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ISBN-10: 0738462497
ISBN-13: 9780738462493
IBM Form #: SG24-8367-02
Authors: Sherry Brunson, Nielson (Nino) de Carvalho, Gürkan Demircan, Tony Eriksson, Mario Ivanov, Peter Kimmel, Flavio Gondim de Morais, Rene Ravanliyski, Connie Riggins, Roland Schwenke, Udai Sharma and Robert Tondini
Abstract
This IBM Redbooks® publication provides comprehensive guidance to plan, install, configure, and manage IBM Copy Services on IBM DS8000® systems in both IBM Z® and Open Systems environments.
It is designed to help you accomplish the following tasks.
- Design and implement a new Copy Services solution or migrate from an existing configuration.
- Apply best practices, hints, and tips to maximize the effectiveness of your implementation.
- Use tools and automation products that simplify and streamline Copy Services operations.
Table of Contents
Part 1. Overview
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Licensing
Part 2. Interfaces
Chapter 3. IBM Copy Services interfaces overview
Chapter 4. DS Command-line Interface
Chapter 5. IBM Z interfaces
Part 3. IBM FlashCopy
Chapter 6. IBM FlashCopy overview
Chapter 7. IBM FlashCopy options
Chapter 8. IBM FlashCopy interfaces
Chapter 9. Cascading IBM FlashCopy
Chapter 10. Remote Pair IBM FlashCopy
Chapter 11. IBM FlashCopy performance
Chapter 12. IBM FlashCopy examples
Chapter 13. IBM FlashCopy usage with IBM z/OS products
Part 4. Metro Mirror and Global Copy
Chapter 14. Metro Mirror overview
Chapter 15. Global Copy overview
Chapter 16. Metro Mirror and Global Copy paths
Chapter 17. Metro Mirror and Global Copy operations
Chapter 18. Metro Mirror and Global Copy implementation considerations
Chapter 19. Metro Mirror and Global Copy interfaces and examples
Part 5. Global Mirror
Chapter 20. Global Mirror overview
Chapter 21. Global Mirror operations and recovery
Chapter 22. Global Mirror interfaces and examples
Chapter 23. Global Mirror Bandwidth Accelerator
Part 6. Solutions
Chapter 24. IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex
Chapter 25. IBM Copy Services Manager
Chapter 26. IBM z/OS HyperSwap
Chapter 27. VMware Live Site Recovery
Part 7. Multisite configurations
Chapter 28. Metro/Global Mirror overview
Chapter 29. Metro/Global Mirror configuration and setup
Chapter 30. Metro/Global Mirror operations
Chapter 31. Metro/Global Mirror recovery scenarios
Chapter 32. Metro/Global Mirror disaster recovery test scenarios
Chapter 33. Metro/Global Mirror Incremental Resynchronization
Chapter 34. Multi-Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy overview
Chapter 35. Multi-Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy topologies
Chapter 36. Multi-Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy architecture and design
Chapter 37. Implementing a two Metro Mirror topology
Chapter 38. Implementing a Metro Mirror and Global Mirror topology
Chapter 39. Implementing a MT Global Mirror and GM topology
Chapter 40. Implementing a Metro/Global Mirror and Metro Mirror topology
Chapter 41. MT-PPRC with cascaded MGM
Chapter 42. Using Multi-Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy for migration
Chapter 43. Multi-site replication scenario examples
Appendix A. IBM z/OS concurrent copy function