Hitachi Data Systems

W H I T E P A P E R

Aciduisismodo Dolore Eolore Dionseq Uatummy Odolorem Vel

IBM® Mainframe Storage Compatibility and Innovation

February 2011

A Quick Guide

By Hitachi Data Systems

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 3

The Hitachi Two-pillar Approach to Mainframe Storage 4

Compatibility 4

Innovation 5

Other Choices for Today's Mainframe Environments 6

InformationAvailabilityandDataResilience 6

TieredRecoveryandProtection 7

In-SystemReplication 7

RemoteReplication 8

Recovery and Consistency Innovations 10

ThreeDataCenterReplication 11

FourDataCenterReplication 13

AutomatedDisasterRestart 14

ReplicationManagement 16

Virtual Tape Library Support 17

Data Mobility and Migration 17

HitachiCross-OSFileExchange 17

HitachiTieredStorageManager 17

FICONDataMigration 17

Integration with Databases and Applications 18

Mainframe Productivity 18

Hitachi Technology Partners 18

INNOVATIONDataProcessing 18

Hitachi Mainframe Professionals, Capabilities and Services 18

HitachiDataSystemsGlobalServicesOfferings 18

FICONMigrationCapabilities 19

LocalandRemoteDataMigrationFrame-basedServices 19

ImplementationServiceforHitachiCompatibleReplicationforIBM®XRC 19

RemoteCopyPlanningandDesignService 19

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Executive Summary

Withover20yearsofexperiencesupportingIBM®mainframeenvironments,HitachiDataSystems

iscommittedtocontinuedsupportoftheseenvironments.Weprovidenewinnovativestorage

solutionsdesignedtoimprovestorageprocessing,performanceandmanagementinmainframe

environments.

HitachiandHitachiDataSystemsuseatwo-pillarapproachinthedesignanddevelopmentof

IBMmainframecompatiblestoragesystems.Thefirstiscompatibility,thefocusonsupportand

qualificationofessentialIBMmainframestoragefeatures.Thesecondisinnovation,development

andtestingofHitachiuniquestorageandstoragemanagementfeaturestoprovidemainframe

customerswithadditionalcapabilityandvalue.

HitachiDataSystemshasalargeinstalledbaseofHitachistoragesystemsconnectedtoIBM

S/390®andzSeries®mainframesviaIBMESCON®andFICON®networksaswellasmainframe-

basedLINUXenvironmentsviaFibreChannelnetworks.Hitachiisthefirststoragemanufacturer

tooffervirtualizedstorageinthemainframeenvironment,includingtheabilitytovirtualizeexternal

multivendorstorage.

WithindustryleadingHitachistorageinnovation,IBMmainframecompatibility,performanceand

dataresilienceyoucantrustthatyourHitachistoragesystemwillmeetthedemandsofyourmain-

frameandopensystemsstorageenvironments.

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The Hitachi Two-pillar Approach to Mainframe Storage

HitachiandHitachiDataSystemsdesignanddevelopIBMmainframecompatiblestoragesystems

withatwo-pillarapproach:compatibilityandInnovation.

CompatibilityHitachiandIBMshareAPIstoensurecompatibilitybetweenHitachistorageandIBMmainframes.

Since2001,HitachiandIBMhavehadlicenseagreementsinplacethatprovideHitachiaccess

toIBMAPIsandinterfacespecificationsformainframestorageplatformsaswellasIBMaccess

toselectedHitachiAPIs.AccesstotheseAPIshasenabledHitachistoragesystemstosupport

PPRC,XRC,FlashCopy®,ParallelAccessVolumes(PAV),HyperPAV,MultipleAllegiance(MA),

HighPerformanceFICON(zHPF)andBasicHyperSwap®.Thelicenseagreementshavealso

givenIBMaccesstoHitachiAPIsforNanoCopy™disasterrecoverymanagertechnologyand

HitachiShadowImage®HeterogeneousReplication.ThislicensingagreementalsoenablesHitachi

andHitachiDataSystemstodevelopanddeliverstoragemanagementsoftwareformainframe

environments.

HitachistoragesystemsandfeaturesaretestedandqualifiedwithIBMmainframes,operating

systemsandcriticalfeatures.Thistestingandqualificationincludesfeaturessuchassupportfor

GDPS®PPRCandXRC,FlashCopyandzHPF.HitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP),Hitachi

UniversalStoragePlatform®V(USPV),HitachiUniversalStoragePlatformVM(USPVM),Hitachi

UniversalStoragePlatform(USP)andHitachiNetworkStorageController(NSC)arequalifiedand

supportedontheIBMz196,Z9®andz10™processors.Theyarealsosupportedunderthelatestz/

OS®version(1.12)atthetimeofthiswriting.

