Overview

UPSTREAM is designed as a complete storage management solution for corporate data distributed across a heterogeneous network. Originally designed to use an z/OS system exclusively as its data storage server, UPSTREAM now allows you to use your Windows, UNIX, Linux and z/OS systems interchangeably.  With compatible tape data formats, you can now utilize UPSTREAM in mixed z/OS, Windows, UNIX and Linux environments or entirely non-z/OS environments.

The facilities of UPSTREAM provide companies with completely automated operations for backup/restores, and storage management operations. UPSTREAM offers several unique data reduction techniques to minimize the amount of data to be transmitted, while offering low resource and system utilization.

Utilizing direct SCSI or fiber access (using the UPSTREAM Tape Manager), StorageTek’s ACSLS, IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Libraries, or UPSTREAM is capable of supporting virtually any tape drive or library available.

Restores can be performed and controlled from a JAVA interface (named the Director and End-User Restores). The JAVA interface provides an easy to use, graphical user interface that fully utilizes the UPSTREAM storage management functions especially for restores, and can be used from a PC or X Terminal.

Requirements

  • Windows Server 2008/2012 or Windows 7/8, AIX 5.3 or higher or Linux 2.6 Kernel or higher (64 bit Intel, or 64-bit z/Linux).
  • If you are planning backups to tape: native SAS, SCSI, iSCSI or Fiber channel tape drive(s) and (optionally) a tape changer with the UPSTREAM Tape Manager.  Also supported are IBM tape and changer drivers for Windows, AIX and Linux, Microsoft’s Removable Storage Manager, ACSLS, 3494 capable tape drive(s) or libraries.

 

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