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IBM Spectrum Copy Data

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Data center modernization with in-place copy data
management

From automating DevOps to integrating data in the cloud, IT innova-

Highlights tions for business improvement are constantly emerging. But most
of these opportunities remain out of reach unless organizations can
Automate creation and use of copy data
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modernize their IT resources to support them. Modernization is not only
snapshots, vaults, clones and replicas on
existing storage infrastructure
the key to embracing new use cases, it’s also fundamental to increasing
efficiencies in established processes for activities such as data protection,
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Simplify management and reduce man- disaster recovery, reporting and business analytics, application test and
agement time while improving reliability
development and DevOps.
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Drive high-value use cases such as
leveraging hybrid clouds
One of the essential tools for modernization is copy data management,
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Modernize IT by providing automation, which delivers the data access that’s urgently needed to transform IT.
user self-service and operations based on IBM® Spectrum™ Copy Data Management, used in conjunction with
application programming interfaces (APIs)
without adding hardware
storage arrays from a broad range of vendors, enables critical new use
cases by providing in-place copy data management to modernize
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Catalog and track volumes, snapshots, processes within existing IT infrastructures.
virtual machines, data stores and files

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Support multi-vendor storage arrays Improving access, speed and efficiency
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Deploy as a virtual machine in 15 minutes Whether the goal is operational automation, data integration in the
cloud or any of a number of other use cases, the common challenge is
how to get access to copies of data. Access—whether to data on storage
arrays or to systems such as virtual machines that connect to data—
typically requires going through IT gatekeepers in a lengthy, complex
request-and-provisioning process. Waiting days or even weeks to get
access to data this way isn’t unusual, and that can have a severe impact
on data consumers’ efficiency, productivity and all-around effectiveness.
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Copy data management addresses the problem of slow copies can then be leveraged for value-creating use cases,
data access by bringing modern IT approaches—including whether on-premises or in the cloud. IBM Spectrum Copy
self-service, automation and APIs—to the legacy systems where Data Management enables the following use cases:
the vast bulk of organizational data resides. IBM Spectrum
Copy Data Management is designed to leverage existing Automated copy management
IT infrastructures’ data copy services—including storage array IT teams can leverage the core policy engine, catalog and
snapshots, replication and clone engines. reporting of IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management to
dramatically improve IT operations that rely on copies of
Leveraging existing IT infrastructure for copy creation and data, including disaster recovery, testing and development,
copy management means greater efficiency and cost savings business analytics, and local recovery. IBM Spectrum Copy
for your organization. With a central management tool that Data Management improves operations by using automated,
manages copy creation using the existing copy solution on your service-level based copy policies that are consistent, reliable
arrays and in your database and replication software, you can and easily repeatable. This can provide huge savings in opera-
rapidly create the clones and snapshots in place rather than tional expenditures. Without IBM Spectrum Copy Data
slowly bringing them out of band. And because all copies across Management, functions that rely heavily on copies are typically
your environment are cataloged, one copy can be used across managed using a complex mix of scripts, tools or other products
many use cases rather than creating a new copy for each use not optimized for copy management. With IBM Spectrum
case, thus reducing your storage footprint. Copy Data Management, you have a holistic, simplified
approach that greatly reduces cycle time and frees staff to
Delivered as a virtual appliance that can be deployed in manage more productive projects.
15 minutes, IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management runs in an
agentless manner to catalog the existing copy data environment, DevOps
including storage, virtual machines and applications. Once Development and operations (DevOps) organizations are
deployed, the solution can significantly improve the IT team’s increasingly moving toward modernized DevOps processes for
ability to deliver key functions while dramatically reducing the faster delivery of new applications to market. IBM Spectrum
cost of infrastructure and ongoing operations. Copy Data Management allows the IT team to use their
existing storage infrastructure to enable DevOps and to meet
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management delivers the orchestra- the needs of the development teams for rapid deployment
tion and automation of tasks that would otherwise require of infrastructure. IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
complex, error-prone scripting or a hodgepodge of existing templates define the policies for infrastructure deployment,
tools. With the IBM solution, complex workflows in the virtu- and the whole system is accessible via the REST API, which is
alization, application and storage environments can instead be a fundamental requirement for DevOps. With IBM Spectrum
easily configured and completed using a simple, template-based Copy Data Management, DevOps teams get “infrastructure as
point-and-click interface or API calls. code.” Rather than following legacy processes to requisition
IT resources, developers include the infrastructure deployment
commands directly within their development systems, such
Use cases: Simplifying copy data
as Chef, Puppet or IBM Bluemix®. Pre-defined scripts and
management plug-ins for popular DevOps tools simplify implementation.
By modernizing many common IT processes, IBM Spectrum
Copy Data Management simplifies copy data management,
enabling automation and orchestration of data copies. The

