Client
StorageAgent installed
TapeLibrary
File Library
Library Control
Client Metadata
Library
Control
Client
Data

SAN

LAN
Tivoli StorageManager Server
Figure 1. SAN Data Movement. Solid lines indicate data movement. Broken lines indicate
movement of control information and metadata.
Client
Client
TapeLibraryFile LibraryLibrary ControlClient MetadataLibraryControlClientDataClientData

SAN

LANTivoliStorage Manager Server
Client
withStorageAgent
Figure 2. SAN Data Movement with the LANFREECOMMMETHOD option. Solid lines
indicate data movement. Broken lines indicate movement of control information and
metadata. The LANFREECOMMMETHOD option allows the storage agent to support several
clients while installed on only one of the clients.
2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX: Storage Agent User’s Guide