Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Administrator's Guide


Chapter 21. Protecting and Recovering Your Server

Failure or loss of the TSM database, the recovery log, or storage pool(s) can cause loss of client data. This chapter describes how you can use TSM to protect your server and if necessary, how you can use TSM to recover your server.

Note:The term tape refers to any kind of sequential access, removable media unless otherwise indicated.

See the following sections:

Concepts:
"Levels of Protection"
"Storage Pool Protection: An Overview"
"Database and Recovery Log Protection: An Overview"
"Snapshot Database Protection"
Protecting Data:
"Mirroring the Database and Recovery Log"
"Backing Up Storage Pools"
"Using Copy Storage Pools to Improve Data Availability"
"Backing Up the Database"
Recovering Data:
"Recovering Your Server Using Database and Storage Pool Backups"
"Restoring Your Server Using Mirrored Volumes"
"Restoring Storage Pool Volumes"
"Auditing a Storage Pool Volume"
"Correcting Damaged Files"
Scenarios:
"Backup and Recovery Scenarios"

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using the TSM command line interface. For information about the TSM commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a TSM administrative client.

All of the TSM commands can be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.


DRM

Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager (Chapter 22, Using Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager) automates some tasks associated with preparing for or recovering from a disaster. This icon identifies those tasks.

 


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