Basic restore workflow.................................................................. 65
VMware Virtual Volumes............................................................................ 69
VVol components...........................................................................69
VVol scalability...............................................................................70
VVol workflow................................................................................70
Mainframe Features 73
HYPERMAX OS support for mainframe...................................................... 74
IBM z Systems functionality support.......................................................... 74
IBM 2107 support....................................................................................... 75
Logical control unit capabilities...................................................................75
Disk drive emulations.................................................................................. 76
Cascading configurations........................................................................... 76
Provisioning 77
Thin provisioning.........................................................................................78
Thin devices (TDEVs).................................................................... 78
Thin CKD....................................................................................... 79
Thin device oversubscription......................................................... 79
Open Systems-specific provisioning.............................................. 79
Mainframe-specific provisioning.....................................................81
Storage Tiering 83
Fully Automated Storage Tiering................................................................ 84
Pre-configuration for FAST........................................................... 85
FAST allocation by storage resource pool...................................... 87
Service Levels............................................................................................ 88
FAST/SRDF coordination...........................................................................89
FAST/TimeFinder management..................................................................90
External provisioning with FAST.X............................................................. 90
Native local replication with TimeFinder 91
About TimeFinder....................................................................................... 92
Interoperability with legacy TimeFinder products.......................... 92
Targetless snapshots.....................................................................96
Secure snaps................................................................................. 96
Provision multiple environments from a linked target.................... 96
Cascading snapshots..................................................................... 97
Accessing point-in-time copies......................................................98
Mainframe SnapVX and zDP.......................................................................98
Remote replication solutions 101
Native remote replication with SRDF........................................................ 102
SRDF 2-site solutions...................................................................103
SRDF multi-site solutions.............................................................105
Concurrent SRDF solutions.......................................................... 107
Cascaded SRDF solutions............................................................ 108
SRDF/Star solutions.................................................................... 109
Interfamily compatibility................................................................114
SRDF device pairs......................................................................... 117
SRDF device states.......................................................................119
Dynamic device personalities........................................................122
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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4 Product Guide VMAX 100K, VMAX 200K, VMAX 400K with HYPERMAX OS