IBM XIV User Manual

Chapter 12. Data Migration
The following sections describe the XIV Command Line Interface (XCLI) for data
migration.
The sections are listed as follows:
v dm_activate(Activates the Data Migration process.)
v dm_deactivate(Deactivates the Data Migration process.)
v dm_define(Defines a Data Migration configuration.)
v dm_delete(Deletes the Data Migration process.)
v dm_list(Lists Data Migration configuration and status.)
v dm_test(Tests the Data Migration configuration.)
Activating Data Migration
Activates the Data Migration process.
dm_activate vol=VolName
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory
vol Object name Destination volume for
Data Migration
activation.
Y
This command activates the Data Migration process. This is either an initial
activation or an activation after de-activation.
Upon activation the Data Migration is tested in the same way as when using
Testing the Data Migration Definition and this command fails if the Data Migration
test fails.
This command has no effect if the process is already active.
Access Control:
User Category Permission
Storage administrator Allowed
Storage integration administrator Allowed
Application administrator Disallowed
Security administrator Disallowed
Read-only users Disallowed
Technicians Disallowed
Completion Codes:
v VOLUME_BAD_NAME
Volume name does not exist
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture