New for Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications Version 4.1.4
New features and enhancements are available in Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager Version 4.1.4.
- Offload GPFS™ snapshots to the Tivoli Storage Manager server
- Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications
Version 4.1.4 supports offload of local backups of GPFS
snapshots to the Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
For information about preparing for installing Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications with GPFS file system, see Preparing Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications with GPFS. For information about setting up Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications with GPFS file system, see Configuring Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications for GPFS.
- Query managed capacity for capacity licensing
- Use the managed_capacity command to view the front-end and back-end capacity for snapshots. Print the output into a specified directory to save the report to an XML file.
- SAN Volume Controller next generation adapter
- Protect your application on SAN Volume Controller and Storwize® family storage systems without manually preparing target volumes. The SAN Volume Controller and Storwize family next generation adapter uses dynamic target allocation during the backup operation to allocate target volumes.
New and modified parameters or functions
The following parameters are new for Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager V4.1.4:
- MMBACKUP_SERVER
In the OFFLOAD section of the profile file, MMBACKUP_SERVER is added and is required. The value of this parameter is the name of the Tivoli Storage Manager where offloads are sent.
- MMBACKUP_OPTIONS
In the OFFLOAD section of the profile file, MMBACKUP_OPTIONS is added. After you configure Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Custom Applications for GPFS, the value of MMBACKUP_OPTIONS is empty. Use this parameter to specify options that are added to the mmbackup command, which is used to offload Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager backups to Tivoli Storage Manager. This parameter is optional.
- MMBACKUP_MAX_RETRIES
In the OFFLOAD section of the profile file, MMBACKUP_MAX_RETRIES is added. The value that is specified indicates the number of retries that are attempted when an mmbackup operation does not complete. The default value is 2.
- DEVICE_CLASS Storwize family and SVC with dynamic target allocation (SVCDTA)
- In the DEVICE_CLASS device section of the profile file, DEVICE_CLASS Storwize family and SVC with dynamic target allocation (SVCDTA) is added. This enables you to select dynamic target allocation as the method for allocating target volumes on SAN Volume Controller and Storwize family storage systems during a backup operation. For more information about this parameter, see DEVICE_CLASS parameters for dynamic target allocation.