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DS8000 Copy Services for IBM i with VIOS

An IBM Redpaper publication

Note: This is publication is now archived. For reference only.

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Published on 19 November 2009

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IBM Form #: REDP-4584-00


Authors: Bertrand Dufrasne and Jana Jamsek

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    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