"Although Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers will no longer be available to back up WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Application Server data can still be backed up to Tivoli Storage Manager or Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition using the recommended approach below.
Use Tivoli Storage Manager backup/archive client and WebSphere Application Server (WAS) backupConfig command: - The recommendation for backing up WebSphere Application Server V6 or later to Tivoli Storage Manager is to use the imbedded WebSphere Application Server backup support to back up to local disk and then use the Tivoli Storage Manager backup/archive client to back up the disk files to Tivoli Storage Manager. - The backupConfig command provided by WebSphere Application Server copies the contents of the profile's config directory tree to a zip file. A corresponding restoreConfig command can restore the configuration from the backup zip. - You can use Tivoli Storage Manager * preschedulecmd * option to initiate backupConfig automatically prior to scheduled Tivoli Storage Manager backups" http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS907-186&appname=USN
