATE NODE forcereconcile=yes

TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Dissimilar Policies

Changes for Expiration
Source server

If dissimilar policies enabled, source server holds onto a file until it has been replicated to the target

Files that have not yet been replicated, must be replicated before they can expire on the source
Files that have been updated ( active inactive or inactive expire immediately ) must be replicated (updated) before they can expire
Bypass this requirement temporarily by updating the node or filespace replication rule to NONE

Target Server

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All files are now deleted by expiration on the target server

Replication process no longer directly deletes files, instead deferred until expiration processing on the target server

The exceptions are group data and hsm data: These are still deleted during replication processing

If dissimilar Policies is enabled, the targets policy take affect as data is ingested into the server

This is exactly the same way a client backup is handled

As a file comes in, if there is an extra version, it is set to be expired

If dissimilar Policies is not enabled, the data's state is copied from the source serve

If it is active on the source, it will be active on the target

If it is inactive on the source, it will be inactive on the target

When expiration runs, it will delete files as it always has

Files that are expired will be removed whether dissimilar policies is on or off

Dissimilar Policies just dictates how files are set to expired during the ingest of the data

ARCHIVE data that has passed its retention data is only expired on the target if dissimilar policies is enabled

TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Recovery of Damaged Files

Description: Retrieve files that have been damaged on the source server from replication target server
Benefit: Assist with local recovery of files that have been damaged on the source server

Replaces damaged files with good copies that have been replicated
Includes files on volumes that have been updated as destroyed

Scenario:
1)
2)
3)

Server A replicates data to Server B

Storage pool volume or files on Server A is lost or data is otherwise inaccessible
Storage pool volume or files is restored from Server B to Server A

Server Support:
Must enable: SET replrecoverdamaged on
Additional step in replication process, if source server has damaged files in a file space being replicated

Notifies the target server to resend them at the end of the replication

When source replication ends, the target would start process to resend the damaged files

Damaged files are deleted and replaced with new copies, retaining original insertion date
New parameter on REPLICATE NODE command: RECOVERDAMAGED=YES|NO|ONLY

RECOVERDAMAGED=ONLY will not do replication, it will only recover damaged files

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TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Recovery of Damaged Files

New column in Replicated_Objects tracks damaged files

Valid values are currently 0 (not damaged) and 1 (damaged on source)

Worker thread periodically re-synchronizes the Damaged column

Thread wakes every 30 mins, only syncs if count of damaged changed

Source server initiates recovery, target server controls

At the end of a replication process, the source server will decide if a recovery is needed

If so, it will build up the recovery command and send it to the target for processing

Target starts modified replication process & corresponding replication recovery process on the source

The source & target will talk, with the target requesting damaged files and the source supplying them

Grouped objects

Requires special consideration, object ID cannot be reused

Groups are repaired with the new object IDs during recovery

Deduplication

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Reuses existing replication code to only send needed chunks

TSM 7.1.1 - Node Replication with Recovery of Damaged Files

Does not seek out damage

Server must encounter damage through data movement (reclamation, client restore, move data, etc.)
Or volume must be marked as destroyed

Deduplication (Largest area of limitation)

When a base chunk becomes damaged, links to it are not automatically made invalid
Example:
Node Bob backs up coolstuff.txt, which is split into 5 base chunks, stored on VOLA.BFS
Node Jason backs up files, which links to all five chunks created by coolstuff.txt, stored on VOLB.BFS
Administrator replicates node Jason, but not Bob
Administrator marks VOLA.BFS as destroyed
Replication recovery will not recover node Jason's damaged files
Solution - run audit VOLB.BFS
Audit Volume marks all damaged files on the volume, if the base chunks are damaged
Client restore marks individual files as damaged, but not all files sharing the same chunks
What if Node Bob was replicated?
No additional action is necessary
Chunks come back, links repaired throughout pool

Relinking limitations

One relink thread for all replication recovery requests

If server crashed/restarted, potential for many outstanding invalid links
Solution, run Audit Volume on all volumes potentially with replaced damaged chunks & run Validate
Extents

Update Volume

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If server crashes/restarted during an outstanding update, not all bitfiles marked damaged
Solution: Mark volume read-only, then back again to damaged

TSM 7.1.1 256-bit EAS Backup Archive API encryption

TSM now supports 3 algorithms of encryption

AES-128

DES-56

AES-256 (NEW)

TSM 7.1.1 introduced AES-256

Backup-Archive Client , API and DPs that use the API

Use ENCRYPTIONTYPE AES256 in dsm.opt or dsm.sys

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Then rebackup already backed up and encrypted items

Data deduplication is not supported with encryption

query backup shows encryption being used

Client GUI will have new option

Meet National Standards

TSM 7.1.1 and FCM Conformance to NIST SP800-131a

Description:

Special Publication 800-131a

Information security standard of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Requires longer key lengths and stronger cryptography than other standards

Ability to enforce use of TLS 1.2 or higher when SSL is used

Benefit:

Stronger cryptography when using SSL

Server Support:

Product options to require use of TLS 1.2 or higher ( when SSL is in use )

Server / Storage agent option: SSLTLS12

Default is No (specifies that the server uses TLS 1.1 for SSL sessions)

YES (causes the server and storage agent to prefer TLS 1.2 )
Client, server & storage agent check that the session has been setup with protocol TLS 1.2 or higher

They will break the connection if TLS 1.2 or higher is not in use

SSLDISABLELEGACYTLS

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Defaults to NO (SSL session processing works as in prior releases, client and server negotiate TLS
level)
YES (SSL session setup is terminated if TLS 1.2 or higher is not used)

Overrides the SSLTLS12=NO option

Enforces the rejection of SSL connection attempts that use levels earlier than TLS 1.2

No compliance with certificates for FCM on VMware

Compliance for the CIMOM device adapter with FCM on Unix/Linux

Unencrypted TCP protocols are still allowed

Meet National Standards

TSM Operation Center - Conformance to NIST SP800-131a

Secure browser to OC connection

During Install of OC 7.1.1 option for which type of secure connection (or none at
all) that the browser will use to connect to OC

Off The connection will not be secure.

