CERN Uses IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to Handle Exploding Data Volumes

"At CERN we have been using TSM for many years, and the amount of data we have been storing on TSM since has been growing almost exponentially. And TSM has been able to grow with it, to scale accordingly.”
- Germán Cancio, section leader for tapes, archives, and backups at CERN



CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, collects more than a gigabyte of data per second, 24 hours a day, from its Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. To reliably and efficiently store this ever-expanding universe of information, CERN uses IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software.

"The biggest challenge that we have here in the data center is that the four LHC experiments sends us constantly, 24-hours a day, more than a gigabyte of data per second, so we really have to store this data, preserve it in the long-term, but also to make it accessible to several thousands of physicists worldwide." - Alberto Pace, data and storage service group lead for CERN

CERN uses IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software to efficiently and reliably store huge, ever-expanding quantities of data.

"On IBM equipment we store approximately 40 petabytes worth of data. Now consider that a single DVD is four gigabytes of data. So we have around 10 million DVDs stored on IBM equipment."
- Germán Cancio, section leader for tapes, archives, and backups at CERN

Hutchinson Regional Medical Center data backup success reaches 98.7% with IBM.

Utilizing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on a private, hybrid cloud for data backup, protection and recovery the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center saves 12 hours per week in data backup time, while achieving 98.7% backup success and robust data restore and recovery capabilities. 

Read more: https://ibm.biz/BdFFeV

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Hands-On Workshops

IBM Storage Management Labs

Wednesday, October 15th and/or Thursday, October 16th from 9am to 4pm in Dublin, Ohio

IBM is offering a local opportunity for interested parties in central Ohio to build technical skill using labs from the Pulse 2014 event.  Access to the labs is no cost to you.  These hands-on storage management labs are self-paced.  Perform one or more Pulse labs on either or both days.

Hands-on Labs:

• Hands-on labs provide an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand technical experience with IBM's products and solutions.
• Come to the lab room at your convenience and take as many of the labs as you like.
• Lab exercises are self-paced and designed to take between 45 and 90 minutes each.
• Don't miss this opportunity even if you have no gaps in your busy schedule.
• Subject Matter Experts will be on-site to point you to the topics that best fit your interest and to assist you with your lab exercises.
• Personalized Whiteboard Sessions are are available upon request.

Available labs in these technical areas:

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager - Enterprise backup, archive, recovery, space management, database and application protection, and bare machine recovery and disaster recovery capabilities.
• TSM Operations Center Video
• TSM Suite for Unified Recovery Video
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Provides advanced data protection and flexible recovery options for VMware vSphere ESX and ESXi servers.
• TSM for VE Video
• IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager - Perform and manage frequent, near-instant, non-destructive, application-aware backups and restore, leveraging advanced FlashCopy snapshot technologies in IBM and non-IBM storage systems.
• FlashCopy Manager Video

Click here for the specific labs to choose from.

Location:

• IBM, 4600 Lakehurst Court, Building One, Training Room C, Dublin, OH, 43016

Objective:

• Provide the opportunity for hands-on access to some our most popular software solutions in a lab/training environment.

Audience:

• The is workshop is appropriate for TSM administrators, storage administrators, VMware administrators, and SQL database administrators.

Cost:

• These sessions are offered free of charge.  
• Participants are responsible for their own business travel expenses. (*Meals are being provided for attendees who are permitted to accept vendor meals. For example, non-government employees and contractors.)

Schedule:

• October 15th and/or October 16th, 9am - 4pm

Enrollment:

• To request enrollment in one of our scheduled meetings, send an e-mail with the requested lab:
• Subject Line = "IBM Workshop Lab - Enrollment Request"
• Please be sure to include the following in body of email:  Your name, e-mail address, phone number, company/organization name, and lab session requested.
• Seating is limited.  Enrollments will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.  A confirmation e-mail will be sent approximately one week prior to the workshop.

IBM Storage Software Hands-On Lab - You Are Invited!

Grand Rapids, MI   |   Wednesday, Sep 3   |   9am - 4pm

Clients only.  No Business Partners.

