Yes, it is hierarchical storage management, and it is available for TSM
clients running AIX, Solaris, and (I think) HP-UX. Unfortunately, there
is not a TSM-based solution for Windows clients at this time

IBM's eventual plans for SanFS include HSM as a policy-based storage
hierarchy.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
Office 262.521.5627  

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Egon Blouder
>due to our huge volume of data/files to backup (and restore) 
>my PHB is looking for a "new" storage architecture.
>He wants to offload or archive files off Windows file servers 
>which are rarely accessed. Those files should be stored on 
>cheap storage media like SATA drivers and when files aren't 
>used for about half a year a migration to tapes should be done 
>(Is that HSM?).
>Always our users should access their files without a differnet 
>tool than just run windows explorer/word/excel and open that 
>file off our windows servers. The storage tool should care 
>about where the location of the file is and retrieve it asap. 
>If it's on tape delay must be accepted.
>
>I don't know whether that the mailing list that can point me 
>into a "new" direction but I thought that TSM client offers 
>such a feature. Unfortunately I cannot find how to setup it.
>
>Which do people cut down the increase of data/files which must 
>be kept online on our Windows file servers?
>
>Regards,
>
>--..
>
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