IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication Family

Improve time to value, improve continuous availability of open systems servers, and reduce downtime of critical applications with IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication. Manage the advanced copy services provided by the IBM System Storage® DS8000, DS6000™ series, the IBM TotalStorage® ESS Model 800 and the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller

Highlights

The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication V4.2 includes new capabilities and enhancements:

• OpenSwap for Open systems; improves system availability
• Enhanced PPRC Path Management; ensuring redundant port combinations
• Disaster Recovery Planner; integrates storage and replication functions
• DS8000 Multiple Global Mirror Support; improved performance enabling multiple GM sessions
• Softcopy removal of copy sets: improved support for migration of sessions/copy services
• Incremental FlashCopy Support for IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

The IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication family helps to manage the advanced copy services provided by the IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS) Model 800, IBM System Storage DS8000®, IBM DS6000™ and IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC).

IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication V4.2

The basic functions of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication are designed to provide management of the advanced copy services—IBM FlashCopy®, Metro Mirror and Global Mirror capabilities—for the IBM System Storage DS8000, IBM TotalStorage ESS Model 800 and the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC).

The TPC for Replication Family can help simplify the management of advanced copy services by:

• Automating administration and configuration of these services with wizard-based session and copy set definitions
• Providing simple operational control of copy services tasks, including starting, suspending and resuming in the same direction or opposite directions
• Offering tools for monitoring and managing copy sessions