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AUTOMATED RESTORE TESTING FOR TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER

AUTOMATED RESTORE TESTING FOR TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER. TSMworks, Inc. Based in Research Triangle area, NC, USA IBM Advanced Business Partner Big fans of Tivoli Storage Manager Broad experience with Fortune 500 clients. What’s the Problem?. The Recovery Gap The Gartner Group:

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AUTOMATED RESTORE TESTING FOR TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER

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  1. AUTOMATED RESTORE TESTINGFORTIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER

  2. TSMworks, Inc. • Based in Research Triangle area, NC, USA • IBM Advanced Business Partner • Big fans of Tivoli Storage Manager • Broad experience with Fortune 500 clients

  3. What’s the Problem? • The Recovery Gap • The Gartner Group: • “30% of all backups are not recoverable.” • The Yankee Group: • “40% were unable to recover data.” • Symantec: • “…one in four tests fail.”

  4. Sheep or Wolf? • We see two reactions to these painful statistics. • Sheep: • “Our backup success is 98%, don’t worry about it.” • “That doesn’t apply to us because ….” • Wolves: • “Really? How can that happen?” • Our whitepaper has 10 very common scenarios where backups succeed – but then recoveries fail. • “How can we test our backups better?”

  5. Bare-metal restore testing is ideal... TSM OS Filesystem Database Reboot Test …but unfeasible for 500 machines daily.

  6. Sampling restores is very workable TSM dsmc restore This technique always uncovers problems. And it’s quite feasible.

  7. : Automated Restore Testing • ART restores a few files, chosen at random, from every computer TSM backs up. • Restored files come to the ART VM. Production nodes are untouched. • ART doesn’t restore huge files, hammer TSM, or disrupt migration, reclamation, etc. • And … ART usually uncovers huge amounts of wasted storage.

  8. Benefits and Pricing • Easy install • Supports storage audits (SOX, HIPAA) • Prevents restore problems • Finds rogue servers • Servers that are in production, but nobody told the backup team about them. They’re not covered by TSM. • Trims waste storage (sometimes 20 – 50%) • Pricing: $35/node (less for larger sites).

  9. Free trial = Free Health Check • ART’s free trial tests 20% of your site. • Use it as a free Health Check, with our compliments.

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