ThelicenseagreementsensurethatasIBMannouncesanddeliversnewfeaturesandfunction

formainframeenvironments,HitachiDataSystemswillbeabletosupportthesenewfeatures.In

addition,HitachihasitsowntestingfacilitiestoensurethatHitachideliveredproductsandfeatures

arecompatiblewiththeIBMsolutions.

TheHitachiandIBMlicenseagreementprovidesHitachiaccesstothedesignspecificationforkey

technologiesfromIBM,whichenablesHitachitodeliversupportforthesekeytechnologies:

■■ ParallelAccessVolumes(PAV)

■■ HyperPAV

■■ MultipleAllegiance

■■ MIDAW

■■ ExtendedAddressVolume(EAV)

■■ DynamicVolumeExpansion(DVE)

■■ ExtendedDistanceFICON

■■ IBMMetroMirror(PPRC)

■■ IBMz/OSGlobalMirror(XRC)

■■ IBMz/OSGlobalMirror(XRC)Multi-Readersupports

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■■ IBMz/OSMetroGlobalMirror(XRC)IncrementalResyncsupport

■■ FlashCopyV02

■■ FlashCopySpaceEfficient(FlashCopySE)

■■ RemotePairFlashCopy

■■ GeographicallyDispersedParallelSysplex™(GDPS)HyperSwap

■■ BasicHyperSwapandTPC-R

■■ HighPerformanceFICON(zHPF)

■■ HighPerformanceFICON(zHPF)multi-track

■■ z/OSDiscoveryandAutoConfiguration(zDAC)support

HitachinotonlyprovidessupportforIBMcompatiblereplicationsolutionssuchasPPRCandXRC,

butthroughongoinginnovationHitachialsoprovidesbest-of-breedproprietarysolutionsforreplica-

tion,suchasHitachiTrueCopy®Synchronous,HitachiUniversalReplicatorandShadowImage.

UsingHitachiBusinessContinuityManager,allthreeofthesesolutionscanbeseamlesslyintegrated

intoenterprisemainframeenvironments.

HitachiDataSystemsandIBMhavealong-termagreementtoprovideassistancetoeachother

toquicklyresolveanyjointcustomerissuesrelatedtoHitachistorageandIBMmainframesand

mainframeoperatingsystems.Thefocusisondeterminingthesourceoftheproblemwiththeroot

causeandsolutionbeingprovidedbythevendorwhoseproduct(s)isidentifiedasthesourceofthe

problem.

InnovationHitachiinnovation,thesecondpillarofHitachiDataSystemstwo-pillarapproach,deliversHitachi

uniquestorageandstoragemanagementfeatures,providingmainframecustomerswithadditional

capabilityandvalue.

HitachienterprisestorageplatformsareusedinmostoftheFortune100customerstoday.These

representsomeofthemostcriticalmainframeenvironmentsintheworld.

UsingHitachiuniquereplicationsoftware,theHitachienterprise-classstoragesystems(VSPand

USPV)supportbothGDPSHyperSwapandBasicHyperSwapwithTPR-C,alowercostfailover

andfailbacksolutions.

Today,withDFSMS,organizationscantakeadvantageofHitachisupportofflashdrives.Inaddition,

theseflashdrivesprovideanexcellentTier0forusewithHitachiTieredStorageManager(HTsM),

whichcanusenotonlytheflashdrivesforTier0,butalsovirtualizedexternalstorageforlower

priority,infrequentlyaccesseddata.HTsMenablesITadministratorstoeasilyandinteractivelymatch

requirementsforapplicationqualityofservicetoheterogeneousstorageassets.HTsMmovesdata

volumestomatchapplication-drivenprice,performanceandavailabilityrequirementstostorage

systemcharacteristics,nondisruptively,throughaneasy-to-useinterface.

Hitachiisthefirststoragevendortosupportvirtualizationofexternalstoragebehindanenterprise

storageplatform.ThisinnovationfromHitachiprovidesadministratorswiththeabilitytoextendthe

lifeofolderstorageassetsforlessfrequentlyaccesseddatathatismosteffectivelymaintainedin

alowertierofstorage.HTsMprovidestheabilitytomovevolumesofdatatothemostappropriate

classofstoragebasedonperformanceandaccessrequirements.

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Additionally,withHitachiUniversalReplicatoradministratorshaveaninnovativeremotereplication

solution.UniversalReplicatoroffloadsthemajorityofprocessingforasynchronousreplicationtothe

remotestoragesystemusingjournalingtokeeptrackofallupdatesaswellasuniqueHitachipull

technology.Thisfreesupprocessingpowerattheprimarysiteforcriticalproductionactivitiesand

providesthebestperformanceavailable.

