TSM 6.1 IS COMING - MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED!

With the arrival of the new release of IBM TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager), Origina are pleased to announce new services tailored to meet the requirements related to learning about all the new features, check the upgrade readiness of your existing TSM environment, and to assist you in the upgrade process.

WHAT'S NEW IN TSM (TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER 6.1)?

• The TSM Database is now running on IBM DB2 utilising all the functions of this enterprise class database.
• New Out-of-the-box historical reporting and real-time operational monitoring.
• Built in data de-duplication for storage pools.
• LAN-free backups to shared disk pool using GPFS (AIX, Linux and Windows).
• Microsoft Exchange mailbox and item-level recovery.
• VMware VCB integration for .vmdk and file based backups.
• Much more....

TSM 6.1 READINESS ASSESSMENT

An upgrade to TSM 6.1 will require an existing customer running the current latest version of TSM, however the The Readiness Assessment will check all of the pre-requisites for the TSM upgrade process including:

• Assess hardware and software pre-requisites
• Identify configuration changes that must be made prior to upgrade to TSM 6.1
• Check required OS levels and possible upgrades
• Review interoperability (TDP agents, Storage Agents)

WHY USE ORIGINA FOR TSM?

Origina (formerly Unitech Systems) is an IBM Premier Business Partner, and has been working extensively with TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) since 1998, and also throughout the development of TSM 6.1 as a BETA partner using our Technology Innovation Centre systems for proving the new features and providing much needed feedback to the development team. The upgrade to TSM 6.1 can be a very complex, risky and time consuming process so come talk to the experts today.