You can use Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) product to do any one or all the following:
You can also use the disaster recovery plan for audits to certify the recoverability of the server.
Note: | DRM is a separate program product that must be licensed before using. For more information, see Registering Licensed Features. |
Before using this chapter, you should be familiar with Chapter 21, Protecting and Recovering Your Server.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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.
Task | Required Privilege Class |
---|---|
All DRM tasks unless otherwise noted. | System |
Note: | The default installation directories changed for Tivoli Storage
Manager. If you created a recovery plan file with ADSM Version 3
Release 1, some names in that file may no longer be valid. After
installing Tivoli Storage Manager, immediately back up your storage pools and
database and create a new recovery plan file.
You can use a recovery plan file and database backup that were created on an ADSM Version 3 Release 1 server to restore a Tivoli Storage Manager server. After the restore is complete, start the server with the following command: dsmserv upgradedb Use the UPGRADEDB parameter only for the initial startup. |
To recover from a disaster, you must know the location of offsite recovery media. DRM helps you to determine which volumes to move offsite and back onsite and, tracks the location of the volumes.