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IBM Form #: SG24-8464-04
Authors: Yuki Asakura, Dave Brettell, Ramon A. Minjares Campos, Nielson ÕNinoÕ de Carvalho, Larry Coyne, Andrew Enriquez, Rin Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Furuya, Lourie Goodall, Joe Hew, Kousei Kawamura, Stefan Neff, Takeshi Nohta, Tomoaki Ogino, Shinya Ohri, Aderson Pacini, Daniel Riggins, Trinidad Armando Rangel Ruiz, Michael Scott. Taisei Takai, Nao Takemura, Erina Tatsumi, Takahiro Tsuda, Shinsuke Ueyama and Chen Zhu
Abstract
This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers IBM TS7700 R5.4 and R5.4 PGA1. The IBM TS7700 is part of a family of IBM Enterprise tape products. This book is intended for system architects and storage administrators who want to integrate their storage systems for optimal operation.
Building on over 25 years of experience, the R5.4 release includes many features that enable improved performance, usability, and security. Highlights include the IBM TS7700 Advanced Object Store, an all flash TS7770, grid resiliency enhancements, and Logical WORM retention.
By using the same hierarchical storage techniques, the TS7700 (TS7770 and TS7760) can also off load to object storage. Because object storage is cloud-based and accessible from different regions, the TS7700 Cloud Storage Tier support essentially allows the cloud to be an extension of the grid. As of this writing, the TS7700C supports the ability to off load to IBM Cloud® Object Storage, and Amazon S3.
This publication explains features and concepts that are specific to the IBM TS7700 as of release R5.3. The R5.3 microcode level provides IBM TS7700 Cloud Storage Tier enhancements, IBM DS8000 Object Storage enhancements, Management Interface dual control security, and other smaller enhancements. The R5.3 microcode level can be installed on the IBM TS7770 and IBM TS7760 models only.
Table of Contents
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
Chapter 5. Disaster recovery
Part 2. Implementation and migration
Chapter 6. Implementing IBM TS7700
Chapter 7. Hardware configurations and upgrade considerations
Chapter 8. Migration
Part 3. Operations
Chapter 9. IBM TS7700 Management Interface operations: Part 1
Chapter 10. IBM TS7700 Management Interface operations: Part 2
Chapter 11. IBM TS7700 common operations and procedures
Chapter 12. IBM z/OS host console operations
Chapter 13. Monitoring
Chapter 14. Performance considerations
Chapter 15. Copy Export
Chapter 16. Disaster recovery testing in a grid configuration
Chapter 17. RESTful API
Chapter 18. IBM TS7700 support for zTape Air-GAP
Appendix A. Feature codes and requests for price quotations
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
Appendix J. Configuring externally managed encryption
Special Notices
The material included in this document is in DRAFT form and is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind. IBM is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the material, and may update the document at any time. The final, published document may not include any, or all, of the material included herein. Client assumes all risks associated with Client's use of this document.