IBM Copy Services Manager

The system supports IBM Copy Services Manager as an external scheduling application. IBM Copy Services Manager coordinates and automates Safeguarded Copy function across multiple systems.

IBM Copy Services Manager controls Copy Services in storage environments. Copy Services are features that are used by storage systems, such as IBM Storage Virtualize system, to configure, manage, and monitor data-copy functions. If you do not have an existing IBM Copy Services Manager license, purchase the IBM® Copy Manager for IBM Storage Virtualize license, which includes IBM Copy Services Manager version 6.3.4. This license option is available through iERP/AAS, Passport Advantage®, or your IBM Sales team.If you currently have an existing license for IBM Copy Services Manager, download IBM Copy Services Manager version 6.3.4 or later at Latest Downloads for IBM Copy Services Manager.

Note: For Safeguarded snapshot with IBM Copy Services Manager, use IBM Copy Services Manager version 6.3.4 or later.

Safeguarded snapshots with IBM Copy Services Manager

Safeguarded snapshots with IBM Copy Services Manager simplifies the overall configuration and management of snapshots. IBM Copy Services Manager controls both scheduling and creating Safeguarded snapshots which eliminates configuration steps on the IBM Storage Virtualize system. If using the previous version of Safeguarded Copy function that uses a Safeguarded backup policy to manage Safeguarded backups, you must remove the Safeguarded backup policy from the system to use Safeguarded snapshots.

To configure Safeguarded snapshots with IBM Copy Services Manager, you only need to create an administrator user and assign volumes to a volume group. You can also use the create clone or thin-clone feature to create copies an existing Safeguarded snapshot to determine whether the source volumes were compromised. When a clone or thin-clone is created you can examine the data and determine if the data is usable. You can also map the cloned volume group to host applications in IBM Copy Services Manager. With the thin-clone and clone feature you can test and recover data on a volume group basis.

Safeguarded snapshot does not support automatic restore-in-place. However, you can create the clone or thin-clone of Safeguarded snapshot to recover data for analysis and testing.

Safeguarded policy with IBM Copy Services Manager

To use the Safeguarded policy with IBM Copy Services Manager to create the Safeguarded backups, refer documentation version 8.5.0.x (LTS).