You can use the product to manage backup or restore operations for ON-Bar. is a client/server program that provides storage management solutions to customers in a multivendor computer environment.

provides an automated, centrally scheduled, policy-managed backup, archive, and space-management facility for file servers and workstations. HCL® OneDB® database servers are clients and stores data on separate servers.

features

efficiently manages disk, optical, and tape library resources. provides the following functions:
  • Reduces network complexity with interfaces and functions that span network environments.
  • Increases administrator productivity by automating repetitive processes, scheduling unattended processes, and administering from anywhere in the network
  • Reduces risk of data loss with scheduled routine backups
  • Optimizes existing storage resources with automated movement of files from client file systems to storage
Consider using if HCL OneDB Storage Manager (ISM) does not support the features you require. For example, supports the following additional features:
  • Creating policies to automate storage management and enforce data management goals.
  • Automating circulation of media through the storage management process.
  • Implementing a progressive backup methodology so that files are backed up incrementally to reduce network traffic, while recovery media is consolidated to provide better performance.
  • Using the Network Data Management Protocol to back up and restore file systems stored on a network-attached storage file server.

software prerequisites

To back up to an server, you must use the HCL OneDB Interface for , which is part of the HCL OneDB database server installation. The interface contains a shared library that enables ON-Bar to communicate with .

is distributed separately and supported for HCL OneDB on specific platforms: https://www.HCL.com/developerworks/wikis/display/idsinterop/IDS+with+HCL+Tivoli+Storage+Manager. The minimum required version of the API for a supported platform is documented in the HCL OneDB machine notes for that platform.