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Next-generation data protection and disaster enables you to bring up live application environments that can
recovery leverage the less expensive, elastic compute infrastructure in
Through its template-based management and orchestration the cloud. You can spin up workloads and then spin them back
of application-aware copies, IBM Spectrum Copy Data down reliably. This maximizes the economic benefit of the
Management becomes a powerful solution for next-generation cloud by using and paying for only the infrastructure you need.
data protection and recovery. It works with your existing
infrastructure, including IBM Spectrum Protect for Snapshot, IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management is an easy-to-deploy
to catalog and automate snapshot and copy creation and software platform that is designed to leverage the existing
management. This enables IT to mount and instantly access infrastructure in the IT environment. It works directly with
copies that are already in the production storage environment. hypervisor and enterprise storage APIs to provide the overall
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management catalogs all snapshots, orchestration layer that leverages the copy services of the
replicas, and it alerts you if a snap or replication job was missed underlying infrastructure resources. IBM Spectrum Copy Data
or failed. Disaster recovery can be fully automated and tested Management also integrates with AWS S3 for cloud-based data
nondisruptively. In addition, IBM Spectrum Copy Data retention, as well as Puppet, Bluemix and other platforms.
Management can coordinate sending data to Amazon Web
Services (AWS) S3. This provides an easy-to-use, low-cost Capabilities: Bringing a unique variety
option for longer term or archival storage of protection copies.
of features to IT teams
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management enables you to effec-
Automated test and development
tively manage data protection, disaster recovery and other
The speed and effectiveness of test and development processes
critical functions with capabilities including:
are most often limited by the time it takes to provision IT
infrastructure. Typical organizations take weeks to deploy
Database-specific
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infrastructure; even the most efficient can take several days.
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management allows the IT team to
With IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management, test and
simply and easily create and share copies of all popular database
development infrastructure can be spun up in minutes, either
management systems by integrating key database management
on an automated, scheduled basis or with push-button ease on
system (DBMS) tasks within well-defined policies and work-
demand. Copies delivered in this manner can be kept up to date
flows. The solution also includes application-aware integration
with regular, automated refreshes from the master copy. Using
for Oracle, SAP HANA and Microsoft SQL Server platforms,
the most recent copy application data for test and development
providing a deeper level of coordination with the DBMS.
reduces bugs, increasing development efficiency and resulting
in improved applications delivered through your test and Secure multi-tenancy
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development process. Secure multi-tenancy meets the needs of both managed service
providers and large organizations that need to delegate
Leverage hybrid cloud compute
resources internally. Individual “tenants” can be created within
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management is a powerful enabler
a single IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management instance,
of the hybrid cloud that empowers IT to take advantage
allowing each tenant its own set of resources and the ability to
of cloud compute resources. IBM Spectrum Copy Data
support administration within the tenancy to create users,
Management not only helps you move data to the cloud, it
define jobs and perform other functions.

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Policy templates for automation and self-service
Template-based provisioning and copy management provides
easy self-service access for internal customers to request the
resources they need, when they need them. Templates are
pre-defined by the IT team, and they’re accessible via a
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industry leadership—are just a few of the reasons to consider on specific configurations and operating conditions.
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