HitachihasalsodevelopedsupportforExtendedConsistencyGroupstoprovideconsistencyof

datacrossstoragesystemsduringreplication.

Other Choices for Today's Mainframe Environments

Information Availability and Data ResilienceDataisatthecoreofyourdatacenter,andanydatacentermustprovideforthemovement,provi-

sioning,accessandprotectionofdata,whichisprovidedbystoragesystems.Animportantelement

ofyourinformationavailabilitystrategyisensuringyourdataisresilient.

Dataresiliencedoesnotjustmeandisasterrecovery;itmeansthatinthecaseofasystemorsite

failureyourdataandinformationcanbeavailableinanalternatestoragesystematthesameora

differentlocation,allowingyourbusinesstocontinuebusinessoperationsintheeventofaplanned

orunplannedoutage.Solutionstoprovidedataresilienceincludeservicelevelagreementsand

requirementsforhighavailability,withspecificrecoverytimeobjectives(RTO)andrecoverypoint

objectives(RPO).

Figure 1. Hitachi Data Systems Data Resilience Solutions

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AnincreasingcorporateunderstandingofthevalueofdataandimportanceoftheITinfrastructure

hasresultedinITorganizationsbeingtaskedtoensuretheITinfrastructurewillprotectthesecritical

assetsacrossthecorporation.Thismeansthatdatamustbeprotectedandguaranteedtobecon-

sistentacrosscomplexapplicationsthatsharedataandrequirethebestlocalandremotereplication

andrestartavailable.

WithindustryleadingHitachireplicationandreplicationmanagementsolutions,whichsupportboth

IBMGDPSHyperSwapandBasicHyperSwap,youcanbeconfidentofyourabilitytorestartopera-

tionsincaseofadisasterorotheroutage.

Hitachidataresilienceofferingsaredesignedtoimprovetheavailabilityofbusinessdata.The

dataresilienceofferingsfromHitachicanbeusedtoimprovetheavailabilityofabusiness's

applicationsby:

■■ Enablingapplicationtestingagainstrealdataintruereal-worldenvironments

■■ Supportingparallelprocessingforreports,queriesanddatawarehouseapplications

■■ Allowingconsistencychecksofdatabases

■■ Performingupgradesandmaintenancetohardwareandsoftwarenondisruptively

■■ Migratingormovingdataeasilyandnondisruptively

■■ Providingconsistencyacrossdatavolumesandarraysforreplicateddata

■■ Improvingthetimeforbackupandrestoreofdata

■■ Providingprotectionofdatainbothlocalandremotelocations

■■ Survivingamajoroutageordisasterwiththeabilitytocontinueorrestartbusinessoperations

■■ ReducingyourRPO

■■ MinimizingyourRTO

Tiered Recovery and ProtectionTheabilitytoprotectandrecoveryourdatarequirescreationofandaccesstoatotallyseparate

copyorthedata.Dependingonthesituation,thecopiesmaybelocaland/orremoteandprovide

theabilitytoselectthecopybasedonlocationRTOorRPO.

Theseseparatecopiesnotonlyprovideprotectionanddataavailabilityintheeventofanoutageor

disasterbutalsoenabletestingagainstrealdataaswellastheperformanceofsupportoperations,

suchasbackuptotapeorconsistencychecking.

In-System Replication■■ Hitachi Compatible Mirroring for IBM® FlashCopy®providessupportcompatiblewithIBM

FlashCopyV02andprovidesapplication-aware,near-instantsnapshotbackups,withminimal

performanceimpactontheapplications.Italsoprovidesnear-instantrestorecapabilitytoim-

proveservicelevelsandapplicationavailability(seeFigure2).

■■ Hitachi ShadowImage® Heterogeneous Replicationsoftwareprovidesnondisruptive,host-

independentdatareplicationtocreatecopiesofanycustomeraccessibledatawithinasingle

Hitachistoragesystem.Thesecopiescanprovideimmediate,nondisruptiveaccessandsharing

ofinformationfordecisionsupport,testanddevelopment.Theycanalsooptimizetapebackup

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operations.ShadowImagecopiesprovidenearlyinstantrecoveryfromdatacorruption(see

Figure2).

■■ Consistency groupsareastandardfeatureofHitachiin-systemreplicationofferings,which

ensureconsistencyofcrossvolumedatawhenreplicatingormakingpoint-in-timecopies.In

mainframeenvironments,consistencygroupsusemainframetimestampstoensureconsistency

acrossvolumes.

