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TSM / VMware Mobile App ManagementUCLA CA130 – Spring 2011

Collin Dawson

Jim Smith

Greg Van Hise

April 1, 2011

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Project Objectives

Tivoli Storage Manager(TSM) is an IBM product that provides backup and archive data capabilities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Tivoli_Storage_Manager

Objective: Demonstrate feasibility of using smartphone to perform basic Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) / VMware management operations

How do we manage our backup/archive storage operations on the go, remotely?

Proposed use case for smartphone application– Monitor TSM backup of VMware environment and provide indication of failed VMs– Provide simple method to initiate backup of failed VM (i.e. re-attempt backup is first / standard

response to problem)

Goals– Present TSM monitoring information in usable and viewable format– Demonstrate interactions with the following TSM interfaces:

• TSM admin interface (monitoring information) • TSM B/A client (backup action)

Discussion Points– Use of native mobile app vs. web based approach– iPhone vs. Droid vs. Blackberry

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Project Resources – Products/tools you will play with

Project will use the following environment:

– TSM 6.2.3 Backup / Archive Client

– Data Protection for VMware 6.2

– TSM 6.2 server

– VMware - Recommend VMware vSphere 4 (ESX / ESXi 4.0 or 4.1) and VM’s at HW level 7 (required to utilize Changed Block Tracking)