Planning checklist

This planning checklist provides a list of the information required during the configuration of the Db2® Mirror environment.

Table 1. Planning checklist
Category Data Required
IBM® i managing node IP address or host name
User name and password
HMC information for setup source node HMC host name or IP address
HMC user name and password
Managed system name
Partition name
HMC information for setup copy node HMC host name or IP address
HMC user name and password
Managed system name
Partition name
IBM i LPAR information for setup source node Host name
IP address
System name
User name and password
IBM i LPAR information for setup copy node Host name
System name
IP address
Communication port location
Line description
Subnet mask (for IPv4 only)
Prefix length (for IPv6 only)
Virtual LAN identifier (for IPv6 only)
Gateway
Domain search list
Domain Name Server (DNS) IP addresses
Clustering Cluster name
Device domain name
Setup source cluster node id
Setup source cluster IP addresses
Setup copy cluster node id
Setup copy cluster IP addresses
Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) *SYSTEM password
Quorum node cluster node id (optional)
Quorum node cluster IP addresses (optional)
Network Time Protocol (NTP) client configuration Host name or IP address of time server(s)
Network Redundancy Groups RDMA adapter type
RDMA protocol type
Setup source node IP addresses for RoCE ports
Setup source node communication port locations for RoCE ports
Setup source node line descriptions for RoCE ports
Setup source node subnet mask (for IPv4 only)
Setup source node prefix length (for IPv6 only)
Setup source node virtual LAN identifier (for IPv6 only)
Setup copy node IP addresses for RoCE ports
Setup copy node communication port locations for RoCE ports
Setup copy node line descriptions for RoCE ports
Setup copy node subnet mask (for IPv4 only)
Setup copy node prefix length (for IPv6 only)
Setup copy node virtual LAN identifier (for IPv6 only)
Route destination, subnet mask, and gateway (for routed RDMA only)
VPN name (for encrypted RoCE v2 only)
Pre-shared key or certificate (for encrypted RoCE v2 only)
IBM System Storage DS8000® FlashCopy® DS8000 host name or IP address
DS8000 user name and password or password file
DS8000 image ID
IBM System Storage DS8000 remote copy Setup source DS8000 host name or IP address
Setup source DS8000 user name and password or password file
Setup source DS8000 image ID
Setup copy DS8000 host name or IP address
Setup copy DS8000 user name and password or password file
Setup copy DS8000 image ID
Copy Services Manager (CSM) host name or IP address
CSM port number
CSM user name and password
Existing session name (optional)
Standby CSM host name or IP address (optional)
Standby CSM port number (optional)
Standby CSM user name and password (optional)
IBM Storage Virtualize FlashCopy SVC host name or IP address
SVC user name and SSH private key file
Hosts containing the volumes for the setup source node
Hosts containing the volumes for the setup copy node
IBM Storage Virtualize remote copy Setup source SVC host name or IP address
Setup source SVC user name and SSH private key file
Hosts containing the volumes for the setup source node
Setup copy SVC host name or IP address
Setup copy SVC user name and SSH private key file
Hosts containing the volumes for the setup copy node
Database IASPs IASP names
IFS IASPs IASP names
Replication Criteria List (RCL) Default inclusion state
Replication rules