IBM Tivoli is going to be running a TSM beta program and is interested in
obtaining participants to validate new features. This program is open to
world wide IBM Tivoli Storage customers and Business Partners. We are
looking for participants who are willing and able to actively participate
in the beta program by providing feedback on their testing progress and
product satisfaction through conference calls and beta surveys.
The program will begin in the March 2008 timeframe running through November
2008. The beta program will be testing the following new enhancements:
Significant Scalability, Availability and Performance Enhancements
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- Major upgrade to the TSM relational database will result in
significant increases in TSM Server scalability, availability and
performance. The changes will allow TSM to run more concurrent
operations, store more objects, manage more data and have a larger
maximum database size. You'll now be able to run On-line, automated
reorganization of the TSM database and have real-time database
integrity validation.
- Data Deduplication in TSM will make better use of your investment
in storage, allowing you to store more data on disk for fast access
by reducing the storage of redundant data.
Time to Value
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- An improved administrative experience with a faster installing,
better performing, smaller footprint Administration Center. More
intuitive navigation for client tasks with a new global client node
view and fast path to client node creation
- All New Out of the Box Reporting and Monitoring - TSM will provide
new operational and historical reporting and monitoring capabilities.
This capability will provide new features such as graphical
representation of trends and current status, the ability to scale to
allow management of many servers within an enterprise, and
customizable reports in multiple formats such as HTML, PDF and CSV
that will be available over the Web or via e-mail. Built on common
IBM/Tivoli reporting components, customers will be enabled to provide
their own additional custom reports, and perhaps most importantly, it
will provide the benefit of enabling customers to begin to provide
integrated end to end monitoring and reporting across their IT
infrastructure and not just of their storage environment
To be considered for participation in this upcoming IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager beta program, please contact Mary Anne Filosa (mfilosa AT us.ibm DOT
com).
- Prior to completing a beta program nomination online, candidates
will be directed to signoff on a confidentiality disclosure
agreement on the beta website.
Disclaimers:
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**This announcement describes possible future enhancements to the IBM
Tivoli Storage Manager family of products. IBM does not warrant that
these enhancements will be made available from IBM now or in the future.
IBM may make improvements and/or changes in the IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager family of products and enhancements thereto at any time without
notice.
** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject
to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and
objectives.
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Jennifer Davis jendavis AT us.ibm DOT com
TSM for System Backup & Recovery (SysBack) Development
TSM for * (Tivoli Data Protection) Products Release Coordinator
TSM 6.1 Extended Customer Preview Program Coordinator
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