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IBM DS8000 User Manual

IBM DS8000
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Starting the DS Storage Manager on a Windows
operating system . . . . . . . . . . .81
Starting the DS8000 Storage Manager on a Linux
operating system . . . . . . . . . . .82
Getting started with the DS Storage Manager . . .82
Activating licensed functions . . . . . . .83
Chapter 5. IBM System Storage
Management Console . . . . . . . .87
Logging onto the management console . . . . .87
Logging off the management console . . . . . .88
Changing the management console password . . .88
Accessing the DS Storage Manager . . . . . .88
Dual Hardware Management Consoles . . . . .89
Internet Protocol Conventions for IPv4 and IPv6 . .89
Chapter 6. Administering user
accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Adding user accounts . . . . . . . . . . .93
Modifying user accounts . . . . . . . . . .94
Removing user accounts . . . . . . . . . .94
Unlocking a user account . . . . . . . . . .95
Unlocking an administrative password . . . . .95
Chapter 7. Storage system logical
partition overview . . . . . . . . . .97
DS8300 LPAR implementation . . . . . . . .97
Variable logical partition implementation . . . .98
Required hardware components to build a storage
image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
I/O resources . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Processor and memory allocation . . . . . . 100
RIO-G interconnect separation . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 8. Optional feature codes for
the DS8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using parallel access volumes for System z and
S/390 hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Parallel access volumes . . . . . . . . . 102
PAV requirements for the DS8000 . . . . . . 102
Overview of the input/output configuration
program for the DS8000 . . . . . . . . . 103
Guidelines for defining the logical control unit
for the DS8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Reconfiguring an LCU with larger capacity 3390
volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Increasing the number of 3390s formatted
within an LCU . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
IBM DS8000 Copy Services functions . . . . . 107
FlashCopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Remote mirror and copy . . . . . . . . .112
Metro/Global Mirror . . . . . . . . . .118
Path connections . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Copy Services for System z and S/390 hosts . . 130
Consistency groups . . . . . . . . . . 130
Failover and failback operations . . . . . . 132
Copy Services functions across a 2105 and
2107/242x . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Copy Services functions with i5/OS . . . . . 133
Adding a Copy Services 2105 domain to a
storage complex . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Creating a Metro Mirror volume pair between a
2107 /242x and a 2105 . . . . . . . . . 136
Creating remote FlashCopy transactions . . . 138
Chapter 9. Migrating data to a storage
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
How to select a data migration method . . . . 141
Considerations for replacing existing storage . . . 142
Reformatting disk drive modules on open systems 142
Overview of the logical volume management
software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Copying a complete logical volume . . . . . 143
Using mirroring to migrate data . . . . . . 144
Using the migratepv command . . . . . . 145
Using the direct copy method . . . . . . . 146
Using backup and restore methods to migrate data 147
Migrating data from an IBM System i host system
to the DS8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Migrating data from an IBM System z host system
to the DS8000 storage unit . . . . . . . . . 148
Data migration from a UNIX-based host system to
a DS8000 storage unit . . . . . . . . . . 149
Migrating data to a DS8000 storage unit using
volume management methods . . . . . . . 150
Migrating data using the direct copy method 151
Migrating data using backup and restore
methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Migrating data from a Windows host system . . . 151
Migrating data between storage units . . . . . 151
Moving workloads when migrating data
between storage units . . . . . . . . . 152
Offloading workloads when migrating data
between storage units . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 10. Disaster recovery using
Copy Services . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Performing failover and failback operations
(without Global Mirror) . . . . . . . . . . 154
Moving production to Site B after planned
outages (failover) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Returning production to local site after planned
outages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Moving production to Site B after unplanned
outages (failover) . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Appendix. Troubleshooting and
analyzing problems . . . . . . . . . 159
Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Terms and conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . 180
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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IBM DS8000 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Data EncryptionYes
High AvailabilityYes
Drive TypesSSD, HDD
RAID SupportRAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
InterfaceFICON, Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form FactorRack-mountable
Operating Systems SupportedIBM z/OS, IBM i, AIX, Linux, Windows
ModelDS8000 series
ScalabilityHighly scalable

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