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Improve your enterprise tape process

IBM TotalStorage™ Peer-to-Peer


Virtual Tape Server

Overview Because components can reside in


The IBM TotalStorage Peer-to-Peer a remote location, operations can
Virtual Tape Server (PtP VTS) is an typically continue even if one of the
evolutionary upgrade for the IBM facilities is not operational during
TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server Models planned maintenance, service or sys-
B10, B20 and B18 (VTS). tem upgrades. This design can help
eliminate the need to physically trans-
The PtP VTS is specifically designed to port cartridges for disaster backup.
improve data availability by providing
dual-volume copy, remote functionality, During normal operation, the PtP VTS
automatic recovery and switch-over can automatically copy all virtual vol-
capabilities. umes, resulting in identical volume
images in each attached VTS. The AX0
This new configuration consists of two controller supports the creation of the
similar VTSs connected at the same dual copies and facilitates the main-
or a geographically separate loca- tenance of system synchronization.
tion through ESCON -attached IBM
®
This function is transparent to the host
Highlights TotalStorage Virtual Tape Controller processor, and the PtP VTS does not
Model AX0s. require host processor resources.
 Avoids single points of failure
for high data availability in 24 x 7 The PtP VTS can be a valuable addition In Immediate Mode, secondary copies
environments to a Geographically Dispersed Parallel are created at rewind unload, prior to
Sysplex (GDPS) environment, in which EOV processing. This mode provides
 Addresses both scheduled and
production is typically split across sites the highest level of data protection
unscheduled outages
to minimize downtime in the event of an available from the PtP VTS.
outage. The PtP VTS complements this
 Excellent flexibility for disaster
environment by providing a function In Deferred Mode, normal EOV pro-
recovery operations
similar to the IBM Peer-to-Peer Remote cessing takes place and secondary

 Choice of selectable I /O Copy disk operation. copies are scheduled at rewind

workload options unload, as activity permits. This mode


provides high performance with supe-
 Enabled remote data vaulting rior data protection.
between two geographically
separate sites to enhance
disaster tolerance
Implementation services
IBM TotalStorage Peer-to-Peer Virtual Tape Server at a glance
In addition to the Installation Guides and
B18/B18 B18/B10 B10/B10 B18/B20 B20/B20 Redbooks available for customer use
Virtual tape controllers 4/8 4 4 8 8 to install this solution, IBM also provides
Effective tape volume cache1 (GB) a set of service offerings designed to
using 1 x feature 3704 1,296 1,296 1,296 - - expedite implementation.
using 1 x feature 3705 2,592 2,592 2,592 - -
using 2 x feature 3705 5,184 - - 5,184 5,184 For further details, please visit ibm.com
using 4 x feature 3705 10,368 - - 10,368 10,368

Virtual drives 64/128 64 64 128 128/256 More information


Physical tape drives 8/24 8/18 8/12 12/24 12/24 For a complete evaluation of your
environment, contact your IBM repre-
Virtual volumes 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000
sentative, your IBM Business Partner or
ESCON channels 8/16 8 8 16 16
visit www.ibm.com/storage.
Supported environments

• The PtP VTS operates in the z/OS™, OS/390®, z/VM™ and VM/ESA® environments.

• At least one of the z/OS or OS/390 hosts or partitions must have DFSMS/MVS® 1.4 or higher and provide
essential host communication for operational status.

• Native z/VM and VM/ESA hosts and VSE/ESA™ guests are supported in environments where a z/OS and
OS/390 host with full peer-to-peer support is also attached to the library.
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At a data compression factor of 3:1
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Server attachment features allow the definition of a different 9000 Rita Road
Tucson, AZ 85744
For ESCON-attached servers, the PtP copy mode (immediate or deferred) for
Produced in the United States
VTS can be supported at distances of up selected logical volumes, volume pool- 07-02
to 50km using the appropriate channel ing of selected logical volumes within All Rights Reserved

directors or switches and even greater up to 32 pools of physical cartridges or IBM, TotalStorage, DFSMS/MVS, ESCON, OS/390,
VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, z/OS and z/VM are trademarks
distances within WAN or ATM technology. may improve cache hits and average or registered trademarks of International Business
mount response time by using different Machines Corporation.
Product Highlights cache management options. In the PtP Other company, product, and service names may be
trademarks or service marks of others.
VTS environment, the VTS Import/Export
• Offers two modes of operation, imme-
function is not currently supported.
References in this publication to IBM products, pro-
grams, or services do not imply that IBM intends to
diate and deferred copy, to provide make them available in all countries in which IBM
high-level data protection Optional software operates.

• Creates dual-volume copy automati- The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape IBM hardware products are manufactured from new
parts, or new and used parts. In some cases, the
cally to facilitate maintenance of system Library (ETL) Expert is a separate soft- hardware product may not be new and may have
synchronization ware product that complements the been previously installed. Regardless, IBM warranty
terms apply.
• Provides full operational support for a IBM TotalStorage Peer-to-Peer Virtual
Data provided is for information only and does not
GDPS environment Tape Server Specialist. The ETL Expert constitute a warranty of performance. Actual process-
ing time achieved with the Peer-to-Peer VTS is a
product consolidates information from
function of components such as system processor, the
Optional feature multiple tape libraries and provides associated tape drive configuration, data block size,
Optional Advanced Function and performance, capacity and asset man- data compressibility, dependencies on other I/O such
as disk, and the system and application software used.
Advanced Policy Management features agement tracking.
are available to optimize the storage G225-6833-05

management for specific needs. The Further details can be found at


www.storage.ibm.com/software

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