■■ Multiple tiersprovidetheabilitywithShadowImagetomakefirstandsecondgenerationcopies

ofvolumesthatarebeingcopiedbyShadowImage.Thissupportsdisk-basedbackupaswellas

additionalcopiesfortestingorbackinguptotape.

■■ The interface to Hitachi replicationsolutionsforenterprisestorageplatformshasremained

consistentacrossthelastthreegenerationsofdevices.Itprovidesinvestmentprotectionand

eliminatestheneedtobuildnewscriptsandprocedureswhenimplementingthenewestgenera-

tionofHitachienterprisestoragesystems.

Figure 2. Local In-System Replication with Hitachi ShadowImage Heterogeneous

Replication and IBM FlashCopy

Remote ReplicationHitachireplicationsolutionsformainframeenvironmentssupportintermixenvironments,whichcan

includeallofthelatestgenerationsofHitachienterprise-classstoragesystems,includingtheVSP,

USPVandUSPVM,theoriginalUSPandtheNSC.

Hitachi TrueCopy® Synchronousremotereplicationsoftwareprovidesacontinuous,non-

disruptive,hostindependent,zero-data-loss,rapid-restartremotedatareplicationsolutionfor

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disasterrecoveryordatamigrationfordistanceswithinthesamemetropolitanarea(seeFigure

3).TrueCopySynchronoussupportsthereplicationofintermixedmainframeandopensystems

volumesandconsistencygroupsacrossvolumesinthesamestoragecontrollerandextended

consistencygroupsacrossvolumesindifferentHitachienterprisestoragecontrollers.

TrueCopySynchronous:

■■ Offersazerodatalosssolution(RPO=0)

■■ Ensuresremotecopyisalwaysamirrorimageofsourcevolume

■■ Supportsconsistencyacrossmultiplestoragesystems(12x12)

■■ WorksinconjunctionwithHitachiUniversalReplicatortoprovideadvancedthreedatacenter

configurations

Figure 3. Remote Synchronous Replication Using Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous

Hitachi Universal Replicatordeliverssimplifiedasynchronousdatareplicationforinternaland

externalstorageattachedtoHitachienterprise-classstorageplatforms(seeFigure4).Thissoftware

deliverstheenterprise-classperformanceassociatedwithstoragesystem-basedreplication,

whileprovidingresilientbusinesscontinuitywithouttheneedforredundantserversorreplication

appliances.UniversalReplicatorprovidesuniqueRPOcontrolthroughtheuseofstoragesystem

journal-basedreplicationandleveragesasynchronousreplicationdrivenbytheremotesiteto

minimizeimpactonprimaryproductionsystems.HitachiUniversalReplicatorsupportsconsistency

groupsacrossvolumesonHitachienterprisestoragesystems.

UniversalReplicator:

■■ Isaminimaldatalosssolution

■■ Makesnoimpactonapplicationresponsetime

■■ Offersjournal-basedreplication

■■ Usestargetcontrollertomanagereplication;freessourcecontrollerresources

■■ Supportsconsistencyacrossmultiplestoragesystems(12x12)

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■■ WorksinconjunctionwithTrueCopySynchronoustoprovideadvancedthreedatacentercon-

figurations(upto12x12x12).

Figure 4. Remote Asynchronous Replication Using Hitachi Universal Replicator

Recovery and Consistency Innovations

Intoday'scomplexITenvironments,itisnotunusualfordataaccesstocrossmanyboundaries,

includingvolumes,storagesystems,databases,operatingsystemsandapplications.Manyap-

plications,suchascustomerservice,orderentry,inventoryandInternet-basede-commerce,may

allsharethesamedatabasesandneedtobeconsistentwitheachotherdowntothetransaction

level.Ifitisnecessarytorestartthiscollectionofapplicationsduetoanoutage,equipmentfailure

ordisaster,itiscriticalthatthatalldataisconsistenttoasinglepointintimeacrosstheenterprise.

Hitachihasdevelopedseveralsolutionstoaddressthiscriticalneed:

Consistency groupsprovideconsistentcopiesofdataonsecondaryand/orremotestoragesys-

tems.Bothmainframeandopensystemsvolumescanbeintermixedinconsistencyandextended

consistencygroups.Whenreplicatingvolumeswithinasinglestoragesystemorbetweentwo

storagesystems,consistencygroupsensurethatthereplicateddataisconsistentandsynchronized

toasinglepointintimeacrossvolumesinthestoragesystem.Inthesituationwherethereplicated

dataexistsacrossmultiplestoragesystems[upto12storagecontrollers(12x12)],extendedcon-

sistencygroupsensurethedataisconsistentandsynchronizedtoasinglepointintimeacrossall

volumesinallassociatedstoragesystems(seeFigure5).Mainframeenvironmentsuseamainframe

timestampassociatedwitheachrecordtoensureconsistency.Theseextended consistency

groupsareafeatureofHitachireplicationofferings.

