IBM System Storage DR550
Version 3.0 ------17 March 2006
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Copyright © 2006 by International Business Machines Corporation
Note: only this special version of DS4000 Storage Manager should be used with the DR550.
You should not use this version with other DS4000 or FAStT disk systems and should not
replace this version with a standard version of DS4000 Storage Manager (even if a newer
version is available).
Content Management Applications
For the DR550 to function within a customer IT environment, information appropriate to be retained
must be identified and supplied to the DR550. This can be accomplished with a content
management application. The content management application identifies information appropriate to
be retained, and provides this information to the DR550 via the SSAM API Client.
IBM DB2 Content Manager
To assist customers in addressing needs for data retention, IBM delivers
DB2 Content Manager
along with business consulting services (as needed).
IBM® DB2® Content Manager provides a foundation for managing, accessing and integrating
critical business information on demand. It lets you integrate all forms of content - document,
web, image, rich media - across diverse business processes and applications, including Siebel,
PeopleSoft and SAP. Content Manager integrates with existing hardware and software
investments, both IBM and non-IBM, enabling customers to leverage common infrastructure,
achieve a lower cost of ownership, and deliver new, powerful information and services to
customers, partners and employees where and when needed. It is comprised of two core
repository products that are integrated with System Storage Archive Manager for storage of
documents into the DR550:
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DB2 Content Manager is optimized for large collections of large objects. It provides
imaging, digital asset management, and web content management. When combined w/
DB2 Records Manager, it also provides a robust records retention repository for
managing the retention of all enterprise documents.
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DB2 Content Manager OnDemand is optimized to manage very large collections of
smaller objects such as statements and checks. It provides output and report
management.
More information on the DB2 Content Manager portfolio of products can be found at the following
web site:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cm/
There are a number of applications that work with IBM Content Manager to deliver specific
solutions. These applications are designed to use Content Manager functions and can send data to
be stored in DR550.
IBM offers additional applications that are designed to work with the DR550 API. These include:
IBM CommonStore for Exchange Server
IBM CommonStore for Lotus Domino
IBM CommonStore for SAP
IBM Content Manager for Message Monitoring and Retention (CM MMR) (with iLumin)
BRMS (iSeries) (also via IFS to BRMS)
Other Management Applications
You should consult with your application software vendor to determine if your applications support
the DR550 API. A number of application providers have enhanced their software to include this
support. The current list includes:
AXS-One
