Part 4 Appendixes
by Chen Zhu, Michael Scott, David Reich, Aderson Pacini, Rex Newton, Joe Hew, Katja
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R3.0
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Part 1 Architecture and planning
- Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700
- Chapter 2. Architecture, components, and functional characteristics
- 2.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine architecture
- 2.2 Stand-alone cluster: Components, functionality, and features
- 2.2.1 Views from the Host: Library IDs
- 2.2.2 Tape volume cache
- 2.2.3 Virtual volumes and logical volumes
- 2.2.4 Mounting a scratch virtual volume
- 2.2.5 Mounting a specific virtual volume
- 2.2.6 Logical WORM (LWORM) support and characteristics
- 2.2.7 Virtual drives
- 2.2.8 Selective device access control
- 2.2.9 Physical drives
- 2.2.10 Stacked volume
- 2.2.11 Selective Dual Copy function
- 2.2.12 General TVC management in a stand-alone cluster
- 2.2.13 Expired virtual volumes and Delete Expired function
- 2.2.14 TVC Cache management in a TS7740 stand-alone cluster
- 2.2.15 TVC management processes for TS7740
- 2.2.16 TS7720 TVC cache management
- 2.2.17 Copy Consistency Point: Copy policy modes in a stand-alone cluster
- 2.2.18 TVC selection in a stand-alone cluster
- 2.2.19 TVC encryption
- 2.2.20 Logical and stacked volume pooling
- 2.2.21 Logical and stacked volume management
- 2.2.22 Secure Data Erase function
- 2.2.23 Copy Export function
- 2.2.24 Encryption of physical tapes
- 2.2.25 Security identification via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- 2.2.26 Service preparation mode
- 2.2.27 Service mode
- 2.3 Multicluster grid configurations: Components, functionality, and features
- 2.3.1 Rules in multicluster grid
- 2.3.2 Required grid hardware
- 2.3.3 Data integrity by volume ownership
- 2.3.4 I/O TVC selection
- 2.3.5 Copy Consistency Points
- 2.3.6 Cluster family concept
- 2.3.7 Override settings concept
- 2.3.8 Host view of a multicluster grid and Library IDs
- 2.3.9 Tape Volume Cache
- 2.3.10 Virtual volumes and logical volumes
- 2.3.11 Mounting a scratch virtual volume
- 2.3.12 Mounting a specific virtual volume
- 2.3.13 Logical WORM (LWORM) support and characteristics
- 2.3.14 Virtual drives
- 2.3.15 Allocation assistance
- 2.3.16 Selective Device Access Control
- 2.3.17 Physical drives
- 2.3.18 Stacked volume
- 2.3.19 Selective Dual Copy function
- 2.3.20 General TVC management in multicluster grids
- 2.3.21 Expired virtual volumes and Delete Expired function
- 2.3.22 TVC management for TS7740 in multicluster grid
- 2.3.23 TVC management for TS7720 in a multicluster grid
- 2.3.24 TVC management processes in a multicluster grid
- 2.3.25 Copy Consistency Point: Copy policy modes in a multicluster grid
- 2.3.26 TVC (I/O) selection in a multicluster grid
- 2.3.27 Remote (cross) cluster mounts
- 2.3.28 TVC encryption
- 2.3.29 Logical and stacked volume management
- 2.3.30 Secure Data Erase
- 2.3.31 Copy Export
- 2.3.32 Encryption of physical tapes
- 2.3.33 Autonomic Ownership Takeover Manager
- 2.3.34 Selective Write Protect for disaster recovery testing
- 2.3.35 Service preparation mode
- 2.3.36 Service mode
- 2.4 Grid configuration examples
- 2.5 TS7700 Virtualization Engine hardware components
- 2.5.1 Common components for the TS7720 Virtualization Engine and TS7740 Virtualization Engine models
- 2.5.2 TS7720 Virtualization Engine components
- 2.5.3 TS7740 Virtualization Engine components
- 2.5.4 TS3500 Tape Library
- 2.5.5 IBM TotalStorage 3592-J1A Tape Drive
- 2.5.6 IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive
- 2.5.7 IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive
- 2.5.8 IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive
- Chapter 3. TS7700 usage considerations
- Chapter 4. Preinstallation planning and sizing
- 4.1 Hardware configurations
- 4.2 Hardware installation and infrastructure planning
- 4.3 Remote installations and FICON switch support
- 4.4 High availability grid considerations
- 4.5 Planning for software implementation
- 4.6 Planning for logical and physical volumes
- 4.6.1 Logical volumes
- 4.6.2 Logical WORM (LWORM)
- 4.6.3 Physical volumes for TS7740 Virtualization Engine
- 4.6.4 Data compression
- 4.6.5 Secure Data Erase function
- 4.6.6 Copy Policy Override settings
- 4.6.7 Planning for cache thresholds and removal policies for a TS7720 cluster
- 4.6.8 Planning for tape encryption in the TS7740 Virtualization Engine
- 4.6.9 Planning for Cache Disk Encryption in the TS7700
- 4.7 Planning for LDAP for user authentication in your TS7700 subsystem
- 4.8 Tape analysis and sizing the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
- Part 2 Implementation and migration
- Chapter 5. Hardware implementation
- 5.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine implementation and installation considerations
- 5.2 TS3500 Tape Library definitions (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
- 5.2.1 Defining a logical library