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Figure 5. Extended Consistency Groups

Formainframeenvironmentstheyensureconsistencyofvolumesacrossstoragesystemboundaries

whenreplicatingormakingpoint-in-timecopies.Fortwodatacenterenvironments,theseextended

consistencygroupscanincludeupto12storagesystemsineachlocation(12x12).Forthreedata

centerenvironments,theycanincludeupto12storagesystemsineachlocation(12x12x12).

Consistencygroupsandextendedconsistencygroupsuseamainframetimestamptoensure

consistencyacrossvolumesandstoragecontrollers.

Three Data Center ReplicationThethreedatacenterreplicationsolutionusesbothHitachiTrueCopySynchronousreplicationand

HitachiUniversalReplicatorasynchronousreplication.Itprovidesasynchronouscopytoaseparate

Hitachistoragesystemwithinmetro-distanceusingTrueCopyaswellasanasynchronouscopyto

asecondHitachistoragesystemthatcanbelocatedatanydistancefromtheprimarysite.When

HitachiShadowImageHeterogeneousReplicationisusedwithUniversalReplicatoranditsATTime

Splitfeature,itprovidesforconsistentcopiesbetweenUniversalReplicatorandShadowImagewith

nodataloss,nodistanceconstraintsandnobreakorpauseoftheUniversalReplicatorreplication

relationship.Therearetwoimplementationsofthreedatacenterreplication:cascadedreplication

andmultitargetreplication.

Cascaded replicationprovidessynchronousreplicationfromaproductionHitachienterprise-

classstoragesystem(e.g.VSP,USPV)toasecondarystoragesystemusingHitachiTrueCopy

Synchronousreplicationsoftware.Itthenasynchronouslyreplicatesthedatafromthesecondary

storagesystemtoanout-of-regionHitachienterprisestoragesystemusingHitachiUniversal

Replicatorwithnodatalossintheeventofaproductionsiteoutageordisaster(seeFigure6).

Thethreedatacentercascadesolution:

■■ Providesasynchronousmirrorimageofprimarydataandanasynchronousimageatanout-of-

regionsite

■■ Enablesfastrecoveryusingthein-regiondatacenter

■■ Providesout-of-regioncopytoallowrecoveryfromaregionaldisaster

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Figure 6. Three Data Center Cascade Solution with Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous and

Hitachi Universal Replicator

Multitarget (Concurrent) Replicationsynchronouslyreplicatesdatafromtheproductionsite

usingTrueCopySynchronoussoftwaretoahotstandbysite.Itasynchronouslyreplicatestoanout-

of-regionremotesiteusingHitachiUniversalReplicatorforoptimaldataprotection.Withmultitarget

replication,protectioncanberesumedwithnodatalossbetweenthetworemainingsites(hot

standbysiteandremotesite)usingDeltaResync(seeFigure7).

Themultitargetreplicationsolution:

■■ Providescampusormetrocopyplusout-of-regioncopy

■■ Enablesfastrecoveryandexcellentdatacurrencyforlocalsitefailures,combinedwithadvanced

protectionfromregionaldisasters

■■ Resyncs,usingDeltaResync,theout-of-regionasynchronouscopywiththemetrosynchronous

copyineventofprimarysiteoutage

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Figure 7. Three Data Center Multitarget Remote Replication with Hitachi TrueCopy

Synchronous and Hitachi Universal Replicator

Delta Resyncprovidesadditionaldisasterrecoveryprotection.Withamultitargetthreedatacenter

configurationasdescribedabove,theproductionsitemirrorsdatasynchronouslytoahotstandby

siteusingHitachiTrueCopySynchronousreplicationandasynchronouslytoathirdremotesite

usingHitachiUniversalReplicator.Iftheproductionsiteexperiencesafailure,thehotstandbysite

takesoverandusestheremotesitefordisasterrecovery.WithDeltaResync,onlythechangesnot

recognizedbetweenthehotstandbyandremotesite,asreceivedattheremotesitewhentheout-

ageoccurred,aretransferredfromthehotstandbysite(newproductionsite)totheremotesite(new

disasterrecoverysite).Asaresult,DisasterRecoveryprotectionforthehotstandbysiteresumes

withinminutesinsteadofhours.

