Specifications

IBM’s Software Products that Complement SAP R/3 109
4.3.14 DataJoiner
A new class of data access middleware. DataJoiner is a multi-database server
that offers your business an unprecedented level of data access. With DataJoiner
you view all your data--IBM and multi-vendor, relational and non-relational, local
and remote--as though the data were local. You’ll be able to access and join
tables located across multiple data sources with a single SQL statement, even
without knowing the location of each source.
4.3.15 IBM Flowmark
Reengineering or managing your business processes is essential to staying
competitive. IBM FlowMark is the workflow management product that can help
you do it. It lets you design, refine, document and control your business
processes. You can expect significant cycle time reductions and improvements in
process consistency and quality. FlowMark offers a powerful integration platform
for all types of applications, such as personal productivity tools and customer’s
own applications for the workstation and the mainframe.
4.4 SAP R/3 Data Solutions using IBM ADSM
The ADSM family of software products is an enterprise-wide solution that
integrates automated network backup and archive with storage management and
powerful disaster recovery planning functions. ADSM provides centrally
controlled, highly automated network-based backup, archive and space
management. With support for a variety of platforms and protocols, ADSM is an
ideal enterprise-wide storage management tool for all your backup and restore
requirements. Yet, ADSM’s scalability helps make it economical for single sites as
well as for global enterprises.
A Complete Storage Management Solution: ADSTAR Distributed Storage
Manager(ADSM) combines automated network backup and archiving with
disaster recovery support - including off-site tape management, data migration
through an ADSM storage hierarchy, and tape media space management -
providing an easy-to-use, scalable data protection solution that is fully integrated
with SAP R/3.
Optimized Resources: By automating data protection tasks, ADSM increases
the productivity of your administrative staff and system resources. This enables
system administrators to manage larger volumes of data while having more time
to focus on other important activities.
Minimized Downtime: ADSM backs up SAP R/3 databases while they are
online, virtually without impacting business operations. Thus mission-critical
applications that must be available 24 hours a day can still be securely backed
up.
Fast Recovery after Disaster: Two aspects of ADSM enable very fast recovery
after a failure - the program and the process. Not only is the ADSM technology
fast, but its clear operational procedures enable system administrators to work
quickly and effectively even during the stressful period of a recovery operation.
Support for Multiple Platforms: ADSM includes a family of products that
support a broad range of IBM and non-IBM client and server operating systems,
databases, and storage devices. Backup data can be stored on any ADSM