- 5.2.2 Adding drives to the logical library
- 5.2.3 Defining control path drives
- 5.2.4 Defining the Encryption Method for the new logical library
- 5.2.5 Defining Cartridge Assignment Policies
- 5.2.6 Inserting TS7740 Virtualization Engine physical volumes
- 5.2.7 Assigning cartridges in the TS3500 Tape Library to the logical library partition
- 5.3 Setting up the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
- 5.3.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine definition with the MI
- 5.3.2 Verifying the composite and distributed library sequence numbers
- 5.3.3 Defining VOLSER ranges for physical volumes
- 5.3.4 Defining physical volume pools (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
- 5.3.5 Defining scratch (Fast Ready) categories
- 5.3.6 Defining the logical volume expiration time
- 5.3.7 Events
- 5.3.8 Defining TS7700 constructs
- 5.3.9 TS7700 licensing
- 5.3.10 Defining Encryption Key Server addresses
- 5.3.11 Defining Simple Network Management Protocol
- 5.3.12 Enabling IPv6
- 5.3.13 Enabling IPSec
- 5.3.14 Security Settings section
- 5.3.15 Inserting logical virtual volumes
- 5.4 Virtualization Engine multicluster grid definitions
- 5.4.1 Data access and availability characteristics
- 5.4.2 TS7700 grid configuration considerations for a two-cluster grid
- 5.4.3 Defining grid copy mode control
- 5.4.4 Defining scratch mount candidates
- 5.4.5 Retain Copy mode
- 5.4.6 Defining cluster families
- 5.4.7 TS7720 cache thresholds and removal policies
- 5.4.8 Backup and restore construct definitions
- 5.4.9 Data management settings (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
- 5.5 Implementing Outboard Policy Management for non-z/OS hosts
- Chapter 6. Software implementation
- 6.1 Host implementation considerations
- 6.2 Hardware configuration definition
- 6.3 TS7700 Virtualization Engine software definitions for z/OS
- 6.4 Implementing Selective Device Access Control
- 6.5 TS7700 SETTING function
- 6.6 Software implementation in z/VM and z/VSE
- 6.7 Software implementation in Transaction Processing Facility
- Chapter 7. Upgrade considerations
- Chapter 8. Migration
- 8.1 Migration to a TS7700 Virtualization Engine
- 8.2 Configuration upgrades
- 8.3 Upgrading drive models in an existing TS7740
- 8.4 Moving data in and out of the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
- 8.5 Migration of DFSMShsm-managed data
- 8.6 DFSMSrmm and other tape management systems
- 8.7 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
- 8.8 DFSMSdss
- 8.9 Object access method
- 8.10 Database backups
- Part 3 Operation
- Chapter 9. Operation
- Chapter 10. Performance and monitoring
- 10.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine performance characteristics
- 10.2 TS7700 components and task distribution
- 10.3 Throttling, tasks, and knobs
- 10.4 Virtual Device Allocation in z/OS with JES2
- 10.5 Data movement through Tape Volume Cache
- 10.6 Monitoring TS7700 Virtualization Engine performance
- 10.7 Tuning the TS7700
- 10.8 TS7700 Virtualization Engine statistical data
- 10.9 Bulk Volume Information Retrieval
- 10.10 IBM Tape Tools
- 10.11 Using VEHSTATS and VEHGRXCL for monitoring and reporting
- 10.12 z/OS commands for monitoring
- 10.13 What to look for and where
- Chapter 11. Disaster recovery
- 11.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine grid failover principles
- 11.2 Failover scenarios
- 11.3 Planning for disaster recovery
- 11.4 High availability and disaster recovery configurations
- 11.5 Copy Export overview and Considerations
- 11.6 Implementing and executing Copy Export
- 11.7 Using Copy Export Recovery
- 11.8 Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex for z/OS
- 11.9 Disaster recovery testing considerations
- 11.9.1 The test environment represents a point in time
- 11.9.2 Breaking the interconnects between the TS7700 Virtualization Engines
- 11.9.3 Writing data during the test
- 11.9.4 Protecting production volumes with Selective Write Protect
- 11.9.5 Protecting production volumes with DFSMSrmm
- 11.9.6 Control of copies
- 11.9.7 Return-to-scratch processing and the test use of older volumes
- 11.9.8 Copies flushed or kept as least recently used
- 11.9.9 Ownership takeover
- 11.10 Disaster recovery testing detailed procedures
- 11.11 A real disaster
- Part 4 Appendixes
- Appendix A. Feature codes
- Appendix B. IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 implementation steps
- Appendix C. TS3500 and TS7700 checklists
- Appendix D. JES3 examples and information
- Appendix E. Case study for logical partitioning of a two-cluster grid
- Appendix F. Sample JCL
- Appendix G. DEVSERV QLIB command
- Appendix H. Library Manager volume categories
- Appendix I. TS7700 parameter examples
- Related publications
- Back cover
Appendixes
This part offers management and operational information for your IBM TS7700 Virtualization Engine.
This part contains the following appendixes:
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