ATTime-SplitisafeatureofUniversalReplicatorthateliminatestheneedtoactuallysplitthe

UniversalReplicatorpairswhencreatingatertiarycopywithShadowImage.Rather,theATTime-split

operationisperformedonthespecifiedremoteShadowImagecopygroupandcreatesadata-

consistentsnapshotataspecifiedtimewhilesustainingtheUniversalReplicatorcopygroupina

duplexstate.ATTime-Splitusesmainframetimestampstoensureconsistencywhencreatingthe

tertiarycopy.

Four Data Center ReplicationHitachiDataSystemsalsoprovidesafourdatacenterreplicationsolutionusingbothHitachi

TrueCopySynchronousreplicationandHitachiUniversalReplicatorasynchronousreplication.

ItprovidesbothathreedatacentermultitargetsolutionwithasynchronouscopytoaHitachi

storagecontrolleratahotstandbysitewithinmetro-distanceusingTrueCopySynchronousand

anasynchronouscopytoaremotelocationusingUniversalReplicator.Italsocreatesanadditional

asynchronouscopybasedonthecopyatthehotstandbysiteataseparateremotelocationusing

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UniversalReplicator.Thissolutionprovidesbothfastrecoverywithexcellentdatacurrencyforlocal

sitefailuresandadvancedprotectionfromregionaldisastersatmultipleout-of-regionremotedata

centers.

Figure 8. Four Data Center Replication Solution with Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous and

Hitachi Universal Replicator

Automated Disaster RestartHitachiTrueCopySynchronousreplicationsupportsIBMGDPSHyperSwap,aswellasBasic

HyperSwap.Thesoftwareprovidesautomatedrestartonasecondarysystem,locallyorata

remotesite,intheeventofaplannedorunplannedoutage(seeFigure9).Thisincludessupport

forconsistencygroupsacrossvolumesandextendedconsistencygroupsacrossmultiplestorage

controllers.ItalsosupportsGDPSHyperSwapandBasicHyperSwapinthreedatacenter

configurationswithDeltaResyncandfourdatacenterconfigurations.However,HitachiBusiness

ContinuityManager,anoptionalsoftwareofferingwhichcanfacilitatethemanagementofHitachi

mainframeattachedstorageindailyoperations,canalsobeusedtoconfigureandmanageHitachi

storageduringafailoversituation.BusinessContinuityManagerisrequiredforfailbackandwhen

usingDeltaResync.

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Figure 9. Two Data Center Automated Restart

Basic HyperSwap (with TPC-R) and GDPS HyperSwaparebothcapableofusingreplicated

copiesofdatacreatedbyHitachiTrueCopySynchronous,providingfastfailoverintheeventofa

localoutageordisasterandrequirenoadditionalfeaturesonthestoragesystem.Thissupportof

GDPSHyperSwapandBasicHyperSwapenablesthetransferofapplicationworkloadsfromdisks

inoneHitachistoragecontrollertodisksinaseparateHitachistoragecontroller,withnodisruption

tooperations.WithsupportforbothBasicHyperSwapandGDPSHyperSwap,theonlyHitachi

softwarerequiredonthehostisBusinessContinuityManager.HitachihasworkedwithIBMtohave

supportforHitachistoragesystemsincludedinBasicHyperSwap.TPC-R,astandardIBMoffering

andHitachiBusinessContinuityManagerareusedtomanageBasicHyperSwapwhenusedwith

Hitachistorage(seeFigure10).

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Figure 10. Support for both Basic HyperSwap and GDPS HyperSwap; HyperSwap Does

Not Require GDPS but Is Fully Supported by IBM

Replication ManagementHitachiDataSystemsprovidesflexibilityinstoragemanagementformainframeenvironmentswith

bothhost-basedandstoragesystem-basedstoragemanagementsolutions.HitachiBusiness

ContinuityManager(BCM)providesahost-basedsolutionthatusesfamiliarTSO/ISPFscreens

toviewandmanagestoragereplication.WithBCMthestorageadministratorcansetupand

manageHitachiUniversalReplicator,HitachiShadowImageHeterogeneousReplicationandHitachi

TrueCopySynchronousremotereplicationsoftwareoperations.

Business Continuity Managerautomatescomplexdisasterrecoveryandplannedoutage

functions,dramaticallyreducingrecoverytimes.BCMprovidesauto-discoveryofenterprise-wide

storageconfigurationandreplicationobjects,therebyeliminatingtedious,error-pronedataentry

thatcancauseoutages,aswellascentralizedmanagementofUniversalReplicator,TrueCopyand

ShadowImagesoftwaresolutions,wherevertheyreside.

