The IBM TotalStorage® Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication V3.4 includes new capabilities and enhancements:
Asynchronous mirroring (Global Mirror) for SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
Two-site replication management with advanced copy session including failover and failback.
Metro Mirror and Global Mirror configurations with practice volume support.
Device overview page to display SVC cluster information.
Flash Copy sessions with improved background copy rate.
Mark Metro Mirror and Global Copy sessions to fail if the target volume is online.
Space Efficient Flash Copy and Dynamic Volume Expansion capabilities of the DS8000.
New product offering in the TPC for Replication family offers low-cost disk replication service for z/OS® environments.
The IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication V3.4 Family helps to manage the advanced copy services provided by IBM ESS model 800, IBM DS8000™, IBM DS6000™ and IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication V3.4
The basic functions of TotalStorage 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 Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS) Model 800, IBM System Storage DS6000 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.
Offering tools for monitoring and managing copy sessions.
