Software offers optional data retention feature.

Press Release Summary:



Tivoli® Storage Manager, S/390® Edition focuses on key data protection activities of backup, archive, recovery, space management, and disaster recovery planning. It helps enable availability of business applications by providing data protection and technology to improve performance and storage resource utilization. Additional features include data retention protection, event-based retention management, and expiration/deletion suspension.



Original Press Release:


IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition V5.2 Optional Feature Implements Data Retention Policies that Help Address Regulatory Requirements


Overview

The already function-rich data retention capability of IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, S/390® Edition is enhanced with the addition of the optional Data Retention feature which provides data retention policies that help address regulatory requirements1.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition, and its complementary products, provide a comprehensive solution focused on the key data protection activities of backup, archive, recovery, space management, and disaster recovery planning. Tivoli Storage Manager helps enable high availability of business applications by providing outstanding data protection and unique technology to help improve performance and storage resource utilization. Additionally, optional application modules for mail, databases, application servers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and hardware provide higher levels of application and hardware integration with the data protection process.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition's existing policy-based data management capabilities help meet the needs of many regulated industries today through an open application programming interface (API). For applications which use the Tivoli Storage Manager API, the new Data Retention feature strengthens IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition's data management capabilities because it is designed to prevent data deletion before the retention criteria is satisfied. Content management and archive applications can utilize the Tivoli Storage Manager API to apply business policy management for ultimate deletion of archived files at the appropriate time.

What's new with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition is enhanced to help address additional requirements defined by the regulatory agencies for retention and disposition of data. These enhancements include new functionality delivered in three key areas:

· Data retention protection

· Event-based retention management

· Expiration/deletion suspension (deletion hold)

1 IBM's customer is responsible for ensuring its own compliance with legal requirements. It is the customer's sole responsibility to obtain advice of competent legal counsel as to the identification and interpretation of any relevant laws and regulatory requirements that may affect the customer's business and any actions the customer may need to take to comply with such laws. IBM does not provide legal advice or represent or warrant that its services or products will ensure that the customer is in compliance with any law.

Key prerequisites

Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition, with the new optional Data Retention feature, is supported on the z/OS® and OS/390® operating system platforms.

Planned availability date

February 27, 2004

At a glance

Data retention protection capabilities of Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition are enhanced with the addition of the optional Data Retention feature. These IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, S/390 Edition enhancements include:

· Data retention protection:

Designed to prevent deletion of objects until the retention criterion for the object is satisfied

· Event-based retention policy:

Retention time for objects is based on a time interval after the occurrence of a retention-initiating event

· Expiration/deletion suspension (deletion hold):

Designed to prevent deletion of objects until the deletion hold is released

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