Hitachi Replication Manager,aserver-basedsoftwaretool,canbeusedtoconfigure,monitor

andmanageHitachistorage-basedreplicationproductsforbothopensystemsandmainframe

environmentsandenhancesBCM.Itsimplifiesandoptimizestheconfiguration,operations,task

management,automationandmonitoringofthecriticalstoragecomponentsofthereplication

infrastructure.

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Virtual Tape Library SupportHitachiDataSystemshasabusinessrelationshipwithSecureAgentSoftwaretoprovidetheir

SecureDataSolutionvirtualtapelibrary(SDS).Thissolutionprovideslowertapeprocessingcosts

andimprovedend-userservicelevelsforenterprisemainframecustomers.

ThejointHitachiDataSystemsandSecureAgentvirtualtapesolutiondeliversafullyintegrated

capabilityforIBMzSeries,providingamainframevirtualtapesolution.TheSDSsolutionaddresses

organizationalrequirementsforimprovedtapeefficiencies,regulatorycomplianceandgovernance,

fileauthenticity,securelong-termpreservationandretentionofmainframecontent.

Asdisktechnologyhasadvanced,useoflow-costATAdiskstoragefordatabackupandarchive

hasbecomeapopularalternativetotape.TheSDSprovidesavirtualtapelibrarysolutionforall

IBMzSeriesorcompatiblemainframes.Thissolutiongreatlyreducesoreliminatesadatacenter's

dependenceontapebytransparentlyreplacinghigh-costtapesubsystems,includingautomatic

tapelibraries(ATL)andvirtualtapesystems(VTS)withnew,low-coststorage.

Data Mobility and MigrationHitachiDataSystemsiscommittedtoensuringthatyourdataisavailableattherightplaceandat

therighttime.HitachiDataSystemsprovidessolutionsformovingand/ormigratingyourinformation

withoutimpactingtheperformanceofyoursystem.Thesesolutionsensurecontinuousaccess,

businesscontinuityanddataresilience.Theyenableyoutomakethemostefficientuseofyour

storageassetsandoptimizethedeploymentofyourcriticaldatawithoutimpactingyourbusiness

operations.HitachiDataSystemsofferssolutionsformovementofdatainmainframeenvironments

formigrationorjustfordatamobility.

Hitachi Cross-OS File ExchangeHitachiCross-OSFileExchangesoftwaredelivershighperformance,highreliabilitydatasharing

betweenheterogeneoushostplatformsandmovesvastamountsofdataquicklyfrommainframe

toUNIX,LinuxandMicrosoft®Windows®environmentswithouttyingupnetworkingresourcesor

intermediatetapemedia.Filetransferspeedsareamplifiedfivetotentimes.Itenablesdatastored

ontheHitachistoragesystemstobeconvertedandtransferredbetweenmainframeandopen

systemplatformsandbetweendifferentopensystemplatforms.

Hitachi Tiered Storage ManagerHitachiTieredStorageManager(HTSM)enablesITadministratorstoeasilyandinteractivelymatch

requirementsforapplicationqualityofservicetoheterogeneousstorageassets,includingexternally

attachedmultivendorstorage.HTSMsoftwaremovesdatavolumestomatchapplication-driven

price,performanceandavailabilityrequirementstostoragesystemcharacteristics.Itdoesthis

nondisruptivelyandmanagesandautomatesthemovementofdatabasedonarobustsetof

attributes,includingcost,performanceanddataprotection.Anditsimplifiesthetaskofoptimizing

storageinfrastructuretosatisfyapplicationstoragerequirements.

FICON Data MigrationFICONDataMigrationisauniquefeaturebywhichz/OSdatacanbecopiedfromlegacystorage

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systems(HDS,EMCandIBM)totheHitachiVirtualStoragePlatformwithoutusinghostsoftware.

Inaddition,noconversionofdataisnecessary.ThelegacysystemisconnectedtotheHitachi

enterprisestorageplatformusingFICONconnectionsandthedataisthenmovedwhilethe

mainframeapplicationscontinuetoexecute.Itisintendedpurelyasameansofmigration.Noother

vendoroffersthisuniquecapability.

Integration with Databases and Applications

Hitachiprovidestightintegrationbetweenstoragesystem-basedsoftwareandutilitieswithapplica-

tionanddatabasefunctionstooptimizeresources,minimizecomplexityandprovideefficientand

effectivemanagementofstorageresources.

HitachiandHitachiDataSystemshavestrongpartnershipswithcompaniessuchasINNOVATION

DataProcessingandotherindependentsoftwarevendors,tostrengthenHitachistoragemanage-

mentandeffectivenessinmainframeenvironments.

