1. TSMExplorer
An important component of any information system is data protection. One of the leading
products on the market for these systems is a solution from IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
(Spectrum Protect). TSM has all the necessary functions for backup and archival data-copying
operations.
Standard TSM management is carried out in two ways:
• Dsmadmc command line. This method allows full control of the TSM. The main
drawback is that it requires staff with a high technical level at the reception and the
inconvenience of the work on the command line.
• Operations Center. OC is a WEB-console for managing TSM servers. The main
disadvantage of this solution is its significant resource use and limited control functions.
TSMExplorer is an alternative solution for the management of TSM servers.
The application has three main functions.
Control function
This is a user-friendly web application, which allows to completely replace the console control
and makes the job of TSM administrators much easier.
The main advantages are:
• The centralized web interface. Work from any location!
• Easy installation of the product.
• Management of multiple TSM servers is carried out from a single point of entry.
• The solution runs on the platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, AIX, Solaris.
• Low requirements of hardware resources
• The solution allows even the less-advanced administrators and operators to manage the
TSM servers
• Convenient schedules to provide key information
• Distribution of management responsibilities for each administrator
• Supports the latest versions of Tivoli Storage Manager
Collector function
• Monitoring and Alerting Service: This feature allows you to quickly notify administrators
and operators about current problems or to change the threshold values of the critical
parameters of servers.
• Reporting: The function allows to send reports on the state and the TSM server at
specified time intervals. Creation of personal records.
• TSM performance and analysis: Engaged in the collection of key data at specified
intervals and its storage in a database. On the basis of this data, administrator can:
determine the dynamics of the behavior of the TSM server, display graphs of some key
parameters, plan a backup policy, find performance bottlenecks in the TSM.
• Long-term storage in the logs of all operations, performed by administrators, and storage
of crucial configuration files of the TSM servers

2. Remote control function TSM client
The third module is TSMExplorer Agent. This module is a lightweight agent, installed on
clients’ hosts for a centralized TSM client configuration management of TSMExplorer and has
the following features:
• Remote viewing and cleaning of the client logs.
• Modification of the TSM client configuration files and scripts
• Remote management of dsmc dsmcutil tools
• Viewing processes of TSM client’s status
• Viewing information about the host
Solution was IBM Tivoli Status Ready certified to work with TSM
Video
http://www.screencast.com/users/SIberiaSoftware
The application and manual
http://www.s-iberia.com/download.html