The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication V4 includes new capabilities and enhancements:
Metro Global Mirror with Practice Volumes.
Metro Global Mirror with HyperSwap™.
Global Mirror with Practice Volume (Both Directions).
Global Copy—to minimize application impact when initializing Metro Mirror sessions.
Replicating session progress indicators.
The IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication family helps to manage the advanced copy services provided by the IBM TotalStorage® 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
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 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 in the same direction or opposite directions.
Offering tools for monitoring and managing copy sessions.