Come join us at the Grand Rapids IBM Center @ 2900 Charlevoix Dr Se Grand Rapids, MI 49546-7085 for a day of hands-on storage management labs that are self-paced, and designed with you in mind.  

Take advantage of these free services to hone your skills or to tackle areas that have long peaked your business interests. 

Hands-on Labs:

• Hands-on labs provide an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand technical experience with IBM’s products and solutions.
• Come to the lab room at your convenience and take as many of the labs as you like.
• Lab exercises are self-paced and designed to take between 45 and 90 minutes each.
• Don’t miss this opportunity even if you have no gaps in your busy schedule.
• Subject Matter Experts will be on-site to point you to the topics that best fit your interests and to assist you with your lab exercise.
• Personalized Whiteboard sessions are available upon request.

Multiple labs are available under the following lead topics:

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager – Enterprise backup, archive, recovery, space management, database and application protection, and bare machine recovery and disaster recovery capabilities.  

• TSM Operations Center - video
• TSM Suite for Unified Recovery - video

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Provides advanced data protection and flexible recovery options for VMware vSphere ESX and ESXi servers.

• TSM for VE - video

IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager - Perform and manage frequent, near-instant, nondisruptive, application-aware backups and restores, leveraging advanced FlashCopy snapshot technologies in IBM and non-IBM storage systems.

• FlashCopy Video - YouTube

IBM Virtual Storage Center - Storage virtualization resource management software for managing heterogeneous storage infrastructures through a centralized, web-based management console that helps with day to day storage provisioning, performance management, data replication requirements, with increased storage utilization and automated storage tiering.  Inclusive of Tivoli Productivity Center, San Volume Controller and FlashCopy Manager.

• IBM Virtual Storage Center – video

Lab Details

OBJECTIVE:  Provide the opportunity for hands on access to some of our most popular software solutions in a lab/training environment.

AUDIENCE:  This workshop is appropriate for TSM Administrators, storage administrators, VMware administrators and SQL Data Base administrators.

COST:  This session is offered free of charge. Participants are responsible for their own business travel expenses. (* Meals are being provided for attendees who are permitted to accept vendor meals, for example, non-government employees and contractors)

SCHEDULE:  This 1-day workshop will start at 9:00 AM and end at approximately 4:00 PM. The date is TBD, based on client interest.

ENROLLMENT:  If you are interested, please send an e-mail to me at jagaeta@us.ibm.com with the following information:

• Subject Line:  "IBM Workshop Lab - Enrollment Request"
• Your name
• Your e-mail address
• Your phone number
• You company/organization name
• Lab Session Requested (Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments, Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager, Virtual Storage Center)

Seating is limited. Enrollments will be processed on a first come first serve basis. A confirmation email will be sent approximately one week prior to the workshop.

NEW! TSM Entry 7.1: Advanced Data Protection for Small & Mid-sized Organizations

Are you struggling with exponential data growth, increasing complexity, and shrinking budgets for protecting your data? Do you lack Storage or Backup Administration Experts?

IBM brings to you an easy to use, easy to deploy, and easy to buy data protection solution that delivers capabilities used by larger enterprises but tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized organizations.

Here is how IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Entry v7.1 can help:

• Get complete and advanced data protection capabilities at reduced license costs. (Worth its price.)
• See the health of your backup at a glance from any browser enabled device, you can have your VMware administrators configure, schedule and monitor backups using VMware interfaces. (You don’t have to be a Storage expert.)
• It can reduce backup infrastructure costs by up to 38%. You can Install and configure TSM Server in as little as 3 hours. (Saves you both money and time.)
• Whether you use virtual environments, Windows or Linux applications, you can take advantage of new methodologies from TSM Entry. (Modernizes your data protection solution.)

If that’s not reason enough for you to check out this new solution, then think of IBM’s 20 years of data protection experience with more than 20,000 active customers. Tivoli Storage Manager provides unified recovery management like no other, and now the same advanced capabilities are available for the mid-market. Check it out for yourself.

Contact me today!

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Infographic

This IBM Smarter Backup and Recovery Infographic demonstrates how the Tivoli Storage Manager family of products, IBM's market-leading backup and recovery software, enables clients to reduce cost and complexity of data protection with simplicity, scalability and efficiency.

