DS8000 Copy Services for IBM i with VIOS
An IBM Redpaper publication
Note: This is publication is now archived. For reference only.
Abstract
IBM® System Storage™ DS8000® Copy Services provide functions for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions for an IBM i server. Many IBM i customers with natively connected DS8000 use Metro Mirror or Global Mirror functions to provide a set of consistent data at the remote site. This approach allows fail over or restoring data in case of disaster at the production site. You may also use IBM FlashCopy® technology to provide point-in-time copy of disk, from which you can back up data to minimize the necessary downtime.
This IBM Redpaper™ publication is intended for those who want to plan or implement DS8000 Copy Services with IBM i. It discusses the use of DS8000 Copy Services for an IBM i system connected with VIOS Node Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). For this paper, we created test scenarios with FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror of Sysbas. We used DS8000 DS command-line interface (DS CLI) commands to manage the scenarios.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Virtualization with PowerVM
Chapter 3. Connecting PowerVM clients to DS8000
Chapter 4. FlashCopy scenarios
Chapter 5. Metro Mirror scenarios
Chapter 6. Global Mirror scenarios