Note: The IBM TS7700 Release 4.0 Guide, SG24-8366 is available at: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248366.html

IBM® TS7700 is a family of mainframe virtual tape solutions that optimize data protection and business continuance for IBM z Systems™ data. Through the use of virtualization and disk cache, the TS7700 family operates at disk speeds while maintaining compatibility with existing tape operations. Its fully integrated tiered storage hierarchy takes advantage of both disk and tape technologies to deliver performance for active data and best economics for inactive and archive data. This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the TS7700 R3.3 architecture, planning, migration, implementation, and operations.

The latest TS7700 family of z Systems tape virtualization is offered as two models:

• IBM TS7720 features encryption-capable high-capacity cache that uses 3 TB SAS disk drives with RAID 6, which can scale to large capacities with the highest level of data protection.
• IBM TS7740 features encryption-capable 600 GB SAS drives with RAID 6 protection.

Both models write data by policy to physical tape through attachment to high-capacity, high-performance IBM TS1150 and earlier IBM 3592 model tape drives that are installed in IBM TS3500 tape libraries. Physical tape support is optional on TS7720. TS7700 R3.3 also supports external key management for disk-based encryption by using IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager.

This book intended for system architects who want to integrate their storage systems for smoother operation.

Part 1. Architecture and planning

Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM TS7700

Chapter 2. Architecture, components, and functional characteristics

Chapter 3. IBM TS7700 usage considerations

Chapter 4. Preinstallation planning and sizing

Part 2. Implementation and migration

Chapter 5. IBM TS7700 implementation

Chapter 6. Hardware configurations and upgrade considerations

Chapter 7. Migration

Part 3. Operation

Chapter 8. Operation

Chapter 9. Host Console operations

Chapter 10. Performance and monitoring

Chapter 11. Copy Export

Chapter 12. Disaster recovery

Part 4. Appendixes

Appendix A. Feature codes and RPQ

Appendix B. IBM TS7700 implementation for IBM z/VM, IBM z/VSE, and IBM z/TPF environments

Appendix C. JES3 examples and information

Appendix D. DEVSERV QLIB command

Appendix E. Sample job control language

Appendix F. Library Manager volume categories

Appendix G. IBM TS7700 parameter examples

Appendix H. Extra IODF examples

Appendix I. Case study for logical partitioning of a two-cluster grid