Transition The connection will use TLS 1.0
Strict The connection will use TLS 1.2

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TSM 7.1.1 Compress Database Backups

Description: Selectively choose which TSM database backups are compressed
Benefits:

TSM deduplication increases size of the TSM database

The space requirements have also increased when backing up the TSM database
DB backup to local media: compression doesn't add much, compression overhead can be too much
DB backup to remote media: reduced amount of data sent compensates for compressions overhead

Server Support:
What can be configured
Can specify a "compress" parameter on the BACKUP DB and SET DBRECOVERY commands
SET DBRECOVERY sets the compress defaults for the BACKUP DB command
Impact of configuration decisions
Processor usage and duration increased
Increases varied based on database size, and hardware configuration
Database backup compression decreases the size of the backed up database files
Backup file sizes: For a brand new database sample (backed up and compressed shortly after
DSMS

TSM 7.1.1 Compress Archive Logs

Description:

Compress DB2 archive logs

DB2 10 introduced the ability to compress log files as they are archived

In TSM 7.1.1

Default to compress archive log is set to NO

Known DB2 active log problem that occurs when the DB2 archive log compression flag is set to YES
Only seen the DB2 active log problem on our large appliance CET test systems when they are under
sustained high volume usage and heavy workloads

Benefits:

Consume less space and reduce the time required to back up the archive logs
Potentially reduces the frequency of back ups that are initiated just to clear the archive logs

Server Support:

Default ARCHLOGCOMPress value is No (do not compress archive logs)

ARCHLOGCOMPress option set in the dsmserv.opt file and by the SETOPT command

dsmserv.opt: server must be started or restarted for the option to take effect
SETOPT command: can be used when the server is up and running
Updates the server option immediately and appends the option and value to the dsmserv.opt file

Current setting of the server option displayed with:

Q LOG F=D
Q OPT
Q OPT ARCHLOGCOMPress

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TSM 7.1.1 Solaris x86 native 64-bit B/A Client

Solaris x86 (32-bit) package was last updated in TSM V6.2

Solaris x86 continues to be a popular customer request

7.1.1 updates the Solaris x86 build to the most current Backup-Archive client version

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64-bit native package will be updated as well

Solaris 10 and 11 supported

Currency

TSM for Space Management 7.1.1

TSM 7.1.1 GPFS User Exit based HSM FAILOVER
Replaces legacy HSM failover method
HSM uses GPFS user exit callback function to register for failover modes
HSM uses GPFS user exit callback function to identify a cluster node as HSM node
Simple functionality to improve servicability
New failover modes to improve usability (Enabled, TakeOver, HandOver, Disabled)
The scout daemon (if used) stores the port number in file
/etc/adsm/SpaceMan/config/DSMSCOUTPort

Enhanced Recall provides more granular recall

dsmmigfs, dsmmigrate, dsmattr commands enhaced with more granularity for recalls
PREVIEWSIZE option added to prevent file explorer preview icons from causing recall

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FastBack For Workstations 7.1.1 Admin Console

Moving central admin console from TIP to Websphere Liberty Profile

User interface basically unchanged

Smaller package, around 80% smaller

Install in 10 minutes instead of an hour

Provides greater flexibility for future releases

Adding graphing to the reporting tables in Central admin console

Easier to understand data

Every report will have a button to display a graph of the data

When more than 50 rows are present, sliders appear on the graph for better usability

Support for Windows Servers 2012 and 2012 R2

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FastBack For Workstations 7.1.1 Client

New block level backup strategy

Results in fewer full backups, since block level is used mostly for very large files, like email

New block level will be fully backward compatible with no changes to the configuration

Help system will be upgraded and a link to the IBM Knowledge Center will be added

Product integrated help for the client is now created by using Eclipse tools

Runs on all modern browsers

Encryption has been strengthened to 256 bit

Files backed up with native file encryption may use 256 bit encryption

Set option by running command from install directory: fpa config-set Encryption Type=2

Support for Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2

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Enablement Resources
Youtube short demos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_se-m8QoI&list=PL1c3vkFzmhec0xvPtplZD_yNpaPNfRHh0
Tivoli Storage Manager Operation Center scheduling:
Tivoli Storage Manager Operation Center storage pool and policies:
Tivoli Storage Manager Operation Center Client Management Services:
Tivoli Storage Manager Operation Center Advanced Filtering:
Tivoli Storage Manager Operation Center Executive Email:
Tivoli Storage Manager Node Replication dissimilar polices and damaged file recovery:
Tivoli Storage Manager for VE 7.1.1 - Data Protection for Hyper-V - Protecting Hyper-V Virtual
Machines
Tivoli Storage Manager for VE 7.1.1 - Data Protection for Hyper-V - Individual File Restore

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Thank You
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