The Software offerings in the Backup Appliance are organized into three pay-for-service categories:

Appliance Software

• STORServer Console
• STORServer Manager (SSM)
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

Client Software

• Archive Backup Client for OpenVMS (ABC)
• STORServer TSM Clients
• STORServer Third Party Clients for TSM

Agent Software

• STORServer Data Protection for Oracle (SDP/Oracle)
• STORServer Data Protection for Rdb (SDP/Rdb)
• STORServer TSM Agents
• STORServer Third Party Agents for TSM

The Appliance Software consists of three components – the STORServer Console (Using Storage Server 2003 operating system), the appliance management interface called STORServer Manager, and the TSM backup, archive and disaster recovery application from IBM. These components are included in the price of the backup appliance.

The Client Software consists of application software that resides on every machine the STORServer will be backing up. All the clients are connected to the STORServer through the network. Client software is sold at two levels of licenses:

• Server Clients that serve up data to other systems, and
• Workstation Clients that operate on their own

The Agent Software provides extra functionality specifically designed around 3rd party backup clients, database applications and SAN connectivity to the STORServer over fiber. The database applications include both mail applications like Exchange and Lotus, and relational databases like Oracle and SQL. All database agents are priced by CPU. The 3rd party backup clients have special pricing provided by their vendors.

There are many other software functions within the STORServer that come included at no extra cost (except for the lower priced Model 1 appliances which use “lite” license offerings), including:

• Disaster Recovery Manager – DRM – a daily updated disaster recovery plan for all machines registered to the STORServer.
• Shared Library Services – allowing multiple libraries to be attached to the STORServer. There are no extra charges for libraries by their size.
• Electronic Vaulting – moving data from one STORServer to another, or remotely building a copy pool in an off-site location, piped directly from a STORServer.

Additional products are also available from STORServer, like HSM, Content Management, and Lifecycle Management utilities around Compliance.

Several 3rd party products are certified by STORServer, but must be purchased through other sources.