Mainframe ProductivityEnterprisestoragesolutionsfromHitachiDataSystemsaredesignedtoimproveproductivityof

storageadministrators.WiththeimplementationoftheHitachiTieredStorageManager,storage

administratorscaneasilymovedatavolumesbetweentiersofstorage.Withvirtualizationprovided

byHitachiUniversalVolumeManager,externalstoragefromHitachiorothervendorscanbeeasily

virtualizedbehindHitachienterprisestoragecontrollerssuchastheUSPorVSP.

WiththeplannedintroductionofHitachiDynamicProvisioning(HDP)formainframeenvironments,

storageadministratorswillnothavetomanuallyprovisionbutrather,thestoragecontrollerwillbe

abletoprovisionstorage,asitisneeded.TheplannedintroductionofHitachiDynamicTiering(HDT)

formainframeenvironmentswillenabletheautomaticmovementofdatabetweentiers.HDTmoves

highlyaccessedblocksofdatatothehighesttierstorageandmigrateslessfrequentlyaccessed

datatothelowesttiers.Thissignificantlyreducesthetimestorageadministratorshavetospend

analyzingstorageusageandmanagingthemovementofdatatooptimizeperformance.

Hitachi Technology Partners

INNOVATION Data ProcessingINNOVATIONDataProcessing'sFDR(FastDumpRestore)Suiteoffersbusinessresiliencyfor

z/OScustomerswithsolutionsthathelptoeliminatebusinessdowntimeforHitachiDataSystems

customers.ThesuiteappliesIBM'sFlashCopydatareplicationtechnologytothebasicstorage

managementoperationsofbackup,restoreanddisasterrecovery.

Hitachi Mainframe Professionals, Capabilities and Services

Hitachi Data Systems Global Services OfferingsHitachiDataSystemsGlobalServicesorganizationoffersmarket-leadingstorageconsultants,

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provenmethodologiesandacomprehensiveportfolioofassetsandconsulting,planningand

design,installation,transition,management,educationandsupportservicesforyourmainframe

storageenvironment.GlobalServicesconsultantshaveanaverageof10to15yearsexperience

athelpingorganizationsmigratetonewstorageplatforms,whetherfromHitachistorageorother

vendor'sstorage.Theyarealsoabletohelpdesign,implementandmanageavailabilityanddata

resiliencearchitecturestomeetservicelevelrequirements.

FICON Migration CapabilitiesHitachiDataSystemshasauniqueofferingformigratingmainframedatatoHitachienterprise

storageplatforms.Thiscapabilityhelpscopyz/OSdatafromHitachilegacystorageandother

vendor'sstoragesystems,suchasIBMandEMC,totheHitachiVirtualStoragePlatformwithout

usinghostsoftwareorconvertingdata.TheFICONmigrationcapabilityoftheVSPmovesdata

whilemainframeapplicationsarestillrunning,allwithoutinterruptionorsignificantimpacttohost

performance.

Local and Remote Data Migration Frame-based ServicesHitachiDataSystemsofferscustomlocalandremotedatamigrationframe-basedservicestohelp

youachieveaseamlessmigrationtoyournewstoragesystem.OurservicesexpertsemployHitachi

TrueCopySynchronousremotereplicationorHitachiUniversalReplicationsoftwaretoefficiently

transferyourdatatoyournewlyacquiredHitachistoragesystematyourlocalorremotedatacenter.

Implementation Service for Hitachi Compatible Replication for IBM® XRC HitachiCompatibleReplicationforIBMXRC,across-licensetechnologysharedbyHitachiData

SystemsandIBM,providesheightenedprotectionofIBMS/390orz/OSandHitachistorage

environments.TheImplementationServiceforHitachiCompatibleReplicationforIBMXRC

helpsyoucreateandsafelysharemainframe-basedremotecopiesbetweentheVirtualStorage

PlatformandotherHitachistoragesystemsand/oranIBMEnterpriseStorageServer®system.In

addition,theserviceconfiguresandcustomizesCompatibleReplicationsoftwareforXRC,provides

automationscripting,knowledgetransferandprojectmanagement.

Remote Copy Planning and Design Service TheRemoteCopyPlanningandDesignServicehelpswithcostlybandwidthdecisionsanddistance

datareplicationchallenges.UsingHitachiDataSystemsremotereplicationbestpractices,our

teamofconsultantsproduceadetailedstudyofthecurrentworkloadenvironmentandmakes

bandwidthrecommendationsnecessarytosupportandimprovetheyourremotecopyenvironment.

Inaddition,weprovideyouwithahigh-leveldesignfortheremotereplicationsolutionanda

detailedanalysisofworkloadandperformancecharacteristicstohelpsupportpotentiallyexpensive

bandwidthdecisions.

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