V1.1 of Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager supports hardware snapshots of non-IBM storage on UNIX and Linux platforms
IBM United States Software Announcement 213-567December 10, 2013
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Highlights of V1.1 of Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM® Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager include features that help:
- Provide support for hardware snapshots on UNIX™ and Linux™ platforms developed, delivered, and supported by Rocket Software.
- Extend capabilities of Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager V4.1 for VMware, IBM DB2® , Oracle, and SAP applications as well as custom applications for environments where the data resides on EMC Symmetrix storage.
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager includes features and benefits designed to:
- Manage application-aware snapshot-based data protection for faster backups and near-instant restores of application data.
- Enable faster, simpler recovery of individual files and volumes from the snapshots.
- Provide a database cloning function to create a duplicate of databases.
- Enable off-site copying for enhanced data protection through integration with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
For ordering, contact your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
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| Overview |
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V1.1 of Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager supports hardware snapshots of non-IBM storage on UNIX and Linux platforms, helping enable you to gain the economies of a single snapshot technology across your storage environment.
V1.1 of Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can help:
- Manage application-aware snapshots created by IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager on EMC Symmetrix devices.
- Enable faster, simpler recovery of individual files and volumes.
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager helps protect applications and databases using integrated application snapshot backup and restore capabilities. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager integrates with storage system snapshot technology to help create a high performance, low impact solution for advanced data protection.
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is designed to:
- Be efficiently installed, configured, and deployed.
- Help improve application availability and service levels through near-instant restore capabilities that can reduce downtime.
- Work as a stand-alone solution.
- Optionally copy data into IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for enhanced data protection, disaster recovery, and long term retention.
- Support IBM metro mirror and global mirror on UNIX and Linux .
- Support a wide range of applications, operating systems, and storage.
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| Key prerequisites |
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For Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager requirements, refer to
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| Planned availability date |
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- December 13, 2013: General availability
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| Description |
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V1.1 of Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager enables exploitation of IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager application-aware snapshot-based data protection and database cloning functions when the application data resides on EMC Symmetrix storage. This extended device support applies to IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager support for various applications as well as custom applications provided through file system snapshot support on select UNIX and Linux platforms.
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is designed to help deliver protection for applications and databases using integrated application snapshot backup and restore capabilities. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager integrates with storage system snapshot technology to help create a solution for advanced data protection. It is intended to:
- Be more efficiently installed, configured, and deployed.
- Improve application availability and service levels through near-instant restore capabilities that can help reduce downtime.
- Provide application support
- VMware vSphere and VMware 5.5 Site Recovery Manager integration; instant restore for Virtual Machine File System datastores.
- Microsoft™ Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups.
- IBM DB2 and Oracle databases, for use either with or without SAP environments.
- IBM DB2 pureScale® .
- Other applications can be supported via script customization.
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| Reference information |
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Functions previously announced for Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager continue to be offered in Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager V3.2 and V4.1. For more information, refer to Software Announcement 213-447, dated October 29, 2013 .
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Program Program
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5725-P59 1.1 Rocket Device Adapter Pack for
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
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| Technical information |
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
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Product group: Tivoli Storage Management
Product category: Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
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Rocket Device Adapter Pack for
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager 5725-P59
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Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM FlashCopy Mgr
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Rocket Device 5725-P59 Per Terabyte
Adapter Pack
for IBM
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
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