IBM Tivoli Server-free backup

IBM introduced Server-Free backup with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1 in 2002, for Windows 2000 servers only.{{Cite web|url=http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q=Server+Free&uid=swg21053219&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en|title=IBM - Server-Free Data Movement Information|accessdate=30 April 2023}}

Server-Free backup functionality (with DATAMOVER TYPE=SCSI) was included in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, but not in 5.4 or later,{{cite web|url=http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=1193324&uid=swg21193324&loc=en_US&cs=iso-8859-1&cc=us&lang=en|title=IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center: support for new and existing function - United States|work=ibm.com}} but (DATAMOVER TYPE=NAS) was supported in 5.4 and later.

SCSI-3 Extended Copy

Server-Free data movement uses the SCSI-3 EXTENDED COPY command{{Cite web|url=https://www.t10.org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=f&f=spc4r02.pdf|title=File Access Monitor|website=www.t10.org|accessdate=30 April 2023}} and is carried out by a data mover device that exists on the SAN. It is the data mover device that is responsible for copying data, from a SAN-attached (client-owned) disk to a SAN-attached tape drive (server-owned), or vice versa.

From the T10 working group: "The EXTENDED COPY command provides a means to copy data from one set of logical units to another set of logical units or to the same set of logical units. The entity within a SCSI device that receives and performs the EXTENDED COPY command is called the copy manager. The copy manager is responsible for copying data from the source devices to the destination devices. The copy source and destination devices are logical units that may reside in different SCSI devices or the same SCSI device."{{Cite web |url=http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc4/spc4r02.pdf |title="Working Draft SCSI Primary Commands - 4 (SPC-4)" on page 103 |access-date=2008-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154516/http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc4/spc4r02.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.t10.org/intro.htm|title=Introduction to T10|work=t10.org}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc4/spc4r02.pdf |title=T10/1731-D Information technology ISO/IEC 14776-314 SCSI Primary Commands - 4 (SPC-4) |access-date=2008-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154516/http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc4/spc4r02.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead }}

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External links

[http://www.almaden.ibm.com/ IBM Almaden Research Center]
[http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q=Server+Free&uid=swg21053219&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en IBM - Server-Free Data Movement Information]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/TSMCW/GC32-0782-00/en_US/HTML/anrwgd62.htm#HDRSRVFCONFIG IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Guide, Chapter 7. Setting Up Server-Free Data Movement]
[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.itsmc.doc_5.3.3/ans6000084.htm#srvrfree IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows, Version 5.3, SAN-based server-free data movement]
[http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=1193324&uid=swg21193324&loc=en_US&cs=iso-8859-1&cc=us&lang=en IBM - Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center: support for new and existing function]
[http://www.t10.org/intro.htm Introduction to T10]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154516/http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/spc4/spc4r02.pdf T10/1731-D Information technology ISO/IEC 14776-314 SCSI Primary Commands - 4 (SPC-4)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070125032134/http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG246554.html Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.1 Technical Guide]

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