This is a great opportunity for all the TSM gurus - please send any enquiries on the project to me -
Residency Announcement: TI-A707-R01 How Safe Are My TSM Backups? Benefits to Resident: Residents will work utilize their existing TSM skills, in a dynamic international team environment, to produce a substantial deliverable on end to end Tivoli Storage Manager backup data security and management. They will explore and document best practices for TSM security-oriented design, implementation, and administration, while working with development and other specialists from the TSM community. This residency begins 22 Jan 2007, ends 02 Mar 2007 (6 weeks), and requires 5 residents. The residency is running in San Jose CA. Nominations should be submitted online on the Web by 03 Jan 2007. The residency leader is Charlotte Brooks whose email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: ITSO pays authorized travel and living expenses for all residents, but does not compensate for the time or services of its residents. For IBMers, ITSO residency travel is pre-approved. Residency Description: The residency will produce a Redbook around all aspects of backup data security in Tivoli Storage Manager. Some of the questions we will explore will include the following - and the residents will have the opportunity to propose additional topics. * encryption (including new tape TS1120 encryption) * firewalls * mirroring your TSM server * taking data offsite - DRM best practices * disk only backup - security implications * best practices for TSM administration in a secure environment * electronic vaulting * long term data retention - how do I know I can get my data back? * what happens is a TSM tape is stolen? * how do you recover a lost/broken/stolen TSM server? Nomination Form - Available online on the Web To submit a nomination, you must use the online web nomination form: Customers and business partners can go directly to this announcement and its online nomination form using this link: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Residents.nsf/GetResidency?OpenAgent&ID=TI-A707-R01 IBMers with access to the IBM Intranet can go directly to this announcement and its online nomination form using this link: http://w3.itso.ibm.com/itsoapps/Residents.nsf/GetResidency?OpenAgent&ID=TI-A707-R01 All residency information is available by clicking Residencies on the IBM Redbooks Internet site at http://ibm.com/redbooks. Employees of IBM will prefer using the IBM Intranet site http://w3.itso.ibm.com. The websites fully describe the residency process and offer online nomination forms. Regards, Charlotte Project Leader and Certified IT Specialist IBM System Storage Solutions, ITSO San Jose email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (408)-354-6156 T/L 544-8217 http://ibm.com/redbooks
