You can enable Easy Tier® heat map transfers
for IBM® DS8000® storage systems that are
connected to IBM Copy Services Manager from the Copy Services Manager graphical user interface (GUI).
About this task
The heat map transfer configuration options that are available in Copy Services Manager include adding storage systems for which you
want to transfer heat map data, and enabling or disabling the transfer of Easy Tier heat map data for those storage systems.
- In the menu bar, click .
- Click the Easy Tier Heat Map Transfer tab.
- The following configuration options are available:
- Status
- Indicates whether the transfer of Easy Tier heat map data is enabled or disabled.
- Enable Transfer
- Click to enable the transfer of Easy Tier heat map data, and then click Yes in
the confirmation window. Easy
Tier heat map data is copied from the storage systems that are
listed on this page to the target storage systems that are associated
with those storage systems.
- Disable Transfer
- Click to disable the transfer of Easy Tier heat map data, and then click Yes in
the confirmation window. The storage systems that are listed on this
page remain displayed with a status of Inactive.
- Transfer only session-managed relationships
- Select this option to transfer Easy Tier heat map
data for relationships that are defined in sessions on this server. Only relationships that are
defined in sessions have the data transferred. The option can only be modified when the status is
disabled.
- Transfer all relationships on the storage systems
- Select this option to transfer Easy Tier heat map
data for all relationships that are defined on storage systems that are connected to this server.
The option can only be modified when the status is disabled.
- Select Action
- Select a storage system that is listed on this page, and then select one of the following
actions. After you make your selection, click
Go:
- View Transfer Details
- Click to view detailed information about the transfer from the source storage system to its
target storage systems. This information includes whether the transfer succeeded or failed and the
date and time that the transfer started and stopped. This action is not available if the source
storage system does not have target storage systems.
- Storage system details
- The following information is shown for each storage system:
- Storage System
- Lists each source storage system and its target storage systems,
if available.
- Connection Status
- One of the following states is displayed for each storage system
connection:
- Connecting
- Indicates that connection to the storage system is in progress.
- Connected
- Indicates that connection to the storage system is established.
- Disconnected
- Indicates that connection to the storage system was lost. The
connection can be lost for several reasons, including:
- The storage system is not available.
- The user name and password that is used to connect to the storage
system was changed.
- Firewall issues prevent connection to the storage system.
- Inactive
- Indicates that the transfer of Easy
Tier heat map data is disabled.