IBM DR550 SMB V.1

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Software Overview

Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention provides enhancements to IBM Tivoli Storage

Manager Extended Edition (hereafter referred to as Tivoli Storage Manager) designed to prevent

critical data from being erased or rewritten. This new product can help address requirements defined

by many regulatory agencies for retention and disposition of data. These enhancements include new

functionality and new device support and are delivered in these key areas:

• Data retention protection This feature is designed to prevent deliberate or accidental

deletion of data until its specified retention criterion is met. See “Data Retention Protection”

for more information.

• Event-based retention policy - In some cases, retention must be based on an external

event such as closing a brokerage account. Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention

supports event-based retention policy to allow data retention to be based on an event other

than the storage of the data. See “Defining and Updating an Archive Copy Group” for more

information.

• Deletion hold In order to ensure that records are not deleted when a regulatory retention

period has lapsed but other requirements mandate that the records continue to be

maintained, Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention includes deletion hold. Using this

feature will help prevent stored data from being deleted until the hold is released. See

“Deletion Hold” for more information.

• Data encryption - 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is now available for the

Archive API Client. Data can now be encrypted before transmitting to the DR550 and would

then be stored on the disk/tape in an encrypted format.

For more information on Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention and Tivoli Storage Manager

Extended Edition, refer to the Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Version 5.3 Administrator’s Guide,

Administrator’s Reference and Quick Start manuals which can be found on the web at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/index.jsp?toc=/com.ibm.itstorage.doc/toc.xml

Select TSM for AIX and then the Administrator’s Guide

Tivoli Storage Manager API Client

The Tivoli Storage Manager API Client is used, in conjunction with Tivoli Storage Manager for Data

Retention, as the link to applications that produce or manage information to be stored, retrieved and

retained. Content management applications, such as The IBM DB2® Content Manager, identify

information to be retained. The content management application calls the Tivoli Storage Manager

Archive API Client to store, retrieve and communicate retention criteria to the Tivoli Storage Manager

server. The Tivoli Storage Manager API Client must be installed on the application or middleware

server that is used to initiate requests to DR550 SMB. The application or middleware server must

call the Tivoli Storage Manager API to initiate a task within the DR550 SMB.

Some applications and middleware include the API client as part of their code. Others require it to

be installed separately.

Content Management Applications

For the DR550 SMB to function within a customer IT environment, information appropriate to be

retained must be identified and supplied to the DR550 SMB. This can be accomplished with a

content management application. The content management application identifies information

appropriate to be retained, and provides this information to the DR550 SMB via the Tivoli Storage

Manager API Client.