Learn more and contact me today @ ibm.com/myrep/jagaeta.

Take Advantage of a Free TSM V7 Migration!

As Tivoli Storage Manager 5.x and 6.1 go end of life in April, my friends at CHATR Data Solutions STORServer would like to offer to upgrade your environment for FREE with the purchase of any qualifying STORServer appliance.

Is it really FREE?

Yes! Because TSM 7 needs new, more powerful computing power, CHATR and STORServer can offer you an upgrade or migration to the latest version when they provide you with the appliance on which to host TSM. First, they install the new appliance with version 7 of TSM. Then they migrate your existing TSM server over to the new system, allowing you to have zero down time. Best of all, your staff does not have to spend weeks or months in planning and migrating.

Upgrade with a Guarantee

Not only will STORServer get your environment running on the most current version of TSM, but they will guarantee their work to the point of offering you a "Data Recovery Guarantee."  No one else in the IT market will claim to guarantee their work- that's what makes STORServer different.

Upgrade with a Purpose

STORServer will upgrade or migrate your TSM environment, allowing you to take advantage of all the new features and functions that come with the newest versions of TSM. Deduplication, node replication, high availability, and so much more will be added just by upgrading to the newest versions.

They are here to help you!

Upgrade made Easy

STORServer will install, configure, and build your environment to meet your exact needs. The custom build will allow free your team of administrators from the many man hours that it takes to get the new system up and running. We are so sure of the work that we include a 30-day guarantee.

Contact Me Today

If you are interested in finding out more about how STORServer can upgrade your TSM without wasting time or money, please contact me today.

This is a limited time offer and expires on April 31, 2014.

Today at 11am Eastern! #Storage

Advanced Technical Skills Webinar: TSM Version 5 to Version 6 Migration (9/26, 10/4, 10/17)

TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CORRECT TIME ZONE - please make sure you select YOUR LOCAL TIME ZONE when registering by clicking on the "show in my time zone" link.

AUDIENCE:  Customers, IBMers  and Business Partners
TIME:  11:00 AM ET (90 MInutes)

(SEPT. 26) Session 1
Planning Considerations - This is the first in a series of three sessions which will cover upgrade considerations for TSM V5 to TSM V6. This session will include the following topics:

• Reasons to make the move to TSM V6 now including a discussion of the TSM V5 end-of-support considerati ns
• An overview of the new features in TSM V6 including Data Deduplication and Node Replication
• Some considerations planning the upgrade including upgrade strategies and some examples of customer ex eriences
• An overview of the TSM V6 education offeri  gs and the upgrade services offerings that are available

(OCT. 4) Session 2
Upgrade Details and Operations Center - This is the second in a series of three sessions which will cover upgrade considerations for TSM V5 to TSM V6. This session will include the following topics:

• A detailed technical discussion of the upgra  e process which looks at the four upgrade options when using the TSM Upgrade Utility as well as a look at some of the other options for upgrade that do not use the TSM Upgrade Utility
• A technical overview and demonstration of the new TSM Operations Center--the Operations Center is the totally reworked administration GUI for TSM V6

(OCT. 17) Session 3
Upgrade Details and Operations Center - This is the third in a series of three sessions which will cover upgrade considerations for TSM V5 to TSM V6. This session will include the following topics:

• A recorded demo of an upgrade on a Windows platform
• A recorded demo of an upgrade on a Linux platform
• A recorded demo of an upgrade on an AIX platform

**Each of these recorded demos will last 30 minutes and will start on the half-hour.  Attendees are encouraged to join at the appropriate time(s) to see the demos for the platform(s) of interest:  10:00 CT for Windows, 10:30 CT for Linux and 11:00 CT for AIX.**

REGISTER FOR THE SESSIONS at the following links:

• Sept 26 - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/283911744
• Oct 4   -  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/196835313
• Oct 17 -  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/572755849

Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration with information you need to join the Webinar.

A replay will be available within three business days after conclusion of the event.  Contact me for more information regarding the replay.

System Requirements

• PC-based attendees
• Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
• Mac®-based attendees
• Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer
• Mobile attendees
• Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet