Data Archive and Retrieve
JSC offers a data archive service based on TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) which was formerly known as ADSM (ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager) to the users of UNIX workstations, including the IBM supercomputer, and PCs (i386 or higher) within JuNet.

In contrast to the data backup service, assigned to systems, the data archive service is asigned to a person. The personal data archive can be used from more than one system. Besides the personal data archive there is a long term data archive for data from organizations and/or projects e.g. data from experiments. Archiving of data has to be initiated by the user explicitly. Each time a file is archived a copy is written into archive storage. A description can be assigned to the archive data that helps to identify the data later on. The number of copies is not limited; old versions are never deleted automatically.

If confidential or sensitive data has to be archived the user has to take reponsibility for data encryption (IT Security Rules for Baseline Protection, Rule D4).

For data protection a backup copy of the archive data is stored at the TSM server of the RWTH-Aachen.

To register for the archive service fill out the

and send it to TSM Archive management at JSC.

Users on the HPC systems JUROPA, JUGENE, JUMP, and the community clusters SoftComp, JUGGLE, and NICole/a, don't need to install any client software to use TSM archive functions.

PC and workstation users connected to JuNet using Windows7, Windows Vista/XP/NT/2000, Linux, IBM AIX, DEC/Compaq Tru64, SGI IRIX, SUN Solaris or HP UX must

the appropriate TSM client on the system before the TSM archive functions can be used.

For more information about data archive with TSM refer to the JSC (in German) documentation:

    Archivierung mit TSM/ADSM
    TKI-0261,   . PDF  (122 kB)

or vendor documentation: or get a complete list of JSC publications and documentation about the topic Backup and Archive.
last change 17.02.2011 | | Print